Another news has flooded the circle of friends in the past two days. The famous scientist Yan Ning , who was once the "Tsinghua academic master + goddess", later worked at Princeton University , announced that he would return to China to develop. In addition, she will establish the Academy of Medical Sciences in Shenzhen to help the development and strength of biomedical in China.
Yan Ning, who is this person?
Generally speaking, it is difficult for those who do academic and research to become famous, at least it is much more difficult than celebrities, because they often do not show up in public. We can only hear their names from journals, academic magazines or scientific award ceremony. But Yan Ning is different. When she heard that she was going to return to China, many "old fans" suddenly emerged.
Yan Ning's reputation comes from her super high academic achievement and a rare high appearance among scientists. She once appeared on CCTV's " Starting Talk " program, showing a different image of a scientist. In terms of language art, even the famous Sa Beining was unable to gain advantage from her.
It was also from that time that more people met Yan Ning. What is more eye-catching than her appearance and personality is that she has achieved success in the field of science. Many people joked that Nobel owed Yan Ning a prize. Although this is a lot of controversy, it also indirectly confirmed its height.
In 2014, Yan Ning led the research team to crack the crystal structure and working mechanism of the human glucose transporter GLUT1 in just six months, breaking through a problem that has not been solved in the biological world for 50 years - the structural and functional research problem of the membrane protein . This achievement was called "a great achievement" by Brian Kobilka, the winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
In 2017, Yan Ning went to the Department of Biology of Princeton University overseas to further study biological science . At the same time, she was also awarded the first tenured professor of Shirley Tillman by the university. Shirley Tillman is the first female president of Princeton University with a history of two hundred years. Yan Ning has won this title unprecedented.
By 2019 and 2021, Yan Ning continued to be elected as a foreign academician of the Academy of American Academy of Arts and Sciences with his outstanding achievements.
Bioscience is the focus of future competition. Yan Ning's return has made up for the gap to a certain extent
Yan Ning's field of research, mainly biomedicine. And this field is the weakness of my country's current scientific and technological development. Moreover, this field is also very critical to our future development, and it even determines the decisive point of the future scientific and technological revolution.
Historical experience tells us that every scientific and technological revolution begins in a certain field. The invention of steam engine brought the first scientific and technological revolution, the discovery of electricity brought the second scientific and technological revolution, and information technology brought the third scientific and technological revolution ... And the key next revolution is brought by biological science.
Whether for military or civilian use, biological science will play an extremely important role. When human society develops further and grows in life span, relying on biological science to strengthen the body will no longer be a luxury. All these things are expected to happen decades later. In China, the field of biological sciences is far behind the world's top level, especially the gap in talents is too much.
As the "big boss" of biomedicine, Yan Ning's return to China will surely improve this situation. According to official information, the Academy of Medical Sciences, where Yan Ning Institute serves as the president, will be completed in 2025, and will strive to become a world-renowned medical research institution by the middle of this century. This institution will attract many outstanding biomedical talents from around the world, and will also cultivate a large number of talents in related fields for the country.
In short, we should take it positively for talents like Yan Ning to return to China, because as top scientists, they can indeed bring good news to society.
