The 3rd World Top Scientists Forum has been closed for more than a month, in addition to the participation of as many as 137 top scientists, attracting more than 1.5 billion people's network traffic, what tangible and intangible value has it brought to Shanghai, a city that is committed to building a science and technology innovation center with global influence? What else to look forward to next? The reporter of Jiefang Daily and Shangguan News interviewed Wang Hou, secretary general of the World Association of Top Scientists.
[Three top scientists will be stationed in the new laboratory every year for no less than three months]
"Professor Roger Korenberg, president of the World Association of Top Scientists, asks us every few days about the progress of the Joint International Laboratory." The prince said.
Roger Kornberg
The landing of top scientists in "Shanghai" is the most intuitive embodiment of the results of the forum. At the 3rd World Top Scientists Forum, the "cloud" of the world's top scientist community was launched, and the first batch of international joint laboratories of the world's top scientists entered the community, including the biological macromolecule laboratory led by Roger Kornberg, the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which is mainly oriented to anti-infection and microbial resistance research; and the immunochemistry laboratory led by Richard Lerner, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1994 and former president of the Scripps Research Institute in the United States, in the direction of immunity and immune-related drug development Raymond Dewick, the founder of glycobiology and director of the Glycobiology Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, is a glycobiology laboratory with glycobiology research as the main direction.
The three laboratories in Lingang, Shanghai, will be built in the form of mirror laboratories, that is, the original laboratories of scientists are used as templates, and the new and old laboratories are mirror images of each other. The three leaders have made it clear that the time spent in the new laboratory will be no less than three months per year. Roger Kornberg, who originally had laboratories in Israel and the United States, decided to build a lab in Shanghai and would shift his focus to Shanghai.
At present, with the active support of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Lingang Management Committee, the preparatory work of the joint laboratory is being carried out intensively. The overall structure of the laboratory will be divided into academic sections and transformation sections, the academic section benchmarks the "European Molecular Biology Organization", focusing on basic and cutting-edge scientific research, Roger Korenberg will serve as the chairman of the academic committee; the transformation section benchmarks Europe's top technology transfer institution "Life Eros", focusing on the output of the whole industry chain of research results, and Raymond Stevens, a famous structural biologist and professor at the Scripps Institute in the United States, will serve as the chairman of the transformation committee.
Wang Hou said that although the scientists are in different countries, they are enthusiastic about promoting various related work, and have put forward many constructive guidance on the specific construction details of their respective laboratories and the operation and management of joint laboratories. "How Chinese and foreign researchers recruit and how to raise scientific research funds, scientists understand very carefully." Even the property of the laboratory, how to do the security, they have taken into account. ”
Following the identification of the first batch of laboratories, the second batch of intended laboratories is in the process of docking, including mechanical bonds (chemistry), room temperature superconductivity, stem cells, digital health and other scientific fields.
[Leave the top scientists, leave the scientific spirit behind]
"Letting top scientists come to Shanghai and stay in Shanghai is the tangible value of the forum." Through the window of the forum, more top scientists can understand Shanghai's science and technology innovation environment, laying the groundwork for international scientific exchanges and cooperation. The intangible value brought by the forum is to arouse the public to pay attention to science, love science, and cultivate the spirit of science. The prince said.
The number of top scientists attending the third World Top Scientist Forum has increased from 35 to 137 compared with the first one, attracting more than 1.5 billion people's network traffic, multiple video playback volume exceeded 10 million, and a number of related microblogs rushed to the hot search, scientists have become hot idols, and also narrowed the distance between the general public and science.
The World's Top Scientists Little Scientist Forum
After three sessions of planning and implementation, the forum has formed a complete echelon system of top scientists, young scientists and small scientists, which is conducive to the cultivation of scientific reserve talents. "Almost all the young science enthusiasts who attended the conference reported that being able to communicate face-to-face with Nobel Laureates was a great incentive for them to continue their scientific research." Wang Hou introduced that Tan Fanglin, Li Yiting and other scientific "small Internet celebrities" who appeared on the forum and had hundreds of millions of traffic also set an example for their peers.
[Not only to be a "circle of friends" for scientists, but also to become a science festival for citizens]
How to further solidify the results of the forum and display the scientific ideas and academic achievements that have been intensively exchanged in the past few days to a higher and more normal display? Relying on the World's Top Scientists Association, is it possible for Shanghai to set up a scientific award with international influence and host a world-class scientific and technological journal?
Wang Hou introduced that with the support of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Municipal Association for Science and Technology, the Shanghai Center of the World Association of Top Scientists has extensively consulted the opinions of top scientists, conducted research on world-class academic journals and well-known scientific awards, and is designing work plans with reference to international advanced experience. If this idea can be implemented, it will exert a significant influence on scientific and technological innovation, but its investment is large and difficult, and it is necessary to coordinate the participation of all parties. At present, the 6 (vice)chairmen of the World Association of Top Scientists have made a division of labor, each taking the lead in taking charge of specific modules, integrating domestic and foreign resources, and proposing practical proposals as soon as possible.
What else to look forward to next? "The World's Top Scientists Forum should not only continue to be a 'circle of friends' for scientists, but also become a science festival for citizens." The forum activities will be diversified and normalized, not limited to the venue, but extended to the cloud and various venues in Shanghai, truly becoming a science and technology event that will never end. Wang Hou introduced that the forum will continue to take "science and technology, for the common destiny of mankind" as the theme, promote basic science, advocate international cooperation, support the growth of young people, gather global innovation wisdom, disseminate cutting-edge scientific and technological information, explore new paths for scientific and technological progress and industrial transformation, and help Shanghai build a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Huang Haihua Text Editor: Huang Haihua Title Image Source: Meng Yuhan Photo Editor: Shao Jing
Source: Author: Huang Haihua