Zhang Yongzhen, a well-known virologist, was swept out of the house, and in order to defend his rights, he had to spend the night in front of the laboratory to express his demands. Seeing this scene, I am afraid that many people will be surprised and inexplicable. A well-known professor and scholar is treated like this, and who is behind it?
According to the official website of the School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (hereinafter referred to as the Public Health Center), where Zhang Yongzhen's team conducts scientific research activities, is a tertiary first-class hospital with a history of 100 years, also known as the Public Health Clinical Center affiliated to Fudan University.
From 2018 to March 2023, Zhang Yongzhen worked as an adjunct professor at the Public Health Center, engaged in infectious disease and virology research. Zhang Yongzhen led the research team to take the lead in releasing the full genome sequence of the new coronavirus to the world, laying the foundation for the global fight against the epidemic, which is considered a turning point in the global fight against the new coronavirus epidemic and has won high praise from the international community.
Judging from the long post of Weibo user "moving every year", the key is that Zhang Yongzhen's research team was treated unfairly and asked to move out of the laboratory within two days.
At the end of March 2018, Shanghai Public Health Center and Zhang Yongzhen's team officially reached a five-year scientific research cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, the work of Zhang Yongzhen's team at the public health center will end in March 2023.
On the afternoon of October 31, 2022, the Public Health Center informed Zhang Yongzhen that the cooperation agreement between the Public Health Center and Zhang Yongzhen's team had expired and that they would no longer cooperate from November 1.
In fact, Professor Zhang Yongzhen encountered many injustices: the arrears of scientific research funds of the public health center as stipulated in the agreement totaled more than 7 million yuan, the labor fees and scientific research awards due to Zhang Yongzhen and his team members totaled more than 300 yuan, and the failure to induct Zhang Yongzhen led to him being a "de facto unemployed" in September 2020.
These problems have caused Professor Zhang Yongzhen's scientific research to run into difficulties, but he is still persevering. This time, however, the public health center went even further, asking them to move out, but not making specific arrangements for them.
The public health center claimed that this was because the laboratory needed to be renovated, and they had already provided additional office and laboratory space, and had also informed them in advance of the relevant relocation plan.
However, Zhang Yongzhen posted that the public health center suddenly held an emergency meeting last Thursday, announcing in just one minute that the P3 laboratory was going to be upgraded, and ordered his team to move out within two days, and none of the members present heard the specific arrangements for moving there.
Zhang Yongzhen also pointed out that the public health center did not consider whether the newly arranged laboratory could meet the current experimental needs of its research group. They have a large number of samples of unknown pathogens, which are to be performed in at least a P2 laboratory according to biosafety requirements.
Although the two sides are arguing with each other, they have not yet reached the point of making a move. On April 28, the public health center directly closed the laboratory, and although they took the initiative to appeal to the hospital leaders and negotiate their wishes, the public health center did not give any relocation plan.
In a fit of rage, Professor Zhang Yongzhen and his team chose to sit in front of the laboratory and wait for the public health center to give them an explanation.
Seeing the well-known virologist Professor Zhang Yongzhen and his team sit-in in front of the laboratory is undoubtedly a protest and appeal to the public health center. In this way, they hope to draw the attention of society and let more people know about the injustices they have suffered. As a well-known virologist, Professor Zhang Yongzhen has made great contributions to the global fight against the new coronavirus epidemic, and his research results have laid the foundation for the global fight against the epidemic, and have won high praise from the international community. However, the fact that such a scientist who has made great contributions to the country and the people has encountered such injustice at home is undoubtedly a kind of irony and blow to the mainland's scientific research circles.
As a tertiary first-class hospital with a history of 100 years, the public health center should treat scientific researchers with a scientific, just and fair attitude, and provide them with a good scientific research environment and conditions. However, according to Professor Zhang Yongzhen, there are serious problems in the treatment of scientific researchers by the public health center. They not only defaulted on scientific research funds and labor fees, but also unreasonably demanded that Professor Zhang Yongzhen's team move out of the laboratory without providing a specific relocation plan, which is undoubtedly a serious infringement of the rights and interests of scientific researchers.
In the face of this situation, we should give more support and attention to Professor Zhang Yongzhen and his team. First of all, we should call on the relevant departments to intervene in the investigation to understand the truth of the matter and seek justice for Professor Zhang Yongzhen and his team. Second, we should strengthen the protection and respect for scientific researchers, provide them with a good scientific research environment and conditions, and stimulate their innovative spirit and creativity. Finally, we should strengthen the construction of scientific research ethics and scientific research integrity, and promote the healthy development of scientific research on the mainland.
All in all, the injustice suffered by Professor Zhang Yongzhen and his team is a sad phenomenon. We should give them more support and attention, and call on relevant departments to take action to create a better research environment and conditions for scientific researchers. At the same time, we should also strengthen the building of scientific research ethics and scientific research integrity, and promote the continuous development of scientific research on the mainland.
Dear readers, what do you want to say about the well-known virologist Zhang Yongzhen, who had no choice but to spend the night in front of the laboratory to express his demands in order to defend his rights?
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