[Rose] Qian Yongjiang: Qian Xuesen's nephew, who won the Nobel Prize, and frankly said: "I don't know much about Chinese, I'm an American scientist!" "How is he now?
"I don't really say Chinese, I'm an American scientist, that's for sure, I'm not a Chinese scientist."
In 2008, American scientist Martin Schalfi and Japanese scientist Osamu Shimomura won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Chinese scientist Qian Yongjian, whose research pioneered the application field of green fluorescent protein.
Up to now, there are a total of 11 Chinese who have won the Nobel Prize, and Qian Yongjian is one of them. The mention of the name Qian Yongjian may be unfamiliar to many people, but when it comes to his uncle Qian Xuesen, a great scientist who is familiar to everyone, he suddenly feels much more cordial to Qian Yongjian.
But at the Nobel ceremony that year, Qian Yongjiang said that he was not very Chinese, and succinctly claimed that he was an American scientist, not a Chinese scientist. The hearts of the Chinese people, who had been celebrating and rejoicing for them, suddenly became heavy when they heard the news.
Qian Yongjiang's father, Qian Xueyu and Qian Xuesen, are cousins, and the brothers graduated from China Jiaotong University and went to the United States for further study. Qian Xueyu and Qian Xuesen's research direction is different, and his subsequent experience is also diametrically opposite.
Qian Xueyu is a lofty expert specializing in aerodynamics, and he also holds a fiery wish of "saving the country in space". After graduation, he returned to his homeland with pride and hope to contribute to the country through aerospace research.
However, China at that time was not the glory it is today, and Qian Xueyu witnessed official corruption and corruption, which made his enthusiasm for serving the country suddenly cool. He knew that no matter how hard he tried, it would be difficult to change the chaos and bureaucratic corruption. Frustrated, Qian Xueyu embarked on a journey to the United States in anger.
In the United States, he still sticks to his love of aerospace and persistently chases his dreams. Outstanding talent always attracts the attention of opportunities, and he was soon hired as a professor by Caltech, and Boeing also took the initiative to find Qian Xueyu as its senior consultant.
Since then, Qian Xueyu has settled in the United States and gave birth to two sons, both of whom have shown extraordinary talent and ability in scientific research.
Qian Yongjian suffered from asthma since he was a child, and his body and bones were weak, but he showed extraordinary talent in the field of chemistry. Perhaps it was the influence of the atmosphere of the Qian family, when he was young, his family did not dare to let Qian Yongjian contact too many chemical reagents, but Qian Yongjian turned his head to read chemistry books and grew up to have his own chemistry laboratory.
When Qian Yongjian was 16 years old, he won the Westinghouse Science Genius Award, known as the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Middle School Students, for a chemistry project funded by the American Science Foundation. Qian Yongjian was also expected to be admitted to Harvard University to specialize in chemistry, and then to Cambridge University to study for a doctorate.
Qian Yongjian and his supervisor have taken different paths in the direction of research. He was deeply interested in the brain's neural signaling network, and in 1980 he successfully invented a dye molecule that measures the concentration of calcium ions, which caused a lot of heat and discussion in the industry at that time.
Calcium plays an important role in the human body and is involved in the regulatory processes of cells. Conventional measurements have previously required measurements by penetrating cells and injecting calcium-binding proteins, but Qian's successful research avoids this complicated process.
Through his invention, Qian Yongjian proposed a new way to measure calcium ion concentration without directly penetrating cells or injecting calcium-binding proteins. This new dye molecule is able to enter cells non-invasively and bind to calcium ions, providing an efficient means of measuring calcium concentration.
This breakthrough invention has been widely used in in living imaging technology. It not only simplifies the measurement of calcium concentration, but also avoids interference and damage to cells. Qian's research provides the scientific community with a more convenient and reliable way to study the regulatory mechanism of calcium signaling in organisms.
Qian Yongjian's dual knowledge background, understanding both biology and chemical methods, gives him a unique advantage in research. Over the next few years, he won several awards from the National Chemical Society and the Protein Society to become a high-profile scientist.
At this time, Qian Yongjian, who was already famous, attracted the attention of outsiders. People began to notice the kinship of Qian Yongjian and Qian Xuesen. Many Chinese people also congratulated and praised it, and the Qian family really produced talents for generations.
However, Qian Yongjian is not satisfied with past achievements. He continues to devote himself to the study of neural signaling networks in the brain, with the goal of providing better health for humans and helping to treat and prevent brain diseases by gaining insight into how the brain works.
In 2008, Qian Yongjian won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was famous and caused a sensation at home and abroad. Obviously, Qian Yongjian is successful and respectable in scientific research. He doesn't care so much about his Chinese identity, but looking back at his life experience, it is understandable: he grew up in the United States, and his homeland is no longer so important.
Edit: World
Author: Big Dream
