Free Web NovelChapter 1097: Chapter 542 A Whole New Discovery!_2
Zhao Yi also knew the difficulty was high, and he continued, "In this case, one person probably won’t be enough, it will take too long, and we need to get the results as soon as possible. I will find a few more people."
Having said this, he went to the main laboratory and called out at the door, "Who has some free time to help with the protein separation work for testing? It might take a few days."
There were quite a few people in the main laboratory, including Zhang Wei, Ai Lixin, and Li Ming, as well as several associate researchers and assistant researchers.
After Zhao Yi called out, the associate researchers and assistant researchers were too embarrassed to speak up, but Ai Lixin and Li Ming shouted, "I’ll go!"
"I’ll go!"
The two spoke in unison.
Zhao Yi shook his head and said, "This isn’t too complex of a task, one is enough." He meant that it was somewhat of a waste of talent to have several researchers working on protein separation together.
"I’ll go!"
Ai Lixin immediately said, "Old Zhu can take over my current experiment, I’m not needed at all. Don’t you see I’m idle here?"
"When have you been as idle as me!" Li Ming said, "My research with this group can be handled by Zhang Wei alone!" After speaking, he added, "Zhao Yi, this is my strong suit. Plus, the last two times, it was me who did the cell research and protein separation, so it should be me!"
"What strong suit? Am I not qualified? I happen to be free to help, and it was me who went when Dr. Shen asked for assistance last time!"
"That’s because you jumped at the opportunity; who knows what sneaky thoughts you had."
"What did you say! Who has such thoughts, how can you sling mud so casually! It’s not even clear who’s behind making all the female colleagues afraid, might have done something shady..."
Ai Lixin and Li Ming started bickering and nearly came to blows.
Zhao Yi rubbed his forehead vigorously, glanced at Zhang Wei, and still shook his head. The meticulous work of protein separation really required an experienced senior researcher, and Zhang Wei’s level was probably not up to par.
"Forget it, you two, stop arguing!"
"Both of you come!"
Zhao Yi simply decided to have them both come over, since they both seemed to have plenty of free time and even had the energy to argue, their spirits seemed good.
Ai Lixin and Li Ming nodded together, exchanged a glance, and simultaneously turned their heads with a snort.
The other people in the main laboratory just watched the excitement, but unexpectedly, Zhao Yi didn’t ask further and directly pointed out a few people.
Including Yan Yi, a total of five associate researchers, and an intern brought by Zhu Qi all followed him.
Zhao Yi, the two researchers, along with the others, a group of nine people bustled into Shen Xi’s laboratory, and it was somewhat crowded once inside.
"This is Dr. Shen."
"These two, Old Ai and Li Ming, you’ve met, right? And there’s Yan Yi, Zhou Lijun..."
Zhao Yi introduced them one after the other, then said, "What we are going to do is separate the testing protein of the cells, the protein in the RD area. We need to separate cancer cells from normal cells, and carry out several forms of comparison."
He assigned the tasks, "Old Ai in one group, Li Ming in another, and Dr. Shen in a third. You each come up with a separation method, discuss it together, and try to get results quickly."
"Okay!"
"No problem!"
"Let’s do it!" frёeωebɳovel.com
The associate researchers were all familiar with Li Ming and Ai Lixin, so they each joined one of their groups, while Zhao Yi assigned Yan Yi and another female researcher to work on the separation and comparison experiments with Shen Xi.
RD area protein separation was not easy, but it also depended on the level of the researchers. With two top cell experts, plus several associate researchers, the work became much simpler and in less than half an hour they had agreed on two separation methods.
The agreed-upon methods were proposed by Ai Lixin and Li Ming, whose levels were indeed very high. Shen Xi also suggested a method, but it was dismissed almost as soon as it was presented.
The assessment given by Li Ming was, "The procedure is too precise, and the process highly influences the outcome!"
Privately, however, his assessment was, "It’s a rookie method."
Shen Xi’s method was very standard and could even fit in a textbook, but in the eyes of Li Ming and Ai Lixin, it was insufficient. With their extensive experience, they understood that fine protein separation required minimizing the impact of the operation.
If the experimental procedure was too demanding, a slight error in the process could significantly affect the results.
In formal research, it is necessary to avoid such designs in order to obtain more accurate results.
This is the difference in level.
Shen Xi felt quite frustrated that her proposal was rejected, but she accepted it very calmly. She had been working on the project for several weeks alongside Li Ming and Ai Lixin, becoming familiar with them and understanding their capability level, which indeed was a notch higher than hers.
If she were at the Biomedical Research Institute, she’d probably be at the level of an ordinary associate researcher, especially in areas involving protein separation and cell research, where she might even fall short of an associate researcher.
At the same time, Shen Xi also felt a lot of pressure. With a wry smile, she looked around at the people in the laboratory and thought it a waste to work on the research together.
This was just a small project worth three hundred thousand!
Similar projects were usually handled by individual associate researchers. Researchers definitely would not invest their energy in such small projects, yet here were two researchers working on the project together, accompanied by several associate researchers.
The lineup was too grand!
Even for research projects worth millions, having two top researchers leading the team would usually be more than enough.
What Shen Xi didn’t know was that everyone in the lab was eager to join because Zhao Yi was involved in the project, and Zhao Yi was very optimistic about it.
If Zhao Yi was optimistic, could there be small outcomes? When writing reports, even just getting one’s name attached would be great!
Even a peripheral discovery in such a major achievement, even without substantial research contributions, would be enough to piece together a decent paper.
Who wouldn’t want to join?
With a group of researchers and associate researchers joining in, the protein separation work in the RD area progressed rapidly. It took less than three days to complete over a dozen comparative experiments and yield a large set of comparison results.
While the group was still busy with experiments, Zhao Yi was looking over the experimental comparison results with Ai Lixin, Li Ming, and Shen Xi.
There were no disagreements this time.
Ai Lixin pointed to several areas and said directly, "The abnormal signals are very clear now. A certain detection protein in the RD area has exhibited an abnormal reaction to cellular genetic variations."
"The signals are already quite obvious!" Li Ming also nodded in agreement.
Shen Xi got somewhat excited, "This must be a new discovery, right?"
"Of course."
"If it wasn’t a new discovery, wouldn’t we have been busy for nothing?" Li Ming added, his tone slightly excited as well.
But it could only be said to be a little so.
Having findings in research is certainly good, but Ai Lixin and Li Ming felt that it was quite normal to have discoveries, especially in research that Zhao Yi was optimistic about.
Impossible for it to be otherwise!
That’s why they were ’tearing off the mask’ to participate, not able to be the main researchers but eager to even scrape some benefits for themselves.
Ai Lixin scrutinized the data and made a brief summary, "These abnormal signals also indicate that the detection protein’s RD area will undergo an abnormal reaction to cellular genetic mutations."
"An abnormal reaction is a warning mechanism and will also interfere with the gene’s replication and transport functions. However, since abnormal reactions occur so infrequently, their inhibitory effect has been suppressed."
"This is a groundbreaking discovery, signifying a step closer to understanding cancer cells!"
This was the final result.
The project of Zhao Yi’s laboratory in collaboration with Shen Xi, worth three hundred thousand, could be declared complete at this stage, and the results were quite astounding.
A new discovery in cancer research, particularly within cancer cells, could be regarded as an ’internationally distinguished achievement’ in the field of cancer studies.
Zhao Yi nodded slightly and said, "So, this project ends here. Next comes wrapping up, but I’m also planning to apply for the next project, which will be to find a treatment for cancer based on this breakthrough."
"Dr. Shen, as a cancer specialist, we will need a frontline cancer expert for our continued research. However, if we continue the study, it won’t be a collaboration but an employment. Our laboratory would like to hire you to participate in the next project, providing us with guidance and information related to cancer patients and pathological conditions. Your firsthand treatment experience will be very helpful for the research."
He said all this in one breath.
Shen Xi was just stunned for a moment before nodding immediately, "Academician Zhao, I couldn’t possibly refuse. With such successful research, I’d be willing to help for free if needed."
"Good."
Zhao Yi didn’t pay attention to the project wrap-up; he left the lab to write the application.
