In truth, having many high-end pieces of lab equipnt was not that big of a deal. What was really enviable was that the lab, including Zhao Yi, consisted of only five individuals, and they had substantial research funding. In other words, they could use the equipnt as they pleased.
This was a point of envy.
Even associate researchers found it impossible to freely use high-end equipnt because usage was expensive; equipnt had limited availability and frequent use would shorten its lifespan. Every ti they wanted to use high-end equipnt, reports had to be submitted and specific applications made, and there were certain usage restrictions.
However, for a few people in Zhao Yi’s lab, the equipnt was there in the lab for them to use as they wished, and project funds were plentiful.
Of course, envy was pointless.
When Zhao Yi’s lab was first established, it was not easy to recruit. It was only Zhang Wei and Liu Chengjie who voluntarily joined.
Many tried to dissuade Ai Lixin when he decided to co to the lab.
Now everyone envied Ai Lixin, who was soon to be promoted to a researcher. However, Ai Lixin decided to remain in Zhao Yi’s lab, rather than apply for his own.
Perhaps due to their partnership, their paper on the power structure of the AIDS virus was published quite swiftly, with only a week passing from submission to publication. However, the content didn’t draw much attention, mainly because there were many papers explaining gene structure, and it was indeed hard to say that their analysis of the power structure of the AIDS virus was a considerable breakthrough.
So professional institutions that noted the paper were nonetheless surprised at the progress made by Zhao Yi’s team.
The application for studies related to AIDS was made only a year ago, and they had quickly completed the analysis of the power gene structure. Everyone was astonished at their speed - normally such studies would take at least half a year.
Of course.
Speed alone was not enough to influence.
What followed was the crucial part of their research; they needed to figure out how the Vif pathogenic gene works to "Kidnap" human immune cells, employing a molecular-level analysis.
Molecular-level is really tiny, impossible to observe.
The challenge lay there.
This challenge was solved by gradually designing experints and analysing them through observation and data gathering; a never-ending loop of experint design, observing available-content, recording data, and slight analysis.
Many similar studies are ti-consuming and require large amounts of funding support, yielding no results for perhaps a year or two if luck isn’t on their side.
Zhao Yi, on the other hand, was very confident.
In contrast to analysing gene structure, the study of an immune protein "kidnapping" processes made things much easier. It required a continuous design of experints and observations, bolstered by ample data...
Conditions were t.
With many conditions in place, the "Connection Law" could now be used to refine their process.
Thus, after the research entered this stage, he was in a more relaxed state, waiting to design experints, collect data, occasionally overseeing the experintal process, slowly accumulating ’conditions’.
Zhao Yi’s focus had shifted towards another line of research.
Fermat’s Last Theorem.
While listening to Ai Lixin’s experint design plan, the phrase ’Design experints in parts, observe and accumulate data’ gave him inspiration.
"Design in parts?"
"Prove in parts?"
"Since proving Fermat’s Last Theorem as a whole is very difficult, can it be proven in parts?"
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