Academician of the two academies of the United States Professor Yan Ning returned home full time, and the unit he chose was very appropriate. Considering the location of South University of Science and Technology , there is no need to say about the scientific research conditions, so I wish her blessing.
At the beginning, many people felt that China had lost talents when Yan Ning left China. As a scientific researcher, I would like to say something in my heart.
Q1 Is Yan Ning’s work important?
A1 is very important.
Q2 Do these tasks have extremely high requirements for knowledge and intelligence?
A2 Compared with innovative thinking and knowledge, these tasks require more craftsman spirit .
Q3 What is the cost of these tasks?
A3 even if it does not count consumables and daily maintenance, the starting price from equipment purchase is millions, and the better ones can reach tens of millions. Note that the unit here is US dollars. Does the results of
Q4 have potential application value?
A4 has, but it is very limited. Judging from the input-output, it must be a serious shortage of income, and it may be the case in the next ten years.
is also a basic research. The cost of working based on cryo-electron microscope is too high and is not something that ordinary research institutions should consider. If two academicians are really launched in this field, with the characteristics of Chinese people, there should be many teams who can afford the entrance fee. But is this really necessary? At that time, foreign instrument companies will make a lot of money, and domestic scientific research funds will be spent on instrument procurement, and they will still have low application value. Suppose that within ten years, 20 teams buy cryo-electron microscopes, the roughly expense difference is at least 1 billion yuan. How many scientific researchers can do this? In recent years, some foreign academic teams have tried their best to praise the achievements of cryo-electron microscopes. On the one hand, there are indeed academic reasons, but if you say there are no political reasons, I don’t believe it.
Q5 Does Professor Yan Ning have the opportunity to be a domestic academician again?
A5 is difficult. There is only one academician in one field in China. Yan Ning's mentor Shi Yigong has been named an academician. If she wants to rush to the academicians in another direction, she has to jump out of her comfort zone. I personally think this is extremely difficult for a person who uses cryo-electron microscope to brush papers.
