In the previous 1665 dungeon, Xu Yun received a conspicuous hint about the Five Dynasties’ imidacloprid formula:
[This is good stuff, but truly mastering it won’t be easy].
Thus, the entire formula is not a fool-proof one-click guide but provides so directions and structural expression diagrams. Many aspects require Xu Yun to personally work and think to solve it—like the previous pheromone, for instance, or the targeted binding thod from the fourth to fifth generation.
To put it simply, you cannot have sothing for nothing.
However, compared to the cyclization breakthrough from the third to fourth generation, the difficulty from the fourth to fifth generation is undoubtedly much smaller, aning the leap isn’t quite as large.
Fourth-generation determines the structure, fifth-generation supplents the functionality, and the forr is the key point of qualitative change.
Thus, after establishing the direction for optimization needed for the fifth generation, Xu Yun began to distribute the tasks for the next phase:
"Old Qiu, next you take Xiaotang, Xiaoli, and the others to work on the developnt of the homoric pheromone, leaving the derivation of the sodium ion channel receptor binding thod to . Let’s keep in contact at any ti.
There are many existing examples in the homoric pheromone biosphere; the key is in blocking the conformational changes of the sensing domain, which is not particularly difficult to operate, so let’s set a ti.
The usage ti of the laboratory is still nine days, so let’s strive for six days... get the pheromone challenge done within six days!"
Upon hearing, Qiu Sheng exchanged a look with Li Yi and the others, then nodded heavily:
"Old Xu, don’t worry, I’ll handle this side just fine."
After delegating the laboratory tasks to Qiu Sheng, Xu Yun tidied up so materials and left the lab in casual attire.
Students not infuriated by biology teachers should all know.
All animal mbranes have a channel that allows a small amount of Na ions to enter cells following their electrochemical gradient, which is the sodium ion channel.
Discovered by the British scientists Hodgkin and Huxley, it can be divided into voltage-gated and ligand-gated types.
The sodium ion channel is the main trigger for electrical signals in all animals, and electrical signals are the control basis for a series of physiological processes such as nerve activity and muscle contraction.
Therefore, if it is possible to regulate the inactivation and deactivation of insect sodium ion channels, prolonging the ti of transmbrane sodium ion flow to cause nervous excitation conduction blockade, this can also accelerate killing insects.
According to the just-assigned task, the derivation of the sodium ion channel receptor binding thod was left for Xu Yun alone to solve, which is not an easy task. Therefore, he planned to check so materials at the West District Library first.
However, as soon as he left the dical center a few steps, the phone in his pocket vibrated.
"If it gets dark before then, I’m going to dig out your eyes~~~"
Xu Yun pulled out his phone to see that the incoming number was marked with a number:
Marshal Pan.
Seeing this, Xu Yun felt a chill in his heart and quickly pressed the call button:
"Director Pan, you looking for ?"
A few seconds later, a robust male voice ca from the receiver:
"Hmm, it’s , Xiaoxu, where are you?"
"I’m in the Central District at the dical center here, planning to go to the West District Library for so research."
"That’s convenient, I just ca out from Tongfu Laboratory, shall we et at the library entrance?"
"Sure, please wait a mont, I’m on my way!"
After hanging up, Xu Yun didn’t dare to delay and quickly took a taxi heading to the West District.
More than ten minutes later, carrying a small bag, Xu Yun arrived alone at the West District AED entrance.
At this mont, there stood a figure at the library entrance, quite familiar to Xu Yun.
The person appeared to be in their early fifties, with a kind face and spirited eyes, a tuft of bangs slanting from left to right on the forehead, wearing brown-frad glasses.
Not particularly tall but with an extrely imposing back.
This person was Xu Yun’s other ntor, the leading figure in dostic quantum communications, Marshal Pan, Academician Pan.
Xu Yun quickly walked over, greeting him:
"Professor, you wanted to see ?"
"Oh, Xiaoxu is here."
Marshal Pan turned and nodded at Xu Yun, casually patting his shoulder and pointing to the side:
"Let’s walk and talk."
Xu Yun obediently followed.
Perhaps because the School of Life Sciences is located here, the greening asures of West Campus of Ke Da are quite perfected, with tree-lined paths everywhere.
West Lake, one of the West District’s attractions, had introduced six black swans from Lu Dong’s breeding base not long ago, making the natural environnt more harmonious than the other two campuses.
Xu Yun and Academician Pan walked leisurely down a shady path until Academician Pan started the conversation:
"Xiaoxu, your doctoral thesis defense should be soon, right?"
Xu Yun plucked a dry leaf from his shoulder and replied:
"It’s coming close. It was originally scheduled for next May, but Director Tian helped push it up to March next year, specifically mid-March."
Upon hearing this, Academician Pan nodded thoughtfully.
Generally, dostic part-ti graduate thesis defenses are in December, full-ti in May or June, but direct Ph.D. programs can sotis make exceptions and hold defenses in March. Then, he continued to ask:
"Xiaoxu, I rember you’ve published academic papers in biology?"
Xu Yun nodded with a smile:
"Yes, published 5 SCI papers last year, although truly valuable ones are only two, one barely scraped into Zone Two."
"That’s still quite impressive."
Academician Pan praised, then stopped and looked at Xu Yun seriously:
"So, Xiaoxu, in the next half year... are you interested in helping out?"
"Huh?"
Xu Yun was montarily stunned but, thanks to two lifetis of rich research experience, instantly understood what Academician Pan ant:
"Director Pan, is there going to be a big move by the school?"
As a current physics graduate student, being called by Marshal Pan or other bosses to assist is a common occurrence. If it were just ordinary research projects, Marshal Pan wouldn’t need to ask such a question.
It was obviously clear that the research project Marshal Pan hoped he would assist on must be of astonishingly high specifications, even requiring Marshal Pan’s personal ’interview’!
Faced with Xu Yun’s doubts, Marshal Pan nodded slightly:
"Yes, recently we achieved so technical breakthroughs in a... um, a field, so we’re preparing to launch a new project."
Xu Yun curiously glanced at him:
"Director Pan, can you tell what the project is? Of course, if even the na needs to be kept secret, then just pretend I didn’t ask."
"It’s not that serious; the na can still be ntioned. After all, technology is the core."
Marshal Pan waved his hand confidently:
"If all goes well, we’re about to conduct the fifteen-photon entanglent experint!"
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