Mention of "scientific research star" Yan Ning, always let people can't help but feel sorry.
If nothing else, it is enough to make people sad that she has applied for the Chinese Academy of Sciences three times and was rejected, leaving Tsinghua University on the front foot and being hired as a scientific academician by the United States on the back foot.
It's a shame.
As one of the most outstanding disciples of the domestic academic Master Shi Yigong, Yan Ning's achievements in the academic field of her research are obvious to all, and in the hearts of many people, she is fully capable of becoming an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
However, for various reasons, Yan Ning's application for academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 3 times was unsuccessful, which was unexpected.
Ironically, she could not become an academician in China, and after turning to leave, she was immediately hired by the United States as a science academician.
This makes us wonder, what is the reason for this situation?
On the one hand, there is a shortage of talents, and on the other hand, it pushes talents outward again and again, and such a contradictory reality is really unbelievable.
Yan Ning was born in Zhangqiu, Shandong Province, to an ordinary rural family.
Like many students from the cold door, Yan Ning has achieved excellent results since childhood, and she never needs her parents to worry about her studies.
Especially in high school, this studious girl has full marks in almost every course.
Yan Ning's personality is calm and thoughtful, and he has shown amazing talent in science. At the suggestion of the teacher, Yan Ning finally chose science. This also laid the foundation for her later scientific research.
There was almost no suspense, as if Yan Ning, who had been "hanging on" all the way, was finally admitted to the Biology Department of Tsinghua University.
At Tsinghua University, Yan Ning met Shi Yigong, a mentor who influenced his life.
With the help and encouragement of Mr. Shi, Yan Ning entered Princeton University for further study after graduating from Tsinghua University.
At Princeton University, Yan Ning earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology in just four years.
You know, for the average person to get this degree, it takes at least 7 years.
Under the leadership of his mentor Shi Yigong, Yan Ning, who had achieved academic success, soon began to study the molecular regulation mechanism of tumorigenesis and apoptosis.
Later, under the influence of the teacher Shi Yigong. Yan Ning refused the hospitality of the American side and resolutely decided to follow his mentor back to China. She became one of the youngest female professors and doctoral supervisors at Tsinghua University at that time.
At Tsinghua University, Yan Ning spent 10 years creating his own brilliant achievements.
The team led by him finally solved the world-class biological problems after all kinds of difficulties, analyzed the three-dimensional crystal structure of the human glucose transporter GLUT1 for the first time in the world, and later further obtained the ultra-high resolution structure of GLUT3 binding substrates and inhibitors with more conformations, thus clearly revealing the molecular basis of glucose transmembrane transport, a basic cellular process.
During this period, Yan Ning has published more than 40 academic papers. Many of them are included in the world's top journals such as Nature, Science, and Cell.
Yan Ning was selected as one of the 10 "Chinese Science Stars" by Nature magazine.
Who would have thought that Yan Ning, who was academically in the ascendant, would be rejected when he applied for academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 3 times.
Disheartened, Yan Ning eventually quit his job at Tsinghua University and returned to Princeton University as a tenured chair professor. Soon after, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
During that time, Yan Ning's experience caused a lot of heated discussion.
Many people sighed: If Yan Ning can be left in China, how much can she make?
At that time, many people speculated that Yan Ning had run away in a negative mood.
3 times to apply for academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have not been successful, and who will feel discouraged.
In the mainland, academicians are definitely the ceiling for scientific researchers to pursue. It represents the highest level of scientific research ability, and it is also the highest honor that every scientific researcher hopes to obtain.
Regrettably, it is not only Yan Ning who has returned several times in the academician campaign. Even Rao Yi and Shi Yigong, who have a very high level of scientific research, have not been elected, and the reasons for this are very puzzling.
Rao Yi, who has always dared to speak out, is also quite dissatisfied with this and bluntly says that he will no longer run for election.
Later, Rao Yi and Shi Yigong jointly issued an article attacking the current situation of domestic scientific research, believing that such an academic atmosphere is bound to seriously affect the academic development of China.
Xu Chenyang, known as the "genius of mathematics", a top professor, returned to China to work for 6 years after completing his studies abroad, and finally returned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States for various reasons.
The departure of one top scientist after another makes us have to reflect on why this is?
There are two questions before us:
How to train more world-class top scientists?
How can we retain these top scientific talents?
For how to retain scientific talent? Many netizens suggested that we should improve welfare benefits and purify the bad academic atmosphere.
And how can we cultivate more world-class top talents? We need to transform the way we educate.
And there is a very strange phenomenon in our education system: that is, the emphasis on English and the emphasis on physics and chemistry.
If you think about it, it is obviously unreasonable for a foreign language to be more important than the proportion of basic disciplines such as physical chemistry and biology.
You know, learning science well is actually very helpful for children's future employment and life, and there are many places that can be used.
And the study of English, as many netizens said: once you graduate, there are not many students who can really speak fluent English, because most people are rote just for the sake of scores.
Fortunately, in recent years, the Ministry of Education has gradually increased the proportion of education in physical and chemical students. There are also more and more people who realize the importance of physical chemistry and other science subjects.
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