At a quarter past eight, Huang Qin walked into the office. It was brightly lit and a dozen people were already sitting sparsely.
"What a bunch of beasts! Smarter than me, better than me, and harder than me! Bah!"
Huang Qin thought angrily, walking without stopping, walked into the tea room and made a cup of hot American coffee.
Carrying the coffee and walking to his seat, he yawned, sipped the coffee, turned on the computer, and started a new day's work.
Since the task of developing lentiviral vectors for gene therapy of SMA disease was completed, the entire laboratory has been plunged into a manic atmosphere like a chicken blood injection.
Everyone is working hard, constantly analyzing and researching in the aicell software, looking up information if they don’t understand, or getting together to discuss.
In Sanqing's laboratory, the scientific research atmosphere is still very strong, and colleagues are very friendly. Basically, if you don't understand anything, just ask and they are willing to teach. If everyone doesn't understand something, there will be colleagues who are good teachers after get off work. Give lectures at meetings.
Generally speaking, Sanqing encourages the sharing of knowledge and the spirit of eagerness to learn and study.
Even, as far as Huang Qin knows, everyone has a column for mentors in their performance scores. Employees who are willing to enthusiastically teach their colleagues will undoubtedly receive extra points, and will receive a moderate sum of money every year based on their scores in this area. bonus.
There are also special mentor tasks on a daily basis to guide new colleagues, especially colleagues from other places, to familiarize themselves with the environment and adapt to work and life in Sanqing as soon as possible.
Of course, all expenses in this area can be reimbursed, such as catering expenses, transportation expenses, etc.
Huang Qin is a new employee who has just passed the probation period, and he is the beneficiary of this mentoring task.
I remember that on the first day he came here, after he reported to the human resources department and received his work permit, a kind old employee took him to visit the entire company, apply for a dormitory, try a lot of delicious food in the canteen, and learn how to Establish laboratory rules and regulations.
We even took him to visit tourist attractions and popular business districts in Kunming for a day on the weekend.
After eating and drinking, Huang Qin was lying on the dormitory bed, burping and picking his teeth. From that day on, he made up his mind to take charge of the company and become a qualified social animal.
While he was actively working, he was also working hard to learn new knowledge. Whenever he had questions, he would ask people. His professional skills improved rapidly. In just three months, he transformed from a master's degree graduate to a qualified laboratory worker.
The task assigned to him this time was mainly to conduct relevant cell experiments and record research data.
Of course, this task was assigned to his team. In addition to him, there was also Williams, a Ph.D. from a famous foreign university.
Williams joined the company around the same time as him and has amazing language talent. Although his Chinese reading ability is limited, his spoken English is already quite fluent.
He originally applied for a postdoctoral position at Pangu Research Institute, but since the new headquarters had not yet been built, he first worked in the biology studio for a while.
This black-haired, blue-eyed, unshaven foreigner is 1.8 meters tall, in sharp contrast to Huang Qin, who is just 1.7 meters tall.
The two sit next to each other. Huang Qin is very humble and studious. Whenever he has a question, he asks Williams for advice. Williams knows a lot. Every time he asks a question, the other person can not only give an accurate answer. , and even explained the principles behind it thoroughly, which always gave him a feeling of enlightenment.
Even in doing experiments, Williams is very familiar with it and has extremely strong operational skills. Huang Qin always feels dazzled by the fuss. He just sees the other person doing a set of operations smoothly, and the experiment is done. He just waits. Data is out.
Logically speaking, Huang Qincai should be the one operating the experiment. Williams is of a higher level than him, so he only needs to watch and guide from the side.
But Williams often looked at it and immediately started to teach him enthusiastically. He personally taught him the skills of using instruments and test tubes, and also told him how to see changes and differences at a glance from complicated data.
Huang Qin drank the coffee quickly, and his mind suddenly became much clearer. He read and studied until late at night every night, and he needed several cups of coffee every day to stay alive.
He looked at the seat against the wall on the right. Williams' computer had been turned on, but the person had disappeared. He must have gone to the laboratory.
I couldn't help but feel a strong sense of urgency in my heart: "Are all the foreign Ph.D.s working so hard? I thought they didn't do 996 and everyone was lazy. No, I can't compare to him in business and hard work. Being compared."
However, he also admired Williams very much. This big man was simply a king of knowledge. His experimental operations were king-level. His knowledge reserve was vast, his basic theories were solid and profound, and his scientific research experience was extremely rich.
Not to mention writing papers, he has published several sci-fi papers. Although it is not a major journal such as Nature, Science, or Cell, it is still an academic scumbag like him who can only publish in core Chinese journals.
What’s even more frightening is that he knows literally hundreds of millions of things about every subject. He is very good at analyzing experimental data, he also knows viruses and cells very well, he also knows a lot about genomics, and he is even more knowledgeable about pharmacology and toxicology theories. Clear and logical.
If it weren't for the fact that the other person was quite young, had no wrinkles on his face, and was a postdoctoral fellow, Huang Qin would have thought that the company had invited a world-renowned expert to take charge.
All in all, it was a great pleasure to work with Williams. I learned a lot and made progress very quickly. It was a pleasure.
This is what it feels like to hold your thighs, it's really as fast as flying.
When Huang Qin thought about his experiences in the past few months, he felt like he was in a dream. He deeply felt that he was just unlucky.
Although I was criticized in front of Director Tang before, saying that I was not bold and direct enough, I still had an impression of myself, and I have praised myself several times recently.
He wiped his black-rimmed glasses, stood up and put on his white coat, ready to go to the laboratory.
As soon as the door was opened, a wave of cheers rushed towards me.
I saw everyone inside cheering and smiling happily.
"Success!"
"We made it." Williams looked excited and blurted out his native language in desperation.
"The cell experiments fit the data perfectly."
"Awesome, is this the first of its kind in China?"
"Damn it, I am also a person who made history. Hahaha."
Huang Qin was shocked and quickly stepped forward to the microscope experimental table.
Under the microscope, every cell was visible, and the infection was just as he thought.
An inexplicable passion surged into his heart, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble.
Is this what success feels like?
Is this the power of science?
Is this the satisfaction of scientific research?
Huang Qin, a newbie in scientific research, was in a state of shock at the moment, and he was in a daze.
Unconsciously, as the crowd returned to his seat, he was still a little distracted.
Williams, who was next to him, looked at him like this and showed an expression of someone who had come before. He comforted him with a smile: "Huang, doesn't this feel wonderful? It's like being high, ecstatic? This is yours It’s the first time, but it’s definitely not the last time. Don’t worry, you will get used to it and won’t be able to stop.”
"That's it, haha." Huang Qin suddenly came back to his senses, touched his glasses sheepishly, and chuckled.
After thinking about it for a while, he asked: "What should we do next?"
Williams shrugged: "Of course it's an animal experiment. But I think clinical trials should be close soon."
"I wonder which lucky patient will become our first guinea pig?"
He showed an exaggerated expression and danced: "He is a lucky man. You know, such a genetic medicine that can completely cure SMA will cost a full 2 million US dollars."
"If I were him, I would buy a lottery ticket immediately after getting treatment. God will bless him. Haha."
As he spoke, he suddenly stopped laughing.
He showed a thoughtful expression and asked Huang Qin in a low voice: "Huang, when this miraculous drug is launched, the company will probably make a fortune. What price do you think Sanqing will sell for?"
"It can be completely cured and the genes can be returned to normal. It is even possible to pass on healthy new genes to the next generation and avoid tragedies for children. This is not cheap. 2 million US dollars? Or 1 million US dollars? Impossible It should be any lower. Otherwise, you will lose a lot of money."
Huang Qin looked at him with a strange look in his eyes. There seemed to be a kind of pity in it, but also a kind of "you don't understand" pride and pride.
He showed an honest smile: "I don't know, I'm not President Wei. By the way, have you forgotten what Director Tang said before? The price will definitely not be too expensive."
After a pause, he said word by word: "Our Sanqing medicines are designed to be affordable for patients."
Williams was stunned for a moment, staring at Huang Qin with his eyes wide open, with a look of disbelief on his face.
After a while, he let out an exclamation.
"omg, Huang, do you mean that the company should do charity?"
"I can't believe this is true," his expression suddenly changed: "It seems like Novartis and Roche's SMA drugs will be finished soon."
Huang Qin raised his chest and raised his head, and smiled faintly: "Of course, this is called walking other people's paths and leaving others with no way to go."
