01 Return to the motherland caused an uproar
"Really fake? Worthy of being an academician! "All of a sudden, the streets and alleys were all these discussions.
And all this must come from Chen Xuemei.
"Chen Xuemei, an academician of the American Academy of Sciences, returned to the motherland!" As soon as this news came out in 2013, it directly caused an uproar among the people in China.
Some people have hope for this, thinking that the country will have another top talent, but some people sneer at it and think that it is just a show, perhaps this so-called academician is just going home to retire.
But no matter how others discussed it, Chen Xuemei had already arrived at the location of the national academic seminar at this time.
What others did not expect was that at this moment, the major scholars in the country were already excited like street vendors, and all corners of the room were full of discussion.
Yeah, who can't get excited.
When an academician returns to China, she brings back not only the glory of her reputation, but also the endless knowledge and technology in her mind.
Soon, if you bring a few more disciples, this one will be given ten, ten hundred. In the future, domestic biology will be able to rise rapidly.
Moreover, academician Chen Xuemei is not the only one who returned this time.
2013 was the year with the biggest change in talent, and in this year, in addition to the 47-year-old academician Chen Xuemei, there were as many as 100 outstanding people who returned to the motherland.
They gave back all the knowledge they learned to the motherland, standing in the laboratory day and night, using the most advanced technology at that time to teach more new young people and new talents.
The return of a hundred outstanding talents, how can they not be excited. They can't do it without excitement.
At this time, Academician Chen Xuemei had officially accepted an interview.
In an interview, she said: "I agree with the pyramid structure of the United States in terms of cultivating talent, but I also like to share, and I prefer to share it with my own country." ”
After this remark, Chen Xuemei won the applause of the audience, indeed, her achievements in biology alone are enough to win everyone's admiration.
However, compared with the admiration of academics for Academician Chen Xuemei, more people are still more interested in her life and deeds.
And Chen Xuemei's experience can be said to be a twist and turn.
02 Hear and see, choose biology
Chen Xuemei, now 56 years old, is not only a talented person from Peking University who has traveled to the ocean, but also an "excellent teacher" in Tao Li Manyuan.
Her achievements are not respected by anyone who is not envied, but who can guess that she was only a left-behind child when she was a child.
Chen Xuemei was born in Harbin in 1966. In order to give her a better education, her parents decided to go out to work together.
As a result, she grew up with her grandparents. Whether it is the beginning of the school holidays or the New Year's holidays, parents almost never come home.
Chen Xuemei's time to meet her parents can also be said to be very small.
Fortunately, Grandpa could read, and for this reason grandpa taught her to read and learn when he was still young. In this way, her enlightenment education time was far earlier than ordinary people. And grandpa became her enlightenment teacher.
Under the guidance of her grandfather, Chen Xuemei had learned a lot of Chinese characters and ancient poems before going to school.
And this is probably the basis of her young success.
According to Chen Xuemei, her favorite thing when she was a child was to be with her grandfather. Sometimes they go fishing in the river, and sometimes they sit together on a recliner and sunbathe and count ants.
"That's right, counting ants. And since then I've had the habit of sitting there counting ants and spending the afternoon sitting there. Chen Xuemei laughed herself.
Maybe in the eyes of others, counting ants is not something that everyone did when they were children, but it was not the same for Chen Xuemei.
The ants' every move was watched by her eyes, how they acted, how they were so uniform, all of which planted a seed of doubt for the young her.
I don't know whether Chen Xuemei was originally talented or whether his grandfather's early teaching played a role, in short, Chen Xuemei has always been in the top position in his later studies.
In addition to her academic performance, she is also extremely obedient and filial in her daily life.
Studying, helping grandma share the housework, and even offering to do farm work, chen Xuemei has already embarked on the runway when other children are still just having fun at this age.
She has also been in a happy state when she was with her grandparents, except for the liberal arts and sciences in high school.
Most of the girls at that time chose the liberal arts they were good at. When the grandparents who have not received higher education see this situation, they naturally hope that Chen Xuemei will choose the one that is more secure.
But Chen Xuemei's opinion this time was different. She was pretty sure she wanted to study science. This led to her conflicting with her grandparents' ideas.
For this matter, the three of them were no less cold war during that time.
However, Grandpa finally chose to respect Chen Xuemei's own ideas. As a result, Chen Xuemei was one step closer to the biology of her dreams.
"I don't know when I fell in love with creatures, maybe when I count ants every day, maybe it's the throbbing in the first class!" It's not clear now," Chen Xuemei said in her book.
After convincing her grandparents, Chen Xuemei naturally learned more energetically.
Therefore, in 1984, she was successfully admitted to Peking University with excellent results far beyond ordinary people.
With the first experience, the grandparents naturally no longer interfere with her decisions.
Chen Xuemei entered the door of the Biology Department of Peking University as she wished.
After entering the highest school of biology, Chen Xuemei was even more attracted by the novelty and beauty of biology, and plunged into the ocean of knowledge.
Every day, I either listen to lectures or read books in the library.
After all, the name of this "talented woman of Peking University" is not for no reason.
03 Lack of opportunities and decided to travel to the United States
The four words "Peking University Talented Woman" are full of legends just by sounding.
But Chen Xuemei's talent had just been tapped.
In less than a year, she successfully overtook all her classmates and became the first. It was not long before he was admitted to the "Sino-US Biochemistry Joint Enrollment Program".
Chen Xuemei used her own actions to verify the true name of her talented woman.
After receiving all kinds of education, a heart to serve the motherland was buried in Chen Xuemei's heart. She aspires to be a useful person to the country.
And these are not something that can be brought about by a small certificate or a false name.
As a result, she became more determined in her desire to study. Ignoring the hardships of the surrounding environmental conditions and ignoring all obstacles, Chen Xuemei became more and more frustrated and courageous.
"Her perseverance has always been far beyond ordinary people," Chen Xuemei's roommate once described her.
And her perseverance is indeed far beyond ordinary people, because this persistence is four years.
In the whole four years of college, Chen Xuemei was not willing to waste every minute and second, and sometimes she was eager to free up her sleep time to study.
And her actions even directly brought a "three-point and one-line" learning boom to Peking University.
But no matter what others discuss, she is now about to graduate, and she has no energy to pay attention to these.
Because at that time, there were very few positions in the field of biology in China, and to exaggerate, in the era of lack of knowledge at that time, Chen Xuemei did not even have a deeper level of content learning.
Now that she is nearing graduation, finding a job has become a major problem. Chen Xuemei did not think of going abroad for further study, but the cost was too high for her ordinary family to afford.
As the graduation date approached, and as her classmates had gradually found their own clear goals, Chen Xuemei was even more hesitant.
Although the odds of going abroad are slim, she has found a good job for herself and has a good place to go. But these two things do need to be carefully considered.
One is to study abroad that cannot afford but is what you want, and the other is a simple but worry-free job, no matter who you put it on, this will be a difficult choice.
But the timing came by such a coincidence.
Shortly before she graduated, Peking University released a message that "the Sino-US International Student Program has officially launched."
As soon as this news came out, Chen Xuemei instantly had no worries, which seemed to be tailor-made for her, which naturally made her choose the former without hesitation.
It can not only represent the school to study in the United States to absorb new knowledge, but also can no longer worry about any costs, why not.
In this way, Chen Xuemei successfully went to Cornell University in the United States after graduation to continue studying the Department of Biochemistry.
04 Return from school and return to his hometown
When she first arrived in the United States, everything here was almost dazzling to her.
Advanced machines and a wider range of knowledge materials taught her the strength of the United States at that time.
But Chen Xuemei did not come here to open her eyes and long-term insights, she came here to enhance her academic level, learn more diverse technologies, achieve higher achievements, and then serve the motherland.
Maybe China at that time was not advanced enough in the field of biology, but it would always catch up or even catch up, but it was only a matter of time.
Thinking of this, Chen Xuemei no longer thought about it, but immediately set her sights on scientific research.
During that time, she was so busy that she often didn't have time to eat, and staying up all night was even more strange, let alone in terms of clothing.
Because Chen Xuemei needs to wear protective clothing in the laboratory every day, she directly leads to few sets of her own clothes, not to mention the problem of whether it is fashionable.
Although there is no quality of life, but academically it is a qualitative leap, and it was not long before Chen Xuemei became a doctor at Cornell University in the United States.
But this was not enough for her, Chen Xuemei continued every step of the way, so five years later, she successfully pursued a postdoctoral study.
Reaching the top of the degree should have been a happy thing, but at this time, Chen Xuemei found herself encountering a bottleneck.
No matter how much she continued her previous research, she could not continue to take a step forward.
After thinking about it for a long time, she realized that what she needed was no longer theoretical research.
So in 1999, Chen Xuemei chose to go to Rutgers University in the United States as a professor assistant.
"What I learned during that time was more precious than any of my books." Chen Xuemei said in a later interview.
Man's experience will always be far superior to the dead knowledge in textbooks, and he also learned this truth from American professors.
Every experiment she had done with the professor, every reminder he had given Chen Xuemei, was an enlightening presence.
And this study is a full six years.
Six years later, she naturally became a professor.
For academic experts, time always passes very quickly. Isn't it uncommon to spend an annual amount of time in an era when experiments have to be done well for several years?
But how many people can be like Chen Xuemei, even if she has held many honors, even if she has the name of "professor", she still has not stopped her self-study.
Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared, and giving can one day usher in the harvest. So in 2011, the position of researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute fell to Chen Xuemei.
In just two years, she climbed to the position of academician step by step.
At this time, Chen Xuemei was finally slightly relieved about herself, and she could finally return to her motherland "justifiably and with a straight face".
The high salaries of the United States and the drunken fans of the streets have long been unable to stop Chen Xuemei's patriotism.
05 The current situation in China, preaching the tao
After returning to China, how the people in China discussed themselves, Chen Xuemei was no longer in the mood to inquire. Because what attracted her more at this time was obviously the domestic scientific research situation.
At that time, biology was actually doubled compared to the time when Chen Xuemei was still in school, but compared with the United States in the same period, there was still a big distance.
But when Chen Xuemei saw the young faces and the vigorous momentum one by one, the stones in her heart fell.
Today's motherland has long been different from the past, just the short period of twenty or thirty years since she left, the country has already made rapid progress. Just through Chen Xuemei's return to China, we can see the importance that the state attaches to talents, not to mention the many policies that have been issued in 2013.
Therefore, in order to actively respond to the call of the motherland and to realize her wish to serve the motherland for many years, Chen Xuemei quickly joined the scientific research organization.
But within a few days she had discovered some shortcomings, and she immediately changed the size of the lab as she had always acted violently.
The ability of experts is always unquestionable, but that doesn't mean they have enough energy to teach a team of dozens of people. Even if you can barely do it, I am afraid that you will end up with a little understanding of the skin and the lack of skill.
From the perspective of maximizing profits, reducing the number of people to a dozen people is the most appropriate approach.
As soon as this method changed, all the professors were full of energy and more energetic to adapt to the biological clocks of today's young researchers.
During this period, Chen Xuemei knew everything and said everything, and passed on all her learning to others.
In addition, in order to alleviate the serious and tense atmosphere in the research room, she chose to hold frequent seminars to strengthen the relationship between tutors and students.
Because in her findings, the impact of the work environment on a person should not be underestimated.
The people who crave the scarcity of talent, in addition to the researchers themselves, are probably the state.
Yes, talent is a timeless treasure and a treasure that every country will value so much, it can be a prerequisite for many prospects to be completed, and it can also be the cornerstone of a country's longevity.
06 million Chen Xuemei
Our development has always been rapid.
Decades ago, when we were still just pursuing food and clothing, where could we think of today's magnificent scene.
But today, we have not only succeeded in doing things that we did not dare to think of, but also have become dissatisfied with this.
At this moment, we are pursuing a more noble and even more exquisite life, so what will happen to our lives in the future?
I am afraid that it is also a scene that I dare not think of at this time.
And the source of all this is inseparable from the strength and prosperity of the motherland. It is both the root of all our pursuits and the result of our efforts.
Nowadays, with the passage of time, with the popularization of nine-year compulsory education, people have long realized the importance of science and technology and education, and also realized the importance of talents.
Nowadays, the mainland is vigorously developing science and technology and innovation, and is eager for the emergence of more talents.
Today's new crown is the best answer.
As the country that controlled the epidemic the fastest, as the first country to develop a vaccine, the unity of the people and the response are indispensable conditions, but the importance of scientific researchers is also vividly displayed at this time.
Now with the emergence of more and more high-quality talents, the country has already been in a new situation.
Who is not working hard to become a talent, who does not want to one day contribute to the country, everyone is working hard for this.
Nowadays, students also have their own enthusiasm, with a variety of "inner volumes", with the increase in the popularity of graduate school and doctoral studies, today's students' desire for knowledge has already reached the highest point.
They may not declare the world, but they are silently fulfilling their mission, looking forward to the day when they can serve their country.
Perhaps because of the desire for employment platforms or knowledge, there are many students who study abroad today, but in fact, like Chen Xuemei, the number of students who return from school is more.
I believe that in the future, not only will there be more and more people like Chen Xuemei, but also fewer and fewer people who choose to study abroad.
People's life is always long, if there is no dream or belief in the body, how can we live a wonderful life, when we focus on the motherland, the respect of the people of the motherland will naturally fall on their own.
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