In order to carry out experiments, she captured hundreds of densely packed green elephant armor with her bare hands in Qilian Mountain, and finally led the team to win the special prize of the Fifth National College Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition; she also loves sports, and won the women's singles runner-up in the 2019 Lanzhou University Eight Colleges Joint Table Tennis Competition Singles Competition. Along the way, this girl who "never needs to worry about anything else, is to engage in her own learning and focus on growth" frankly said that her family gave her a lot of encouragement, "even if the exam is not good, the family will comfort and say that the words on the paper are still very well written." These stories come from Li Mengyao, a class of the 2017 biotechnology base of the School of Life Sciences. In September 2017, Li Mengyao entered the School of Life Sciences of Lanzhou University with excellent results, opening a new chapter in lanzhou university, sowing the seeds of youth three years ago, and now the sound of flowers can be heard.
Sprouting: The heart draws strength from the example
The desert and the clear springs, the mountains and the Gobi, in this majestic and solemn place, Li Mengyao often succumbed to the beauty of nature. Born and raised in the Northwest, she has always longed to do what she loves in the land she loves. "When I learned that I had been accepted to lanzhou university's school of life sciences, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep at night." Before enrolling in school, Li Mengyao had seen a report about Mr. Zheng Guokong, which made her remember it vividly and unforgettable. "All the coverslips used up in Mr. Cheng's laboratory are to be recycled. Something with a large fingernail cap, 0.05 mm thick, and will break with a light press, will be washed and reused! In addition to being surprised, her nose was sour, the founder of domestic cell biology, as a top coffee across the era, will actually "compete" with a small coverslip, which can be seen in the thrifty and pragmatic spirit of the older generation of scientists. As a student of the Academy of Biological Sciences, Li Mengyao naturally regards Mr. Zheng Guokong as an example on the road to learning scientific research. She understands that for college students in the new era, the current conditions are already worlds apart from then, and there is no need to worry about hardware facilities, but the gap in professional knowledge, the obstacle of literature reading, the setback of experimental progress, and the fruitlessness of data analysis have all made Li Mengyao anxious. She also had doubts about herself and thought of giving up, but she confessed that the "Zheng Guokong spirit" gave her the motivation to persist in walking. For more than three years since entering the school, Li Mengyao has always regarded learning as the first priority and maintained a high degree of enthusiasm for professional knowledge.
With the in-depth understanding of the history of the college, Li Mengyao was gradually impressed by the spirit of many predecessors of the college of life sciences. They are the scientific and technical personnel of our country, working the soil of Lanta, quietly experimenting in the wind and sand of the northwest, and turning the pragmatic and unobtrusive scientific research spirit into a beautiful background for scientific research workers. Now that Li Mengyao is a senior, she has reached a fork in the road in her life. For a long time, she wanted to be a cell biologist like Mr. Zheng Guokong. "But so far I understand that the meaning of the existence of science is not to hope that everyone can embark on the same scientific research path as themselves, but to influence generations of students with their own spirit and personality charm, and to inspire students to devote themselves to society and make contributions."
Branches: Thrive and ride the wind and waves
In the three years of university, Li Mengyao has won the "Internet +" Gansu Provincial Gold Award, the "Challenge Cup" Gansu Provincial Special Prize, the Fifth National College Students Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition National Special Prize, lanzhou University "Science Dream Workshop" first prize and other honorary awards. Among these many scientific research experiences, she was most impressed by her participation in the Fifth National College Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. In this competition, Li Mengyao's team's project is "Female Green Elephant Armor's Mate Selection Under Male Interference". The breeding period of the green elephant beetle is from July to September, and the large area of horse lin on the meadow of Qilian Mountain is the food of the green elephant beetle, and the Qilian Mountain has also become its survival and breeding place. Bringing the green elephant armor needed for the experiment to the laboratory required the team members to capture it with their bare hands in Qilian Mountain. "As the only girl on the team, I was resistant at first, but seeing the serious look of the team members, I also tried to participate in it." When grabbing the green elephant armor with her bare hands, the friends would joke with Li Mengyao to help her divert her attention and give her a lot of support and encouragement. Although the experiment was in the middle of summer, the temperature in the Qilian Mountains was still very low, the cold wind was gusting, the weather was changeable, and the heavy rain was common for the team members. "I have allergic rhinitis, my eyes are red during the experiment, I have been running a nose all the time, and I feel that my whole person is groggy." However, with the help of the team members, she still worked hard to overcome physical discomfort and psychological obstacles to complete the task of capturing thousands of dense green elephant armors, and insisted on completing the experiment.
In the experiment, they delved into the mate selection problem of female green weevils, insects, and innovatively elaborated on the trial marriage model, that is, female green weevils will change mates due to male body shape factors. This is the concept proposed by the team after repeated experiments, and it has also become a highlight of the project to break through the siege. After fierce competition, Li Mengyao's team won the unanimous recognition of the judges and teachers, and won the special prize of the Fifth National College Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. All the way from the school competition to the provincial competition to the national competition, from unfamiliar to familiar, Li Mengyao is very grateful to the teachers for their help and the concerted efforts of the team members. The project supervisor, Professor Du Bo, gave the team a lot of substantive suggestions in reading literature, analyzing data, writing papers and submitting papers, which also allowed Li Mengyao to have a deeper understanding of scientific research, and his scientific research quality has also been greatly improved. "Mr. Du is rigorous and responsible in the project, and is my guide to explore scientific research." Li Mengyao said. This is the first time that Li Mengyao led the team to participate in the National College Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. At first, she was not familiar with the format and scoring points of the competition, and she believed that the team could win the national grand prize without the help of Professor Feng Huyuan. He passed on his experience and provided a lot of scientific research inspiration for Li Mengyao's team, "He also helped us prepare, review and revise materials during the summer vacation, giving us a lot of scientific research inspiration." ”
Bloom: Driven by love, full bloom
During her college years, Li Mengyao has always held the position of secretary of the class league branch. With the joint efforts of her and her classmates, the branch has won the first place in the college for three consecutive years, and this year it has also been awarded the "Pacesetter of the May Fourth Red Flag Regiment Branch". In addition to studying, researching and student work, Li Mengyao also has a wide range of hobbies. She spent two years in the college table tennis team, actively participated in training and enjoyed it, and she also won the women's singles runner-up in the 2019 Lanzhou University Eight Colleges Joint Table Tennis Competition Singles Competition. In order to relax and enhance her physique, she also gradually liked night running, "used to summarize reflection and adjust the state during running." In the face of multiple tasks in learning life, Li Mengyao's secret is to plan time reasonably. She will prioritize a bunch of tasks, starting with the most needed and urgent things, and slowly doing them one by one, ensuring that the rhythm of the tasks is actively in her own hands. And every time you complete a task, you will get positive feedback from it, and you will have the confidence and strength to continue to the next one. In the occasional free time, Li Mengyao will also chase the drama and relax, so that her life is relaxed.
Talking about the busy academic activities will still participate in various extracurricular activities, Li Mengyao's reason is very simple: "I think college life should be diverse and colorful, so I am brave to try, only when I try, I will understand what I like and am good at, and I have a lot of interesting experiences in trying." Although Li Mengyao's scientific research life is busy, it is still as orderly as a leaf vein, and the tuanxue work is interspersed with the arc of ping-pong balls and the rhythm of night running, but what constitutes the center of her "Flower of Youth" is still her clear and eager yearning for scholarship. Take the initiative to serve as the leader of the national competition project, become a school-level student group cadre, do my best to do every task, adhere to physical exercise for three years, actively communicate with teachers and students to learn and grow, and share campus joy with parents in a timely manner... "I believe in the power of hard work more than talent." Li Mengyao attributed the mystery of becoming excellent to bravery, persistence and communication, which is also a true portrayal of her undergraduate career. In the face of flowers and applause, Li Mengyao modestly said that she was a very ordinary Lan University student, but she did her best to do everything well.
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Content Source | Lanzhou University Daily, No. 977