html On April 30, the National Academy of Sciences announced the list of new academicians in 2019, including 100 American academicians and 25 foreign academicians.
Among the 125 people on the list, 4 Chinese scientists account for it.
They are Professor Zhigang Suo at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences;
Professor at Rockefeller University and HHMI researcher; Chen Jue (Jue Chen);
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Professor Gao Fu of the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
; and Shirley M. Tilghman Lifetime Chair Professor of Princeton University and structural biologist Yan Ning.
After the list was announced, the most discussed one was Yan Ning . Her name was on the hot search on Weibo that day.
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Yan Ning’s personal news was half a beat slower than everyone else’s.
html On the morning of 01, Yan Ning, who had just woken up, was bombarded with congratulatory messages for 5 minutes, but she was still confused.After finally knowing what happened, she wrote: "It is highly respected, and if you can't do it, you can't do it" .
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The reason why Yan Ning has received special attention is because she has so many labels that make people surprised, envied, and admired.
"young", "beautiful", "female scientist", "Weibo star chaser" is the goddess , and also the female psychopath .
She is not only completely different from the "high moral and respectable" people think of her, it can even be said to be far away.
Usually, the "academicians" in our minds are those who are the three highest :
are old, highly educated, and have high glasses .
A group photo of academicians of Taiwan's Academia Sinica
But Yan Ning is young and beautiful, and definitely combines beauty and talent.
From birth to now, her life has been "a cheating goddess fighting monsters" .
Yan Ning was born in Laiwu, Shandong Province in 1977. He is a perfect academic.
When she was a child, she never did her homework at home because she finished it at school.
When I get home, I just listen to the radio, look at the stars, and think about the universe.
"What does the universe look like outside? The universe is infinite, what is infinity?"
And what were we thinking about when we were children?
"Wow, this ant nest is so big, go get some boiling water!"
Why is the gap between people so big? . .
Yan Ning is romantic by nature and likes literature, movies, and poetry. His goal is to study in the Chinese Department of Peking University and want to be a reporter in the future.
But unfortunately, when she was divided into arts and sciences, she was pulled back to the science class by her teacher.
is just a top student, and he is a top student wherever he goes. Later, she went next door to Peking University.
In 2000, Yan Ning graduated from the Department of Biological Science and Technology of Tsinghua University and was awarded the title of "Outstanding Graduate of Tsinghua University".
Later, she went to the other side of the ocean to study for a PhD in molecular biology at Princeton University in the United States.
In the first year of his PhD study in the laboratory, Yan Ning began to doubt his abilities. Doing experiments is also done again and again and failed again and again.
Finally, a year and a half later, she received the first affirmation from her mentor: "You can finally do experiments."
Since then, she has never failed in any experiment.
Her summary of her period is: "First, you must not give up, and second, you must try your best to see the most beautiful scenery."
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After graduating from the Ph.D., she was Appointed as professor at the School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University. Yan Ning was only 30 years old at the time and was already the youngest professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University.
In 2014, she analyzed the crystal structure of the human glucose transporter GLUT1 for the first time, attracting the attention of scientists around the world.
The following year, she published an article in "Nature" and won the International Protein Society "Young Scientist Award" and the "Sackler International Biophysics Award" .
In 2016, because of his outstanding contribution to protein structure, Yan Ning was selected as " China Science Star" by Nature magazine.
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2017 is a crucial year for Yan Ning.
This year, she left Tsinghua and accepted the invitation of Princeton University to become the Shirley Tillman Lifetime Chair Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology.
Many people called Yan Ning's departure as "running away in anger," but she interpreted it as wanting to change her environment, which might inspire different inspirations.
Last year, Yan Ning published three papers in Nature magazine. Not long ago,
also won the "Weizmann Prize for Women and Science". And today she was named a foreign academician of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
On the lonely road of scientific research, Yan Ning’s footsteps have left many people behind.
Source: Science Network
Yan Ning mentioned in " begins " that every time he talks to his father about his research on transporters, his father only thinks of "turning his luck".
And many people also hold back from scientists and scientific research, feeling that the profound knowledge is too far away from me and too difficult to understand.
But Yan Ning believes that science is to continuously dig into the "taken for granted" in life, and what scientists do is to "try to open human eyes to observe the molecular world."
It is because we do not understand too much about the world that scientists have the meaning of existence.
The second difference between Yan Ning and "traditional scientists" is her "Internet celebrity characteristics" .
Everyone has long heard that Yan Ning chases celebrities and dramas. Because he likes Zhu Yilong , it was also on the hot search last year. The world's top biological scientists are obsessed with the popular traffic niche,
optimistic netizens can't help but sigh, okay, okay, fortunately, there is no academic qualification requirement for star chasing.
A pessimistic fan said that he has lowered the intellectual level of Xiao Long Bao (collectively known as Zhu Yilong's fans).
When it comes to the attitude of chasing stars, Yan Ning showed his perseverance in scientific research. (Can ordinary people compare?)
Open Yan Ning’s Weibo and you can find a lot of content about Zhu Yilong in minutes.
Yan Ning Weibo screenshot
Yan Ning Weibo screenshot
Yan Ning Weibo screenshot
Yan Ning Weibo screenshot
As for why he is a fan of Zhu Yilong, Professor Yan gave the reason that is "very smart" and "speak with your brain and your heart." " and are "very confident".
Faced with questions from netizens, Professor Yan said without hesitation, "At first glance, this polite scum made my eyelids jump."
Yan Ning Weibo screenshot
In addition to Zhu Yilong, Jin Dong, Wang Kai, Hu Ge are also frequent visitors on Professor Yan’s Weibo. She is also a big fan of the Noon Sunshine drama. New dramas have been released. If it's clear, they'll make a few quarrels on Weibo.
Fortunately, Professor Yan did not become an entertainment reporter as she originally thought, otherwise there would really be nothing wrong with Zhuo Wei.
Screenshot of Yan Ning’s Weibo
Screenshot of Yan Ning’s Weibo
Screenshot of Yan Ning’s Weibo
Professor Yan on Weibo does not appear to be a meticulous scientific researcher wearing a white coat and holding a test tube, but he seems to be okay. He loves to complain, makes jokes from time to time, is willing to share life details, and loves to educate fans about science. Oh no! It is internet addicted girl .
Professor Yan has 632,000 fans on Weibo for and has posted a total of 4,686 Weibo posts. is absolutely highly productive.The funny Weibo avatar and the note "Be free, here are various emergency numbers 83447/999/120", it is really impossible to live without going crazy.
Some people say that Yan Ning does not look like a scientist. She herself said in an interview with China Women's News:
"I don't have a scientist in my mind. Scientists are not stereotyped. There are scientists who form their own bands around me; some are obsessed with astronomical photography. There are biologists who are nervous all day long; there are scientists who are very relaxed; there are scientists who look more like artists than artists; there are those who are slovenly; there are also those who are very fashionable and can be used as models... I think everyone should not have a negative attitude toward scientists. A stereotype. "
In addition to being a "Weibo control", Professor Yan is also extremely talkative and capable of "blaming" people with certainty and ruthlessness.
In the hosting world, Sa Beining , who is known for his quick reactions, had exchanged words with Professor Yan. Sa Beining resigned and admitted that his IQ was being crushed every minute.
Yan Ning was a guest speaker in "Let's Talk". Sa Beining came up and praised her for her beauty, saying that you should not be called Yan Ning, but your appearance. Yan Ning immediately reacted and said: "Then 'Ning' is given to you!" Xiaosa, , who is always articulate, did not catch the joke at once.
Xiao Sa expressed that he was very hurt, and Yan Ning immediately said, "My brain is better than yours, so I will crush you!"
Yan Ning is a very interesting person, and is not considered a scientific researcher by most people. Framed by the image, she is very free and easy and lives a chic and confident life. In other words, she lives very clearly, knows what she wants, and never hides her likes.
The scientific world has no threshold, and the scientific world has no gender . This is the truth enveloped by Yan Ning.
She is very resistant to being called "female scientist" , and she doesn't want to put any label on herself.
Once when a college was interviewing doctoral students, an interviewer asked the female candidate, "How will you balance family and scientific research in the future?"
Yan Ning immediately said to the female interviewer: "You don't have to answer this question. This is a promising question. The problem of sexism. Why do you never ask men how to balance family and work? "
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As a scientific researcher, Yan Ning only believes in strength. This strength has nothing to do with age, gender, or family.
But we cannot deny that Yan Ning’s attention is inseparable from her status as a “female scientist”.
Starting in 2015, Yan Ning had a different view on the title of "female scientist", and she even began to take the initiative to talk about this topic.
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In China, the United States, Japan and even many countries in Europe, the proportion of female scientists and scientific researchers is indeed very low.
Yan Ning has been thinking, is it true that female scientists are not capable of ?
In "Let's Talk", Yan Ning spoke in depth for the first time about his thoughts on female scientific researchers.
Yan Ning once served as the chairman of the Graduate Admissions Committee of the School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University.
She found that many girls were very good in terms of knowledge and performance in the interview process, but when they reached the doctoral, postdoctoral, and independent research laboratory stages, female scientific researchers "disappeared" .
Where have they gone?
Later she discovered that when a girl chooses to study for a doctorate, it is also the stage when she is preparing to start a family, start a business, get married and have children.
As a result, many girls choose the latter between scientific research and family due to pressure from society, parents and family.
Yan Ning is now in her 40s. Someone once asked her on Zhihu why she didn’t get married.
But she rarely answers this question directly. The life she chooses to live is her own business, and she doesn't owe anyone an explanation.
"If you choose to be a full-time mother, or you choose to be a clerical worker, there is no problem. The most important thing is that this is your independent choice after careful consideration.You are not succumbing to family pressure or social pressure. You must be brave, follow your heart, and think carefully about what you want. "
Source: China History Network
At the beginning of 1911, Marie Curie ran for election as an academician. As a result, some old academicians firmly opposed women as academicians, and ultimately lost the election by a few votes.
and those who had never been elected as academicians by the French Academy of Sciences. Compared with Marie Curie, Yan Ning lives in a lucky era.
This era is becoming more willing to appreciate women like Yan Ning and give her praise and recognition.
Is there more Yan Ning in our era? Don’t let ideas constrain the hearts of female scientific researchers, but let them truly leave something for this era.
As Yan Ning once said on Weibo:
“The ability to create varies from person to person. What ultimately differentiates each individual is what you leave behind in this world. ”
Source: Kai Le
