As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 10 Passing the Interview
In Zheng Li's opinion, human beings' understanding of biology is very superficial and its development lags far behind that of physics.

Regarding physics, humans can observe the universe 136 billion years ago and the first celestial bodies after the Big Bang.

At the microscopic level, physicists can observe units smaller than molecules: atoms.

However, biology has not yet been able to fully count the ways in which protein molecules function in the human body.

The wizard can use his will to directly observe how cells and compounds work at a microscopic level. After thousands of years of research, carbon-based life has no secrets in front of the wizard.

Li Xulin was not surprised by Zheng Li's knowledge of computational biology, but was shocked by his claim that he had completed all the professional courses in mathematics major in college.

The professional courses in basic mathematics at the university level include mathematical analysis, advanced algebra, ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, complex variable functions, real variable functions, topology, probability theory, etc. It is not easy to learn these courses.

Li Xulin interrupted Zheng Li's self-introduction: "You just said that you have completed all the professional courses in college."

"Assuming what you said is true, can I assume that you are very interested in and talented in mathematics?"

"With your mathematical talent, you can definitely go further in mathematics. There is no need to study computational biology."

"Also, computational biology requires more computer knowledge, and many of the specialized courses you learned during your undergraduate studies are not useful."

“Computational biology is mostly about programming, algorithms, and probability theory.”

For the mage, he is not interested in the mathematics and biology of Blue Star. These are just means to restore the mage's abilities.

“It is very difficult for mathematics to break through the theoretical system of predecessors and create a set of practical and valuable theoretical system on its own.”

"But the building of biology has not even built a foundation. The various problems are relatively isolated. The research plan and solution for problem A are useless for problem B."

“More importantly, I found that I was more interested in biology.”

Zheng Li felt that what he said was too conservative. What he could bring to the biological community on Blue Planet was a revolution.

Li Xulin felt that he was so young, but his tone was not small: "I think you have already read the paper I assigned to you."

Zheng Li replied calmly, "I have seen it."

"Do you think you understand it?"

“I understand.”

"Then tell me about your understanding of this paper and what you can do next around it."

Tumor-Triggered Geometrical Shape Switch of Chimeric Peptide for Enhanced in Vivo Tumor Internalization and Photodynamic Therapy is a rare work that the School of Life Sciences can talk about last year.

Although ACS nano is not as difficult to publish as NC and AM, this paper has a high number of citations. It has been cited 77 times in just one year and has been viewed 4122 times on ACS.

"The paper mainly talks about the important internalization role of geometric nanoparticles in cells. In the article, the authors designed a cancer cell to generate chimeras after continued acidification reaction in vitro."

"The paper could be directed toward studying whether various cancer cell reactants can target drugs and in turn act on cancer cells."

Zheng Li spoke for about twenty minutes, and explained in detail the difficulties of the experimental design in the paper, the authors' ideas behind it, and the directions that can be expanded.

Not to mention freshmen in the mathematics department, even few doctoral students in the School of Life Sciences can read this paper to this level within a week.

Since Li Xulin was not the author of the paper, he did not think of some of the author's ideas in the experimental design. Instead, it was Zheng Li who pointed them out, and he realized that there was such a clever idea involved.

Li Xulin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he is indeed a genius, no wonder Liu Gui gave him such a high evaluation. It would be a great deal if he could be recruited to the School of Life Sciences for postgraduate studies.

The School of Biology at Jiangcheng University has two academicians, which is their confidence. The School of Mathematics once had an academician, who was later poached by Bingcheng University of Technology. Most of the professors in the School of Mathematics are working on partial differential equations, and it is said that partial differential equations account for half of the research in the School of Mathematics.

With academicians around, people are more confident in poaching.

Li Xulin's expression was much softer than at the beginning. "Yes, in principle, I agree that you can join the Biomedical Polymer Materials Laboratory. In addition, I have a personal request. I hope you can team up with Li Miaomiao and take her to participate in this year's ACM."

"Even if you don't agree, I will let you join our polymer laboratory."

Zheng Li asked: "What is the American Competition?"

Li Xulin: "It's the Mathematical Modeling Contest held by America. With your level, you are more than qualified to win a prize. It's just a matter of what level of prize you win."

Zheng Li searched his memory, figured out what mathematical modeling was, and nodded, "No problem.

“You can ask the teacher questions at will, and you can pay to register only if you are satisfied.”

"Although the teacher is a freshman, his professional level is definitely not inferior to those teachers in external tutoring institutions."

Zheng Li sat on the podium in the classroom without saying a word, while Li Miaomiao stood beside him and shouted.

There were more people than Zheng Li had imagined, about 40 to 50 people, but there were few students from Jiangcheng University. Zheng Li recognized Li Miaomiao's ability to do things.

Every year, half of the students in the basic mathematics major are admitted to graduate school, and one quarter of them choose to go abroad. After excluding those who choose to work directly after graduation, there are only a few left to take the postgraduate entrance examination.

Interesting fact: Every year, the School of Mathematics at Jiangcheng University has quotas for direct employment in provincial departments and the military. Although an exam is required, very few people can sign up for such an exam.

Instead, there were many people coming from Jiangcheng Normal University opposite Jiangcheng University and Jiangcheng University of Technology not far away.

There are also a small number of students from Jiangcheng University of Science and Technology.

"Teacher, I want to ask how to write this question."

"This is a typical application of Lagrange's mean value theorem."

"Teacher, how do I solve this problem? I'm stuck at this step."

"This is a surface integral calculated by orthogonal transformation."

Zheng Li stood on the podium and said: "Okay, students who are willing to participate in our basic mathematics postgraduate entrance examination tutoring class can scan the code to pay first, and those who are not willing can leave directly."

After everyone asked questions and received patient answers, and everyone understood each other's strengths, no one left.

Li Miaomiao went down one by one to scan the code to collect the payment. Zheng Li continued on the stage: "Considering that everyone's goal is at least an undergraduate college, some students even aim to go to Yenching University."

"There are 47 students taking this course, so I plan to divide them into three classes according to the difficulty of the professional exams and provide targeted training."

"It's also possible that you want to apply to Yenching University or Huaguo University of Science and Technology, and then you're assigned to the most difficult class, but you find that you can't keep up with the progress and there are many things you can't understand."

"But we divide classes according to your goals, not according to your learning ability or level of study."

"So please understand. If you can't keep up, you can tell me and I will find examples for you to do based on your understanding."

"Our classes are all on weekends, and the teaching assistant will distribute the schedule to everyone then."

(End of this chapter)