In the latest episode of the "Let's Talk" program, Wang Zhizhen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, unexpectedly "made a foreign appearance", but won the applause of the audience. It turned out that during the speech, Xiao Sa found that black slag continued to appear on the floor, which turned out to be debris from the aging of the soles of Academician Wang Zhizhen's shoes. Although Academician Wang laughed at himself for his "foreign appearance", the audience gave the scientist a warm applause.
This year is the 45th anniversary of reform and opening up, and Academician Wang Zhizhen was invited to participate in the program and shared his growth and insights on the road of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance. As the first visiting scholar to be sent abroad after the reform and opening up, Academician Wang told the audience about his interesting stories when he went abroad. At that time, it was a very rare thing to be able to visit Xi abroad, and the necessary tweed coats, Chinese seasonings, soaps and other items in Academician Wang's luggage now seem to be full of the marks of the times.
Academician Wang Zhizhen is a researcher at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a biochemist and molecular biologist. In the program, she showed the audience the list of department chairs at the beginning of the establishment of the University of Science and Technology of China, which made the audience exclaim. These top scientists, such as Qian Xuesen, Hua Luogeng, Guo Yonghuai, etc., are all "miracles" in the history of Chinese education and represent the brilliant achievements of China's scientific community.
When sharing her scientific research experience, Academician Wang mentioned a story that still haunts her to this day. In the 70s of the 20th century, the scientific research environment was very difficult, and once the freeze dryer made by the "soil method" she used was suddenly **, and broken glass filled the entire room. Luckily, she wasn't in the lab at the time, otherwise the consequences would have been devastating. This story makes the audience more deeply aware of the hardships and risks of scientific research.
Finally, Academician Wang Zhizhen called on young people to cherish the achievements of reform and opening up and have the courage to make a breakthrough from "zero to one". She said that today's young people have better conditions for scientific research and broader development space, and should bravely explore unknown areas and make greater contributions to the country's scientific and technological undertakings.
This episode of "Let's Talk" not only allows the audience to understand the growth experience and scientific research story of Academician Wang Zhizhen, but more importantly, conveys the strength and courage of the scientist spirit. In this context, we need more scientists like Academician Wang Zhizhen to lead us forward and contribute wisdom and strength to the country's scientific and technological undertakings and human development.