High school biology teaches us that proteins are the executive layer of life activities. Proteins are composed of amino acids and have different levels of spatial structure.

Humans have studied the structural properties of twenty amino acids in the human body and the sequence of proteins, but what exactly are the functions and spatial structures of proteins, and why does a simple oxidation reaction have dozens of sub-reactions?

Instead of using a more cost-effective reaction, they insist on using a less efficient one.

Why use uncoupling proteins to release the proton gradient that has been painstakingly accumulated?

There are still many fundamental questions at the protein level that remain unresolved. Biology is, in some ways, similar to mathematics; the more fundamental the question, the harder it is to solve.

The 21st century is the century of biology. This statement, which began in the 1990s and has been repeated to this day, has now become a joke.

The cutoff score for biology has been getting lower and lower. From being almost the highest cutoff score in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the current cutoff score for biology is only a few points away from the admission cutoff score.

If undergraduate students are like this, then the level of graduate students is declining year by year. Very few undergraduate and graduate students in biology at Tsinghua University continue to study biology. Not to mention Jiangcheng University, where the majority of graduate students come from second-tier universities. It's not easy to find a student from your own university who is willing to study there.

Why does this phenomenon occur?

From the late 20th century to the early 21st century, various biological concepts such as the "Human Genome Project," "cloning," and "biochips" were all the rage. But what is the concept of biology now? One of the four great pitfalls.

Li Xulin entered the Department of Biology at Jiangcheng University in the 1980s and pursued his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees there. He has a deep affection for the School of Biology at Jiangcheng University.

He watched as the quality of students in the School of Biology declined year by year, and he wanted to revitalize it but didn't know where to start.

It's worth noting that Jiangcheng University's School of Biology has five academicians, making it a very powerful institution in terms of both administrative and academic resources.

One of the academicians is already quite old. Once he retires, given the strength of the School of Biology at Jiangcheng University, it is highly likely that one or two more academicians can be nominated.

The medical polymer laboratory alone has two academicians.

After Zheng Li came to the medical polymer laboratory, the same experiments were taught to him, and the experimental results were even more ideal.

Take the very simple PCR experiment as an example. The PCR experiment has very few steps and the core principle is also simple. However, even a slight difference in the reagents at each step can lead to not getting the desired result.

Zheng Li often felt like an ancient wizard concocting magic potions during his experiments.

Others might get stuck and fail to get the strips they want for various reasons, but Zheng Li always manages to achieve the desired effect.

PCR is just one of many types of experiments, and he was later entrusted with more and more important experiments.

Moreover, Zheng Li has his own ideas about biological experiments and can offer targeted optimization suggestions to make experiments and theories more aligned.

He could have easily been listed as a second author on several SCI papers given his contributions, but Zheng Li refused.

Zheng Li expressed that he has ideas and hopes that his first paper will realize his ideas.

"Hey Mr. Liu, I have something I'd like to discuss with you." Li Xulin made a phone call.

Upon receiving the call, Liu Gui instinctively felt it was bad news: "Go ahead and say it."

Li Xulin: "Zheng Li expressed his desire to transfer to the School of Biological Sciences, so I'd like to ask who to contact regarding the transfer process? Who is responsible for administrative work in your School of Mathematical Sciences?"

Liu Gui said firmly, "Hmph, I knew it wouldn't be good news. There's no way Zheng Li would switch majors to the School of Biology!"

Li Xulin: "He wanted to come to the School of Biology himself, so you have to respect the student's wishes."

Liu Gui: "He didn't agree at all. I asked him what he thought. I admit that he doesn't really feel a strong sense of belonging to the School of Mathematics, but I'm afraid he doesn't feel much stronger a sense of belonging to your School of Life Sciences either."

Li Xulin: "He has a much stronger sense of belonging to the School of Life Sciences. He has hardly ever attended classes in the School of Mathematics, but he comes to the laboratory in the School of Life Sciences for internships every day."

Liu Gui: "Internship? I think his work is not much worse than that of the PhD students in your School of Life Sciences."

"We really can't send such an outstanding student to the School of Biology."

"Although he doesn't come to class every day, he goes to the School of Biology every day."

"But do you know what achievements he made in mathematics?"

"He solved the similarity problem of the homogeneous Boltzmann equation, and this paper will be published in ARMA next semester."

ARMA is a second-tier mathematics journal, second only to the Big Four accounting firms in terms of prestige.

After Liu Gui finished speaking, Li Xulin thought to himself, "He truly is a genius among geniuses." He knew that this recruitment effort wouldn't be easy.

"But do you know what achievements Zheng Li has made in the School of Biological Sciences?"

"We are about to publish a paper in Nature, and he is the first author."

"As long as the editors at Nature reproduce the experiment, it will definitely be published in Nature."

"The School of Life Sciences has never published a paper in Nature's main journal before. This is our first paper published in Nature's main journal."

"Academicians Lu and Zhu both expressed their high regard for Zheng Li, and they will speak to your Dean Chen on his behalf."

Liu Gui roared, "You, Li Linfu, trying to intimidate me with your academician title?"

Li Xulin also had a nickname at Jiangcheng University: Li Linfu, which implied that he was hypocritical and treacherous.

"No wonder you're all so eager, it turns out Zheng Li is going to publish in Nature."

He chuckled twice: "But your plans are probably going to fall through."

“Zheng Li was admitted through a special admission program, and national regulations stipulate that students admitted through this program are not allowed to change their major.”

"Even if you have many academicians, you can forget about getting this done!"

Liu Gui was overjoyed: "I never imagined that our School of Mathematical Sciences would publish in Nature one day."

"Hahaha, thank you for bringing me this good news."

Li Xulin hung up the phone before Liu Gui finished laughing, thinking to himself:

"We were careless. If the School of Mathematics hadn't known about this, Zheng Li might have been able to poach him, but given the current situation, that's probably not going to happen."

"Hmph, let Xiao Guizi be smug for a while. Wait until Zhengli University graduates and see if he stays in the School of Mathematics or comes to our School of Biology."

......

In the enclosed space, a piece of paper sat alone in the center of the room, and apart from the chirping of the white mice, there was no other sound.

Zheng Li first injected an anesthetic into the mouse, and then implanted the embryo-like living thing into the mouse's body.

After the surgery, he put the mouse in a cage and then sat quietly by, waiting for the mouse to wake up.

He spent most of the money he earned from tutoring on this; Zheng Li needed to prove that in this world, willpower could influence the real world.

This is the foundation of all spellcasting.

The argument between the two professors was meaningless to him; publishing papers was merely a way to cultivate a persona of genius.

Whether the foundation for spellcasting exists in this world is the most important thing for Zheng Li.