"Tom, have you watched the news?"

"Huh? What news?"

"Breaking news! The Chinese are preparing to hold a Nobel Prize of their own. It is said that the prize money is higher than the Nobel Prize! But if we want to award the prize, we need to write our research results into a Chinese paper and submit it to their review committee.

Qualified to win the award. Tom, do you think we should find a translator, or you can recruit a Chinese student so that he can translate our research results into Chinese as accurately as possible. We can also submit a manuscript to try.

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In the biomedical laboratory affiliated with the MIT Institute of Biology, two people in white coats were chatting, and the young one in the white coat seemed particularly excited.

Tom Bruce looked helplessly at the student who had been with him for three years.

As a doctoral supervisor, he is actually very satisfied with this student.

I am still very serious when doing research in the laboratory, and I have a spirit of research, but my personality is too cheerful and lively, especially my focus and hobbies are too broad.

For example, the news just mentioned is actually not attractive to Tom.

The influence of an international scientific award takes time to accumulate, such as the Nobel Prize. More than a hundred years of precipitation and historical accumulation have made this award an international scientific award with huge influence that everyone knows in the world.

Just the various controversies caused by the results of the annual awards can become news that the media particularly favors, and scientists who win the Nobel Prize represent the recognition of their research results by the scientific community around the world, which can be said to be the highest praise of human civilization.

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There are no international scientific awards that have the same strong credibility as the Nobel Prize, but most of them are too professional and have a narrow scope of communication, and are not as widespread as the Nobel Prize.

For example, Tom Bruce once won the Alberni Medal in Medicine.

But these awards all have a common feature, that is, they have a certain period of history.

The Chinese people are now trying to create a world-wide scientific research award, and they also have to compete with the Nobel Prize. This shows too little respect for history, let alone science.

Not to mention that as far as he knows, China has really not had any international scientific awards that are well-known internationally. Why should he be asked to translate his research results into Chinese and submit them to others for review?

Tom Bruce is doing genetic research, and his current project is to use a more powerful gene editing system to enable people to control their gene editing ability to more than 80%.

This is a very remarkable research. Once the research is successful, winning the Nobel Prize is almost a certainty.

The current mainstream gene editing system still uses the CRISPR genome editing system.

Although the inventor of this system has always been controversial in academic circles, the Nobel Prize was still awarded to this technology in 2020. Two scientists in the world won the award for this technology.

However, the CRISPR genome editing system still has flaws. For example, the editing scope is limited. Currently, it can only target 9.9% of the sites on the genome.

If his research is successful, he will be able to target 80% or more of the sites on the genome through a new enzyme.

This will significantly expand the capabilities of the gene editing system, provide more practical tools for all scientists around the world to do gene editing, and will allow the rapid development of gene editing technology.

Now he is on the verge of success. He is currently in the final testing stage in the laboratory. To put it bluntly, he is constantly conducting experiments to confirm that this technology can directly target gene sites that cannot be targeted by the current CRISPR genome editing system.

Once the range of gene sites that can be targeted is determined, it can be announced to the public and officially enter the harvesting stage.

Naturally, I did not win the Nobel Prize, but in addition to this honor, there are also huge economic benefits.

According to the current popularity of the CRISPR genome editing system, once his gene editing system is proven to be indeed outstanding, it will replace the CRISPR genome editing system as quickly as possible. The use in the field of basic scientific research can be discussed again, but those in the commercial field

, if you want to use his system, you must pay money.

Agriculture, food security, bioenergy...gene editing systems are widely used, so this set of tools will naturally be sought after, and the cost of licensing it will naturally be astronomical.

He is about to gain both fame and fortune, so why would he take the initiative to translate his research results into Chinese? Is he out of his mind?

"Translated into Chinese? Going to participate in an inexplicable new award? John, what do you think?" Tom Bruce asked with a frown. At this moment, he really wanted to open the brain of his favorite protégé and see what was inside.

How much cotton was stuffed?

"But the news I saw said that even if you are only nominated for the first award this year, you will be able to get the first batch of opportunities to go to the space city in three years. The first batch, but it will be earlier than those who spend money.

Go to the space city to experience the beautiful scenery there. Not only that, scientists who win awards within the past three years will have the right to own a space laboratory no less than 50 square meters in the future space experiment base. Of course, research projects need to be reviewed in advance. But

For award-winning scientists, the review standards will be reduced to a certain extent!" the student continued to say excitedly.

"Huh?" Tom Bruce was stunned when he heard the student's explanation.

Although he didn't pay attention to the news about Yuxin Technology's subsequent awards, he had been paying attention to the space ladder plan launched by Yuxin Technology before.

As a scientist, he is naturally very interested in traveling to space cities, but he will not give up too many things for a tourist qualification, but if he can have a space laboratory of his own in a space research base...

The temptation is too great.

What changes will occur to DNA in the space environment? Will genes undergo directional mutations? What is the direction of mutation? What mutations will occur when seeds leave the earth? These organisms have been far away from the earth's surface and have adapted for hundreds of millions of years. Originally, according to the gravity and magnetic field of the earth's surface,

A certain type of cells, genes, or even a specific group of molecules whose strength and direction maintain their own state and interrelationship will undergo changes in the generation, transmission, and function of their internal information in the space environment?

For example, will plants that rely on gravity and wind to spread have evolved more alternative ways of reproduction in the space environment?

This attraction is too great.

In the past, similar space laboratories were mostly conducted on the International Space Station, but the International Space Station is such a big place. If you want to build a similar laboratory, you have to be limited by its conditions. But a space city is different.

A space laboratory no smaller than 50 square meters...

According to the conditions given by Yuxin Technology, even if he wins the Nobel Prize and his technology is sold for a sky-high price, he may not be able to get approval for a space laboratory.

Yes, Tom Bruce was really moved when he heard about this preferential policy.

"So the new Huaxia award you mentioned was initiated by Yuxin Technology?"

"Of course! Otherwise, who can make the final decision in allocating the laboratories in the space city? By the way, Tom, do you think the school will allow us to apply for this award from China?"

While the student was talking, he took out his mobile phone and called up Twitter. The tweet came from an official account with high credibility, which completely translated the full text of the statement on the official website of Yuxin Technology.

Tom Bruce just skimmed over the previous content about the company no longer providing English manuals to partners and no longer signing English contracts, and focused on the awards led by Yuxin Technology.

The Yuxin International Science Award covers a wide range of areas. In addition to basic science awards, the current cross-science awards are also included. It can be said to be advancing with the times. The prize is 10 million yuan. According to the current exchange rate, compared with

The one million US dollars for the Nobel Prize is more attractive. More importantly, if a project is successfully researched by two or more scientists, the distribution method is not distributed among the 10 million scientists themselves, but directly

One person is given 10 million.

In terms of the way the prizes are distributed, it is indeed much more generous than the Nobel Prize.

Here comes the most critical part, that is the reward part.

Starting from this year, all nominated scientists will be invited to the space city to participate in the Yuxin Science Award ceremony after the space elevator and space city are completed. Therefore, before the space city is officially completed, the Yuxin Science Award will only select awards

, bonuses will be awarded and no offline ceremony will be held. After the future space city is built, the annual awards ceremony will be held in the space city.

Here comes the most critical award. As his student introduced, all the scientists who won the Yuxin Science Award in the past three years, as long as they propose a topic that really needs to be studied in the space environment within three years, can get a lot of money after the completion of the space scientific research base.

It is a three-year rent-free space laboratory less than 50 square meters, and Yuxin Technology will provide relevant experimental equipment for free and transport these equipment to the space scientific research base. At the same time, the scientists stationed at the space scientific research base only have basic living expenses.

Need a 50% discount.

If the research topics of the rent-free space laboratory in the past three years make breakthrough progress, or the results are of great significance to human society, and are approved by the review committee, then the space laboratory will be able to obtain another five-year rent-free period.

Award, and at the same time enjoy a 30% discount on basic living expenses in the space city; if you have made a significant contribution before the expiration of five years, congratulations to the science awardee, this laboratory will be free for life, and the scientist can also enjoy

Lifetime free basic consumption in the space city.

But even if he dies, the space laboratory will be named after the scientist after it is confiscated.

Putting aside these basic benefits, what kind of pinnacle would it be if you could have a space laboratory of your own in a space city? At least the name of the space laboratory, Tom Bruce Laboratory, sounds good to Professor Tom.

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Yes, after reading the details, Tom Bruce was even more excited.

Every scientist is proud, at least when facing his own project. Only by unswervingly believing that his research project is extremely important can he persevere in the boring laboratory. Naturally, Tom Bruce is also proud.

No exception, at this time he already felt that the space laboratory that belonged to him in the future was waving to him again.

Of course, the premise is that the space city can be built.

Yes, Tom Bruce has no doubt that if he submits his research results to the review committee of Yuxin Technology, he will miss out on the grand prize this year or next year. After all, he is a man who is very confident that his results can win the Nobel Prize. What’s more,

Forget about this new award from China.

Especially now that it is only the first year, Tom Bruce feels that there is a high probability that few scientists will vote for their research results to those Chinese people. He just doesn’t know if there are any unspoken rules for this Yuxin Science and Technology Award, such as not giving it to researchers in Novotel.

The Bell Prize is awarded to scientists who have received cash prizes. If there was no such thing, Tom Bruce felt that he could make a Chinese version of his research results and send them to China after obtaining patent protection.

It would be great if both sides can get prizes.

Don't tell me, Tom Bruce thinks this is very possible.

After all, for an award like the Yuxin Science Award that has just been prepared in the first year, it is likely that some awards cannot be awarded to scientists of sufficient importance because scientists are not enthusiastic enough. If all the winners are Chinese scientists, then the credibility of the award will be

The gold content will also be discounted. If it is awarded to a Nobel Prize winner of that year, it can also show that kind of credibility, right?

Thinking of this, Tom Bruce felt excited.

Although his mind was racing very fast, he still realized that his student seemed to have asked a question just now.

"Well, what did you just say?"

"I'm asking you if you know if the school allows us to submit these studies to this award from China."

"Of course there is no problem. Science has no national boundaries, and an agreement in this regard was signed before this project was established." Tom Bruce explained casually. Of course, he did not need to reveal the specific content of the agreement.

"That's great, and you don't have to worry about patent issues. Yuxin Technology's protection in this regard will definitely be perfect."

What the student said makes sense, because Yuxin Technology is the world's largest patent output company, and the protection of patents can naturally be trusted.

"Okay, don't think about this for now. I will give it careful consideration. You should do your own thing first. This week's trial plan has been updated. You and the junior students must be faithful to the mission.

Done." Tom Bruce nodded and said.

Well, translating a paper into Chinese is not a simple matter. Even a professional translator may not be familiar with academic terms and the translation may not be accurate enough. If he wants to be awarded an award, he really needs to find someone who can do this job.

Working professionals.
Chapter completed!