Zhou Yang did not join the club members in exterminating rats. After everyone got busy, he took Liu Yunlong to the laboratory.
When they arrived at the laboratory, Duan Yinzhong and others were discussing how to isolate the virus.
You must know that virus extraction is a delicate job!
Rats, like people, have internal organs, and no one knows where the virus is hidden.
Moreover, virus strains are different from others. They are not like buried gold and silver jewelry or coal, stone and bricks that can be seen by digging up the soil.
The virus is invisible and intangible. It may have been destroyed as soon as it was exposed to the air when the mouse body was dissected.
Therefore, the failure of virus isolation in the past was not entirely due to the failure to find the right mice, but also due to program and technical errors.
Although there are many rats in front of them, it is enough for Duan Yinzhong and others to conduct countless experiments and can withstand failure.
However, hemorrhagic fevers are now emerging throughout Saibei Province and even across the country, and the mortality rate of this disease remains high. Everyone still hopes to extract and isolate the virus as soon as possible.
Because of this, all scientific researchers have had heated discussions on how to separate.
Seeing Zhou Yang coming over, Duan Yinzhong immediately said: "Comrade Zhou Yang, we just discussed how to isolate the virus and decided to use the traditional method first..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yang raised his hand to signal Duan Yinzhong to pause.
"Teacher Duan, there is no need to mention the traditional separation method. If that method works, there won't be no breakthroughs for so many years!" Zhou Yang said.
"Then what should we do?"
Zhou Yang immediately said: "We will talk about how to isolate the virus strain later. Before I isolate the virus strain, I would like to remind you of some things to avoid accidents!"
"You should know the dangers of isolating virus strains better than I do, so you must ensure your own safety before the formal isolation. Therefore, I ask you to ensure the qualifications of laboratory personnel. Only professionals in this field can get started, and other non- Professionals must not do anything!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Yinzhong said immediately: "Comrade Zhou Yang, please rest assured, there are 4 of us who specialize in research in this area, and the rest are professionals in the department, and there are no non-professionals."
Zhou Yang nodded and said again: "Personnel is one thing. During the extraction and separation, both the workflow and the final contaminant treatment must be strictly controlled. At the same time, every highly pathogenic virus isolation and cultivation activity must be strictly controlled." , be especially careful!”
Hearing Zhou Yang's words, everyone on the scene couldn't help but nodded, including Gu Ning, Qin Xueyi and others on the other side of the laboratory.
From these words alone, we can tell that Zhou Yang is not a layman and he knows the dangers of virus isolation.
You must know that any highly pathogenic microorganism poses a particularly great threat to laboratory personnel.
Once a leak occurs at work, the consequences will be quite serious, so every step requires special care.
After explaining these things, Zhou Yang said again: "You are all professionals. I will only talk about the work process. Now I will talk about the preparations before virus isolation."
"Before the experiment officially begins, I need you to conduct a comprehensive disinfection of the entire laboratory, and the same applies to all staff."
The reason why I say this is mainly because Zhou Yang once heard Lao Song say that the reason why they failed to isolate the virus many times in the 1970s was directly related to the venue.
During the process of virus strain isolation, an absolutely sterile environment must be ensured to eliminate contamination from various bacteria and other microorganisms.
Therefore, for the isolation of virus strains, high cleanliness, pollution-free laboratories and standard operating procedures to ensure safety are the key points of the entire isolation and culture process.
Fortunately, the laboratory of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry School also took this aspect into consideration when it was built. Although it is not yet high clean and pollution-free, it is not comparable to ordinary ordinary rooms.
As long as it is strictly disinfected, it should be barely enough.
"Comrade Zhou Yang, please rest assured. We have just discussed it with Comrade Gu Ning and the others. We will borrow this laboratory for the next few days and they will fully cooperate."
Then Duan Yinzhong said again: "In addition, we will also strictly sterilize the entire laboratory in accordance with relevant procedures!"
"I can rest assured that!"
Then Zhou Yang said again: "Then I will talk about my virus strain isolation plan!"
Hearing this, everyone present held their breath, raised their ears, and focused their attention on Zhou Yang.
Some people have even taken out pens and notebooks. After all, a good memory is worse than a bad pen. What is written down in the notebook is safe.
"As for the isolation plan for hemorrhagic fever virus strains, my idea is to start with Apoderma agrarian rats. The reason is that this type of rat has the largest number in the village and has the highest probability of carrying the virus!"
Then Zhou Yang continued: "Based on my understanding of hemorrhagic fever, the virus is most likely to be present in the lungs, so don't worry about other parts and just focus on the lungs of Apoderma agrarianus!"
As soon as he finished speaking, other people present immediately raised objections:
"The possibility of germs existing in the intestines and stomach is much higher than that in the lungs. Why should we only focus on the lungs?"
"That's right. It's not easy to find a suitable mouse. Wouldn't it be too wasteful to discard other parts like this?"
"Yes, this is not only a waste of experimental specimens, but also a waste of manpower..."
When Zhou Yang heard everyone's objections, he immediately clapped his hands and said: "Everyone, I understand what you said, but have you ever thought about it? You also thought the same way before, why are you always here? fail?"
"Since forward thinking cannot succeed, you might as well try reverse thinking. The gastrointestinal extraction has failed hundreds of times, so why not try the lungs?"
"In addition, please understand one thing, that is, I am in charge of the isolation of virus strains. You are just cooperating with my work. It is up to me to decide how to do the research!"
Everyone fell silent after hearing Zhou Yang's somewhat unkind words.
In the end, Duan Yinzhong stood up and expressed his position: "Comrade Zhou Yang is right. He is the person in charge of the virus strain isolation work. From now on, all of us must strictly follow Comrade Zhou Yang's instructions. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
Although everyone thinks there is something wrong with Zhou Yang's arrangement, since even associate professors like Duan Yinzhong have said this, what can they, ordinary lecturers and teaching assistants, say.
After hearing everyone's opinions, Zhou Yang nodded with satisfaction.
It was not that he had to act arbitrarily, but he knew that the hemorrhagic fever virus strain existed in the lungs of Apis agrarianus. This was a conclusion reached by Mr. Song and his team in his previous life after more than 20 years of research.
And the first case of A9 strain virus isolated in China in the previous life was isolated from the positive lung specimen No. 9 of Apoderma agrarianus captured in Danyang, Jiangsu Province.
The second virus strain isolated was isolated from mouse lung specimen No. 22 provided by southern Henan Province, so it was named R22 strain.
Because of this, Zhou Yang knew exactly what to do as a shortcut.
As for the doubts and even dissatisfaction of the people in front of him, Zhou Yang didn't care.
And he didn't have time to argue with them. Once the virus strain was isolated, all the discordant voices would disappear automatically.
This is not only true for hemorrhagic fever virus isolation, but also for pulse Doppler radar research. Because he has the right plan in mind, Zhou Yang doesn't care how others question it.
Although he had selfish motives for placing the research base here, he also wanted to stay away from the center of the vortex and did not want others to dictate his plans.
There are just some things. The more you don't want to get into trouble, the more you can't avoid it!
No, as soon as Zhou Yang finished his work in the laboratory, Fan Debiao hurried over and told him that there was a call from Qingcheng and asked him to answer it quickly!
At this time, Qingcheng called, and Zhou Yang immediately knew that trouble was coming!
PS: Chapter 2 is delivered!
