“Amino acid-like derivatives work!”
Seeing Professor Zhao floating into the experimental cabin, Professor Stephen cleared his throat, looked at him and asked.
This completely overturned his understanding of biology.
Shouldn't it be obtained through continuous trial and error and continuous screening from thousands of samples
"What's its weakness?"
The seven people in the experimental cabin looked at each other for a long time, but they didn't know why.
Before he could ask, he saw Professor Leslie floating in from the direction of the cabin door with an excited expression on her face.
In many frontier fields of modern biology, many major discoveries were made based on many kinds of coincidences. Even if the same set of reagents are ordered and equipment from the same manufacturer is used, the results will be different. Doing experiments at different times will yield different results.
However, the crux of the matter is not here.
Time passed by minute by minute.
"Colonists No. 1 and No. 2 observed that metabolic levels are increasing! The spore content in metabolites is significantly reduced! No allergic reaction occurred!"
Professor Stephen was silent for a while, then sighed.
Professor Stephen, who was mumbling to himself and staring at the ceiling, fell into deep thought.
"Therefore, the key to solving the problem is to find a biopheromone that can deceive the X-0172 bacteria... Hiss, why didn't I think of it at the beginning?"
Taking a deep breath, he said in a trembling voice with excitement.
Obviously, Professor Leslie is not the only one who is confused about this issue.
"Although this sounds ridiculous, I think we can give it a try according to the method provided by Dr. Z... Anyway, the research idea we originally planned to adopt was to find a way to prevent the X-0172 bacteria from producing spores?" After reading the paper in his hand carefully again, Professor Ian shrugged his shoulders, looked at the other researchers in the experimental cabin and said, "It just so happened that Dr. Z came to join us."
In fact, this is nothing, it is just a research idea.
Professor Stephen, who was leaning against the porthole, coughed lightly: "That's what I originally planned."
"Z... seems to be the initial letter of your last name?"
"Okay... It seems that Dr. Z is not here. I believe that if you have made such research results, you will definitely not hide it."
Zhao Shuxuan: "... The synthetic amino acid-like derivatives have been injected into three patients. The specific effect is still under observation."
Professor Leslie also nodded: "I have no objection."
Facing the inquiry from his old friend, Ian looked at the paper in his hand and shook his head in confusion, "Of course not. If it were me, why would I use a pseudonym? I can't say this is a Nobel Prize-level discovery. Does anyone think that he or she has too much honor?"
"Stop guessing," Professor Zhao shook his head, "It's not me... why am I anonymous."
"Now we can only wait quietly for the results."
"Don't be embarrassed, this Dr. Z must be among the seven of us... No, it's six of us. I know I'm definitely not. Ian, old man, is that you?"
At this moment, the door of the experimental cabin opened, and Professor Zhao Shuxuan floated in.
If you give him a little more time, he may not be able to think of these simple and easy-to-understand things.
The next day.
By the way, can this thing be launched
What makes people confused is that Dr. Z just thought of this research idea. How on earth did he also deduce the molecular formula of the amino acid-like derivative that blocks the sporulation of X-0172 bacteria
Professor Ian snapped his fingers.
"This is ridiculous," Professor Leslie pushed up his glasses and murmured in an unbelieving voice, "How on earth did he develop the ability to block X-0172 without having come into contact with samples of the X-0172 bacteria? How do bacteria produce spores?”
Yawning heavily, just when Professor Stephen was starting to feel sleepy, the door of the experimental cabin opened again.
Professor Leslie glanced at Professor Zhao Shuxuan standing next to him and found that he was also looking at him.
Looking at the six people in front of him who looked confused and indifferent, Professor Stephen added in a confident voice.
"X-0172 bacteria can survive in the extreme environment of Mars. It is difficult to kill it through ordinary methods. We can only find ways to rely on its weaknesses."
Generally speaking, it is much more difficult to repeat an experiment than to conduct it for the first time.
Zhao Shuxuan pushed up his glasses, nodded and said, "I think it's OK."
Finally, Professor Ian shrugged and made a helpless expression.
The experimental cabin fell into silence.
Not only because he retrieved this paper from Arxiv, but also because there were a few lines of description in this paper that aroused academic resonance in his heart.
Looking at the row of amino acid derivative molecules on the computer screen, Professor Stephen scratched the beard on his chin with some distress. His head was almost spinning, and he still couldn't figure out how Dr. Z did it.
…
"It has not fought against other microorganisms for its survival environment, so its tolerance to other microorganisms must be limited."
In a space capsule where there is no sunrise or sunset, if you don't look at the watch, one minute is no different than one hour.
Therefore, whether an experiment can be repeated has become an important indicator in biology that can be used to measure the value of research.
It’s still in the Tiangong’s experimental cabin.
Standing in front of all the researchers, Professor Stephen, who had dark circles under his eyes, coughed slightly, raised the printed paper in his hand, and continued in a voice without much energy.
Reasonably, Professor Stephen certainly believed that the solution proposed by Dr. Z was most likely to be effective.
"We made it!"
"The most indispensable thing on Mars is extreme environments. Being able to survive in such an environment gives it an advantage in facing extreme environments, but it is also a disadvantage."
"what's the result?"
"I believe you have read it... I won't repeat the content in the paper. Just to satisfy my personal curiosity, I can't help but want to ask, who is this Dr. Z?"
In addition, image retouching technology is becoming more and more powerful. In the past, if you wanted to make a fake, you had to practice sketching. Now, even undergraduates are proficient in using retouching tools. The cost of counterfeiting is getting lower and lower and it is becoming more and more difficult to identify.
The X-0172 bacterial invasion is considered a global ecosystem crisis. If this problem can be solved, it will undoubtedly be a contribution to all mankind. It’s hard to say whether he can be nominated for the Nobel Prize. After all, there are so many people waiting in line, but he is definitely qualified to be nominated for the Nobel Prize.
This kind of paper doesn't just rush to put his name on it, but also takes the initiative to hide his name. It's really hard to understand what this guy is thinking.
"Four people are in favor, and we have more than half of the votes... That's it."