Chapter 767

"Genomics lights up the way for the brave and is changing the ecology in the field of genetics. Cowards may fear today's genomics, just as they did when they were afraid of genetics. But, ladies and gentlemen, genomics has already started. We can either follow it or we can only look at it from a distance..." Linden's exposition is simple and vivid, It's quite like the American movies of the 1970s.

To the Chinese people, this way of speaking has both a sense of familiarity and an American flavor, and they can't help clapping.

I applauded for my friends from the United States. Everyone worked very hard.

Director Ma also applauded hard, especially after Yang Rui came to power.

"Thank you, Mr. Linden." Yang Rui took the microphone, laughed and said, "thank you Norton press for inviting us to come together today. Because it's a gathering organized by publishers from the United States, we will not invite leaders to speak in accordance with the rules of the United States for the time being..."

Now there is a burst of laughter. For the Chinese people, especially the civil servants and officials, This kind of joke goes deep.

Yang Rui smiles again, grabs "genomics" on the small platform, shows it to the public, and says: "I want to talk about genomics, more specifically, the development of genomics. As we all know, the research focus of modern genetics and biology is on structure, that is to say, the focus we want and need to know at present is structure, Gene structure, protein structure and cell structure are the most popular articles we have seen in nature and cell, but... "

"In a forward-looking way, structure should not be our focus. Of course, we still need to study structure, but studying structure should not be our focus, It should not be a hot spot... "

"What is the focus and hot spot, I think, should be the function!"

"Functional genome, functional protein and functional cell are our goal, focus and hot spot, which is also the main reason why I wrote genomics..." Yang Rui's topic is very high and his eyes are deep.

He has reason to prove it with deep eyes, because the speech he is making is really important.

Yang Rui is predicting the coming of the post genome era. The genome here originally refers to the human genome project, which means the biology after the human genome project.

However, if the post genome era of human genome project is replaced by the post genome era after genomics, there seems to be no big problem.

The crux of the problem lies in the fact that functional genome replaces structural genome.

Genomics is the theoretical guidance of human genome project.

In short, genomics is equivalent to architectural design, while human genome project is actually engineering construction.

Yang Rui naturally wants to take this opportunity to brush his face more.

The prophecy of no money may have little meaning for ordinary people, but it has great value in the scientific community.

Yang Rui has done such a thing before, and the profit is also very high.

So, he couldn't help but prepare to do it again.

Just as astronomers predict black holes, biologists predict that success in the post genomic era will also boost their reputation.

Yang Rui hopes that his "genomics" will soar to the sky by virtue of the prediction of post genome. When people talk about the post genome era, they will naturally mention Yang Rui's "genomics".

It is possible to call genomics the theoretical guidance of the whole post genome era.

The so-called bull who can't get around is to stand up step by step, like a technical barrier. You need to stack one brick on top of another and put cement in the middle, so that it will be more stable.

Just like Newton, if we only make Newton Leibniz equation, although this brick is strong and tight enough, Newton and Leibniz can be called the favorite of the times, but it is not Newton after all. But if we add the brick of integral algebra, it will be different. This is an important step to turn mathematics from the subject of feeling to the subject of thinking, He is the founder of real natural science.

Of course, if only so, Newton is still not Newton, or coupled with analytic geometry and polar coordinates, plus "cubic curve" and "generalized arithmetic", he is not Newton in people's minds, but a great mathematician, with the little prince Gauss and the great emperor Euler.

And the reason why Newton is Newton is that in the big wall he built, there are Newton's mechanics composed of Newton's three laws, the law of universal gravitation, the law of planets, and the law of Optics... So, it is Einstein who finally keeps pace with himGenomics is Yang Rui's first book, and it is a very representative big brick. Therefore, Yang Rui spent a lot of time and extended his speech to 15 minutes.

Of course, speaking from time to time in China, this is nothing.

It is a slight pity that no more than a quarter of the people present could understand what he was saying.

But Yang Rui doesn't care. This speech is not only for the audience, just like the speech at the Secretary's office meeting is not just for chatting with other people in the meeting, or the report at an academic seminar is not only for the scholars present.

The post genome era will not be realized today or tomorrow, but one day in the future, when the era of functional genomics gradually replacing structural genomics really comes, today's speech will be of great significance.

Just as patents do not come into effect at that time, patent barriers are not designed to stop today's patent thieves.

However, the scholars who understand, mainly the invited scholars from universities and research institutes, still listen very carefully.

In fact, the concept of post genome era is very simple. Generally speaking, it is to replace structure with function.

The so-called functional genome is to investigate the function of a genome. For example, the existence of the shaking leg gene, whose function is shaking legs. If the shaking M gene exists, its function is shaking M. as for its structure, although it is still of great significance to biology, from a more macroscopic point of view, its significance is not as great as its function.

In the final analysis, as Yang Rui said, it is a question of who is more important. Not that the structure is not important, but that the function is more important.

In the past few years, people did not have the conditions to do functional genomics, so they mostly did structural genomics. However, with genomics and human genome project, structural genomics should give way to functional genomics.

A quarter of an hour later, Yang Rui's speech ended, and immediately someone raised his hand.

"Well... We're not holding a seminar." Linden of Norton came forward with a smile and said, "we're not ready for the defense session."

"Just one question." The one who raised his hand was a 30-year-old academic man with glasses.

Linden hesitated and said, "just one question, please."

"I want to say that we need to understand the structure before we can understand the function. Moreover, studying the structure first has another advantage. We can know the unknown function of an unfamiliar structure through the same or similar structure..."

"I prefer what you call comparative functional genomics." Yang Rui shrugged his shoulders and said: "on the basis of genome mapping and sequencing, comparing the known genes and genome structure to understand the function and expression mechanism of genes will be the focus of development in the next few years. But what I want to say is the ultimate direction. Our ultimate goal is to use the information provided by structural genomics to develop and apply experimental means, At the system level, we should study the function of genome, so as to expand the research object from single gene and protein research to the interaction of multiple genes and proteins.... "

The academic man with glasses tilted his head and said, "your ultimate goal is too far away. How many years, 50 years, 100 years will it take?"

"How about 15 years." Yang Rui said: "in 25 years at most, we will enter the era of functional genomics."

"No way." The glasses academic man laughed: "we need to make clear structural genomics, all genes and proteins. How long will it take? Even if it's only 50% or 30%, 50 years is not enough... "

"There is no need to complete the structure of all genes and proteins, and 30% is also unnecessary. In fact, the human genome project should be launched immediately. Fifteen years is enough for us to have a clear understanding of the structure of genes." Yang Rui smiles, puts down the receiver and signals to Linden.

Linden immediately stepped onto the stage, ended the topic and said with a smile, "now let's welcome our guests..."

The boring leader's speech began, and the academic man with glasses couldn't ask.

Director Ma waited for Yang Rui to sit on the chair and said with a smile: "the one who asked just now seems not convinced."

Yang Rui looks back, and the glasses scholar man is really full of words. He hasn't said enough. If it wasn't for the seriousness of the scene, he might run over or just stand up and shout.

"I can't help it if I'm not convinced." Yang Rui said with a smile, "it's not for him."

"What do you say?"

"It's a prophecy. Prophecy is always debated before it is realized. I don't think it's necessary." What Yang Rui said is simple."I don't care to explain." At a glance, director Ma saw that he was too familiar with Yang Rui's expression.

Yang Rui didn't explain, but he still gave a smile.

"Well, Xiao Yang, I can call you that. What do you do at home?" Director Ma looks like a good elder.

"Oh, my father used to be the Secretary of the township party committee, but now he is transferred to China Merchants Group." Yang Rui has nothing to hide. It's all public information.

Director Ma nodded and said with a smile, "China Merchants? It's a system with the commercial bureau. I'm quite familiar with this one. "

"You're not from the Ministry of education?"

"I'm familiar with you when I see you often. You know, I often go to the Ministry of Commerce to sign something between ministries and commissions." The cooperation between departments often needs the signature of the leaders of different departments, which is called countersignature, and running signature is urging signature. The directors of central ministries and commissions have great powers and responsibilities, which is also related to this.

Yang Rui said casually, "do the Ministry of education and the Ministry of commerce still have to communicate frequently?"

"Now, who doesn't want to get in touch with the Department of Commerce." Ma chuckled and said, "fortunately, I'm in the Ministry of education. If it's the Education Bureau, I'm really embarrassed to run to the commercial department."

At this point, director Ma stopped and said, "to sum up, I do have a few friends in the Ministry of Commerce, who are also senior intellectuals. Maybe you have something to talk about. I'll make an appointment one day and have a chat with you."

"Good." Yang Rui is perfunctory.

Director Ma didn't see it this time. He just felt that he had laid the groundwork. He motioned to the back with his eyes.

The man who had bitten his ear with director Ma immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Yang Rui, you are lucky. Director Ma likes to promote young people most."

"Thank you, director Ma." What can Yang Rui say? I can't say that I don't need your promotion.

The man sitting on the right side of director Ma came to him with a bearded smile and said, "Yang Rui, at this time, you can't be shy. Do you know what director Ma is in charge of in the Ministry?"

"What do you care?"

"Let's not say anything else, the University's textbook review is in the charge of director Ma." The charming man with stubble beard held his chin in his hand and blinked at Yang Rui.

Yang Rui was stunned. He didn't expect that the man next to him could really be promoted. He can only say that the responsibilities of the Chinese government are so comprehensive.

"If your books can be listed in the University's designated teaching materials, that is, the catalogue of reference books, you can sell a lot more." Charming men continue to add weight.

Yang Rui nodded. Not only can they sell more, but there are so many colleges and universities in China. If they can be included in the teaching materials, the purchase volume of the library alone can boost the sales in the United States. Each student has one copy, and even the cheapest price can make the publishers and authors earn more. No wonder director Ma will be invited by Norton publishing house to attend today's press conference and sit beside him.

"Director Ma, please give me more advice." The county magistrate is not as good as the present one. Yang Rui also cooperates and gives a smile, so as not to be regarded as a man of talent and arrogance.

"Well, well, I like to teach young people best. Let's have a good chat sometime." Director Ma said and handed Yang Rui a business card, let Yang Rui find himself, naturally more powerful than he found Yang Rui.

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