As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 9 Computational Biology

"Tumor-Triggered Geometrical Shape Switch of Chimeric Peptide for Enhanced in Vivo Tumor Internalization and Photodynamic Therapy."

Li Miaomiao asked Zheng Li to meet at the entrance of the old library at Yingding, and placed a stack of A4 papers printed with English in front of him.

"Here! I've found a professor from the School of Biology for you. This is their assignment. You have to understand this paper, and then there will be an interview."

"If you pass the interview, you can go there for internship."

Zheng Li took a quick look: Tumor-triggered geometric chimeric peptide switch, used for chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy of tumors.

“The time and place of the interview.”

Li Miaomiao explained a lot like a machine gun:

"Originally, after the first semester of your freshman year, you would take your transcript to see the professor of the College of Biology, and at most they would ask you whether you had mastered the knowledge of high school biology."

"My dad specifically asked the professor of the College of Biology to take good care of you. This is a question that the professor deliberately made difficult for you."

"This paper was published by their School of Biology last year in the ACS nano journal. It's really embarrassing for a freshman like you who is studying mathematics."

"I've bought you a month. You just need to translate the paper roughly and understand the meaning of the nouns in it. There won't be any big problems."

"Of course, ACS papers are still very difficult for people who have not received paper training. You can put the remedial classes for seniors on the back burner. You should finish the interviews first."

"Do you want me to help you buy some more time?"

Zheng Li was looking down at the paper in his hand. For a mage who had received an orthodox academic education and had a theoretical research background, this kind of paper was simply child's play.

The biggest difficulty is to make a one-to-one correspondence between the nouns and the nouns in the mage system.

Zheng Li said calmly, "No, can we do it next week? I only need one week, and the math tutorial class can be carried out at the same time."

"This is not a big deal for me. Besides, you can increase our share to 20%, but you need to do something extra."

"First you need to find people who are willing to take the course, and then you need to find out which schools they are enrolled in."

"In addition, you need to collect and send me the real examination questions of the relevant majors and schools they applied to in the past ten years."

Li Miaomiao was surprised at the other party's confidence: "This is the latest achievement of their School of Biology. If you can read it in a week, you will be at the average level of a second-year graduate student in the Department of Biology."

Zheng Li patted her head and said, "A week is more than enough time. Remember to do what I told you."

Mages live alone all year round and most of them have psychological problems. They lack friends, and what they study may be understood by only one or two people.

Therefore, many mages will raise various pets to ensure that their humanity is not completely lost. Among them, a bird creature similar to a raven is especially loved by mages.

The chirping Li Miaomiao reminded Zheng Li of the cuckoo he had raised.

Li Miaomiao pushed Zheng Li's hand away without warning: "Do you know that it is very rude to touch a girl's head casually?"

"It's totally fine to do it in advance, but don't blame me if you don't pass the interview in the end."

Zheng Li smiled and said, "Okay, you help me make the contact. I'll go back first." The reason why Li Xulin gave Zheng Li a test that was obviously beyond the level of an ordinary intern was because when he asked his old friend Liu Gui from the School of Mathematics, Liu Gui gave him a very high evaluation:

"Zheng Li? He's a genius freshman in our School of Mathematics. We made the questions in the midterm exam for mathematical analysis very difficult, but he still managed to get full marks."

"This is not only about mastering mathematical analysis, but more importantly, it is about the sense of smell, which can only be cultivated through countless training sessions."

"Ordinary people cannot be trained even if they do the exercises tens of thousands of times. Some people need to do the exercises tens of thousands of times to be trained, while some geniuses are born."

"Later, we raised the difficulty again on the last big question of the algebra midterm exam, and he still got it right."

"The only undergraduate student with such talent in the School of Mathematics at Jiangcheng University can be traced back to Wei Juncheng 20 years ago."

Li Xulin felt awe in his heart and had higher expectations for Zheng Li. You know, Wei Juncheng was the one who gave a 45-minute report at the last International Congress of Mathematicians.

Only two mathematicians from Jiangcheng University have had the honor of giving reports at the main venue of the International Congress of Mathematicians, and Wei Juncheng is one of them.

A week later, Zheng Li walked into Li Xulin's office empty-handed. "Hello, Professor Li!"

Originally, Li Miaomiao didn't want her father to interview Zheng Li directly, but Li Xulin insisted on meeting Zheng Li in person.

Zheng Li gave him a good first impression. He looked even more handsome than when he was young. His walking and sitting postures were very standard, and his body was surprisingly strong.

It's just that his temperament is a little strange. Li Xulin likes to judge people by looking into their eyes. What he feels from Zheng Li's eyes is detachment.

He felt that although Zheng Li was here, he was out of tune with the surrounding environment and had his own aura.

Li Xulin: "Hello, classmate Zheng, since you want to come to our School of Biology's Medical Polymer Materials Laboratory for internship, you should have a certain understanding of us."

“Please briefly introduce yourself and then tell me about your knowledge of computational biology.”

"I heard that you are interested in computational biology, which is also a cutting-edge field in recent years. Someone from your department went to UCSB to study for a doctorate in computational biology."

Zheng Li looked directly into the other person's eyes:
"Professor Li, I am a freshman in the base class of the School of Mathematics. Now in the first semester of my freshman year, I have completed all the professional courses in basic mathematics at the university level."

"I gradually discovered that I was very interested in biology during my studies. The reason why I chose computational biology is that it can be well integrated with what I learned in my undergraduate studies."

"I have a good grasp of both R and Python, and I also have a general grasp of computer science data structures and algorithms."

“My personal understanding of computational biology is to analyze biological problems through mathematical models and quantitative analysis.”

"In the early days of physics, experiments and theories were two sides of the same coin. After the birth of quantum mechanics, many phenomena could not be observed experimentally, and their existence could only be demonstrated theoretically."

"For example, dark matter. Humans can prove its existence, but they cannot observe it, let alone capture it."

"Biology has always been troubled by experiments. You have to prove the correctness of the theory through experimental results. Computational biology is the direction that biologists hope to develop to break this dilemma."

"Using mathematical models and quantitative analysis to solve biological problems."

(End of this chapter)