Brainoid

After rejecting Hua Ruiming before being confessed, Qi Min felt that she no longer had to rely on him to help her with animal experiments. Fortunately, she is not all hopeless, because Qi Min is cooperating with Zhou Xiaoshan's research team, and she can still discuss experiments with researcher Zhou Xiaoshan if she cannot do them here.

After receiving Qi Min's email, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan called her very cordially. First of all, she told her that if she had anything to do, she didn't need to send such a formal email. She could just call or send a WeChat message.

Qi Min was a little embarrassed. Although she was not good at dealing with others on serious matters, her subject really troubled a lot of people. But since we are already PIs in the laboratory, we have to rely on this project to support ourselves, and we really can’t do it without asking for help.

She told Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan that brain-like body testing might require animal experiments, but she had no one who could do animal experiments.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan replied readily: "Okay. I have students here who have worked with animals before, but the 'Nimbus' computing center does not have supporting facilities such as animal rooms. If I want to conduct experiments, I have to go to your place."

"That's great." Qi Min said quickly, "I have already discussed with the department that the public animal room can be used... There are not many other required instruments. I have already decided that it should be done in two days. It can arrive in a week.”

"Well, let me first take a look at who can go here now." The sound of mouse clicks came from Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan's side, "Li Mingna, my postdoc here, previously studied for a PhD and worked as a mouse... Qiu Junfang read When I was a master, I also worked on animals...and Ke Qu, who previously worked in a laboratory studying Alzheimer's disease——"

"I think this one is suitable." Qi Min immediately suggested. If you have to deal with people at work, then obviously acquaintances are better.

In order to find a convincing reason, Qi Min added: "Brain-computer integration is not the same as ordinary animal experiments. Of course it is best to have a foundation in neurological diseases."

"Then it's Ke Yue. He happens to be doing experiments in informatics right now, so he can do it if he brings him to your place." Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan said, "I'll send you his WeChat account later. "

Qi Min agreed repeatedly, and mentioned her current situation of generating a full-size brain-like body. Finally, she sincerely thanked Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Qi Min felt relaxed.

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Two hours later, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan sent Ke Li’s WeChat business card through WeChat. This means that she has explained the situation to Ke Li himself, and it is now time for Qi Min to contact Ke Li directly.

This time Qi Min would not rashly invite anyone to dinner, especially since Ke Yue was in Shunyi, which was also very far from the urban area where the University of Science and Technology of China was located. If she wants to invite Ke Li to do experiments, she must first report to the school and arrange a temporary technician dormitory for Ke Li.

So Qi Min sent him a message on WeChat: "Hey, Teacher Zhou told you that you are going to do a rat brain-computer interface experiment, right?"

Within a few seconds, Ke Yue replied: "I just finished. Why does this matter have anything to do with you?"

Qi Min suddenly thought that he didn't know that he was the laboratory PI of the University of Science and Technology of China. He couldn't help but feel a little interesting, and deliberately did not point out the truth: "Of course, this is the project I am working on."

"Then I want to go to your laboratory?" Ke Li asked.

"Yes." Qi Min said again, "I can apply for you to live in the technician dormitory."

"I can live anywhere, as long as I don't have to commute four hours a day." Ke Yue replied with another [laughing and crying] expression.

"Then you can come?" Qi Min confirmed.

"Of course. I have made mice before, and it should be no problem to make rats now." Ke Yue replied, adding, "Besides, I still need you to help me improve the algorithm."

He added a [fist-holding] expression at the end, which made Qi Min couldn't help but find it funny. Ke Yue came to help her with brain-computer integration experiments, and she helped Ke Yue with his RNA prediction experiments. It seemed reasonable to help each other.

But Qi Min thought a little nonsensically, could she also ask Ke Yue to publish an article with her name? After all, she is cooperating with researcher Zhou Xiaoshan, so when publishing an article, she must include the names of the participating members of Zhou Xiaoshan’s research team. Then if Ke Li didn't bear her name, wouldn't she be at a loss?

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In this way, the matter of brain-computer combined animal experiments has been settled. Qi Min told Hua Ruiming's supervisor that she did not need to find someone to conduct animal experiments because her collaborator, researcher Zhou Xiaoshan, could provide relevant manpower. When looking for help, you have to give priority to your own collaborative research group, and others can understand.

The next step is to report the issue to the school and find a way to arrange Ke Yue's accommodation when he comes here to do experiments in the future.

The University of Science and Technology of China actually had dormitories for short-term staff, and Qi Min originally thought Ke Yue could live there. But when she asked, she was told that the short-term dormitory was full, and only the two-person doctoral student dormitory had room available.

The dormitory for doctoral students is just the dormitory for doctoral students. Qi Min asked Ke Yue, and he said that it had nothing to do with living in the same room as others. Moreover, although his dormitory in "Yuyun" was a single room, it was very narrow. To be honest, it was not as good as a double room.

After completing the administrative procedures and booking a place to stay, we were just waiting to see when the remaining instruments would be delivered. However, at this moment, Qi Min suddenly heard about something. The school's School of Science was planning to send some people on a business trip to the United States, and they were going to the city where Qi Min was studying for his Ph.D.

This is an opportunity for Qi Min. If she can rush back from a business trip, on the one hand, she does not have to think about asking for leave and travel expenses. On the other hand, this can be regarded as "driven by objective reasons." If she sees Anton again, she still reaches the goal. There was no consensus, at least it was not a wasted trip for her and she was not so humiliated.

Therefore, Qi Min, who had never wanted to deal with his superiors for his own affairs, went to the hospital leaders again.

I don't know whether Qi Min's character has finally recovered, or whether she has been temporarily lucky recently, but her request for a business trip was actually accepted.

Wang Xinghai, dean of the School of Science, is between forty and fifty years old, and is considered young for a school dean-level leader. He also returned from studying abroad and was a professor in the physics department before taking an administrative position. This young dean is usually unsmiling, stern, and has a bad temper. However, perhaps because he has never lacked funds from studying for a Ph.D. abroad to returning to China to work as a professor in the physics department, he is relatively lenient when it comes to business trips and meetings.

"It makes sense for you to go. Young people should be allowed to go to international conferences to gain knowledge." Dean Wang replied to Qi Min.

This made Qi Min couldn't help but admire Dean Wang's caring heart in attaching importance to the development of younger generations. However, when the candidates for this business trip were confirmed and the meeting was held in advance, she discovered that the other people sent this time were also young PIs.