After entering the research base, Tang Tang quickly started his work.
All the researchers needed to arrange accommodation, and logistics supplies needed to be distributed. All kinds of complicated but important work suddenly piled up on her desk.
Allocate the supporting dormitories of the research base so that subsequent researchers can settle in; inventory various materials and arrange usage plans; understand the specific conditions of each laboratory and formulate management rules...
Tang Tang never thought that managing a scientific research base would involve so many things.
Although she had done management work before, at that time she was mainly in charge of an investigation team composed of a few people. Compared with the huge scientific research base now, it was really insignificant.
Fortunately, these things are relatively simpler than investigating various cases that required unraveling. With the help of his subordinates, Tang Tang quickly sorted out the clues, arranged all the work, and let the researchers The base is up and running.
As for the scientific research work, it is not under the control of Tang Tang. Chen Xin is personally responsible for it, while Mr. Li assists him in management.
Although Mr. Li is very old, he is in good health, and age also means seniority and seniority. He can control the situation with his prestige. Even if he does not need to do any specific management work, he can still help Chen Xin coordinate various tasks. Research group relationships and issues.
So after a few days of busy work, the entire research base was finally on the right track, with all departments operating in an orderly manner, and various research work progressing steadily.
Tang Tang sorted out all the current situations and problems into a document and planned to give it to Chen Xin for review.
This has been her habit for many years. No matter how much work she has, she will sort it out so that she can check and solve it one by one.
Chen Xin actually has this habit to some extent. When they were studying, they ran a club together and were influenced by Tang Tang.
It's just that at that time, Tang Tang was the president of the society, and Chen Xin was the one who assisted her. Now the relationship between the two is reversed. Chen Xin is the general person in charge of the scientific research base, and Tang Tang has become his "housekeeper."
"Currently, the progress of each project team is quite smooth. The improvement research team of the Xiaofeng Fighter is improving the bomb bay pylon. Mr. Li is also leading people to design the construction of the ecological system in the ecological dome. The third team over the greenhouse is A batch of crops have been sown. According to Mr. Li, this was a research project they had done before the disaster, and they are just continuing their research now." Tang Tang reported the current situation to Chen Xin. Although it was summarized in only a few sentences, But it was the total result of her sleepless and foodless work these past few days.
Of course, Chen Xin was very satisfied with Tang Tang's work efficiency, but after flipping through a few pages of the report she submitted, he still asked Tang Tang: "Senior, what is the current situation of the physics laboratory and biology laboratory? I saw what you wrote above that the relevant equipment is not ready and the research work has not been started yet?"
"Yes, they still lack graphene preparation equipment in the physics laboratory. At present, the research work on related materials cannot be carried out. Moreover, the researcher leading the team also told me that even if they have the equipment and sufficient raw materials, they want to use it in new types of materials. A breakthrough in materials will take a long time to produce results." Now that he had fully taken over the relevant work, Tang Tang naturally understood the situation and told Chen Xin everything when he asked.
This is also an understandable fact. After all, the research on lightweight materials needs to be based on graphene. Without raw materials, scientists, no matter how awesome they are, cannot develop new materials based on imagination.
After all, practical research is different from theoretical research. It not only requires a large number of actual results to prove the theory, but also requires repeated experiments to prove the replicability of the results.
Moreover, what Chen Xin wants is a method that can produce new materials on a large scale and at low cost. Without preparation equipment and raw materials, it is indeed difficult to conduct specific research experiments.
Chen Xin also nodded to express his understanding, so he said to Tang Tang: "Sister, please tell them that they should keep a close eye on advanced theoretical research, equipment and raw materials."
"I know, don't worry." Tang Tang kept the matter in mind, nodded in agreement and said at the same time: "The relevant instruments and equipment in the biological laboratory are in place, but the person in charge there said that they would be sent The living embryos and genetic samples were too precious. They had not done any animal gene editing work before the disaster, so they did not dare to waste them.
Moreover, the person in charge also said that even if they can complete the genetic compilation work you require, they cannot cultivate it without maternal embryos. There is currently no way to complete the entire process of artificially cultivating embryo development. "
Chen Xin expected this answer, and he had already made preparations and plans.
It is basic common sense in biology that embryonic development requires a necessary environment.
Egg laying relies on eggs, and viviparous birth relies on the mother's uterus. This is the result of biological evolution and a necessary condition for the reproduction of life.
The development of wolf embryos that Chen Xin plans to carry out in the wolf genetic modification research requires the mother's body. But in this environment, there are not even two dogs alive, let alone wolves?
Therefore, the only method that can be adopted is to find a dog as a mother to try cross-species breeding, or to use artificial breeding technology.
There is a big problem with using dogs as maternal bodies. On the one hand, wolves and dogs are indeed close relatives, but in the end they are still two different species. It is still unknown whether there will be problems in cultivating wolf embryos in dogs.
And more importantly, even if a dog can be used as a mother, when such living animals are rare now, where can we find this dog?
Therefore, Chen Xin chose the second method, using artificial technology to cultivate embryos.
This technology existed before the disaster, and is called artificial womb technology. However, the related technology is not mature and cannot truly complete the process of an embryo developing from a fertilized egg into a mature individual.
But this is not a problem at all for Chen Xin. For things like artificial uterus, he can come up with mature technology that can be used.
"Don't worry about this. I will solve the problem of embryo cultivation later. Since they are afraid of wasting precious experimental samples, let them improve the relevant theories of this research first." Chen Xin thought for a while and sent The living embryos and genetic samples are indeed precious, and there is no need and cannot be wasted, so it is better to do theoretical research first, and then carry out actual operations after I help them complete the equipment.
