Chapter 816

Generally speaking, in order to adapt to changes in the living environment, species often gradually evolve abilities that are beneficial to the continuation of the group during the long process of reproduction and natural selection.

Considering this factor, it seems reasonable that X-0172 bacteria can release spores and pheromones that make the host dormant.

However……

When these two abilities, or two segments of genes, appear in the nucleus of X-0172 bacteria, which is not very large, it is a bit interesting.

If it wasn't for Professor Liu's mention, Lu Zhou would hardly have noticed.

This is indeed a bit of a coincidence.

just like……

From the beginning of its birth, this kind of bacteria exists to help one or some species survive the long-term extreme climate?

Of course, both Professor Liu and Lu Zhou are just guessing about this, and there is no direct evidence to prove that the genome of this bacterium was artificially edited and modified.

But if this conjecture is confirmed, it means that in the past millions of years or even tens of millions of years ago, there was a civilization that developed at least to the eve of the space age on that fiery red planet.

The significance of this to earth civilization will undoubtedly be huge.

Regarding the doubts that Professor Liu found in the study of the X-0172 bacterial genome, everything is still in the guessing stage. Because there is no good verification method, Lu Zhou temporarily recorded it in his work memorandum.

Bold conjectures and careful verification have always been one of the most important ideas in scientific research. He will not reject Professor Liu's ideas because they are too unimaginable, but he will not rush the relevant news before collecting enough evidence. release.

Currently, the "Crawler" all-terrain reconnaissance vehicle he is deploying on Mars is investigating the geological environment near the New Virginia. If there really was a civilization on Mars that developed at least until the eve of the space age, then besides that He should be able to find some new clues...

Put aside the matter of Martian bacteria for the time being.

As the time passed day by day, the autumn wind dyed the phoenix trees outside the window red, and the calendar on the corner of the table turned to October.

After nearly a whole year of selection, the 2021 co-option of academicians, which has attracted much attention from the academic community, has finally come to an end with the arrival of October.

With the end of the second round of selection by each academic department, the final candidates were finally decided after deliberation at the presidium meeting.

With the convening of the academician conferences of the two academies, after the voting of all academicians, the list of candidates for the co-election of academicians of this year was quickly determined, and they were announced on the official websites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering.

There is hardly any suspense. Lu Zhou, who once won the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize, and led the national key scientific research project, easily won the title that has long belonged to him.

Not only the homepages of the official websites of the two colleges, but also at the entrances of each school gate of Jinling University, on the most prominent position of the campus news bulletin board, a bright red happy announcement was pasted like a big-character poster, announcing the news to all teachers and students in the school. Good news!

[Warm congratulations to Professor Lu Zhou of our school for being elected as an academician of the Huaguo Academy of Sciences and Huaguo Academy of Engineering in 2021! 】

After entering the millennium, Jinling University has not had a young professor elected as an academician for a long time.

Now Professor Lu of several colleges suddenly won two academician titles, not only a bit of a good start, but also a taste of double happiness, so that many old professors in a few colleges unconsciously smile more when they are in class A few points.

After all, Lu Zhou’s popularity in Jinda University has always been good, and many professors have watched him grow from a student, especially Professor Liu Xiangping, who once directed the Lu Zhou Mathematical Modeling Contest, is now more convenient When he was in the Mathematical Modeling Contest that year, he could tell at a glance that this guy's achievements in the future would be extraordinary.

Leaving aside these psychological satisfactions, from now on there will be one more academician from Jin University, and he is still such a powerful one. In the future, his weight in domestic academic circles will also increase a lot compared to before.

For those Jin University scholars who aspire to go further in academics, Lu Zhou's election is naturally welcome.

At the same time, it is not only the professors and scholars of King University who are happy to see it, but also the students of King University.

Although the ears of Professor Lu's various legends are already callused, the fact that the academicians of the two academies were elected at the same time... still made many people feel amazing from the bottom of their hearts.

It is not that there have been monsters who were elected as academicians of the two academies in history, but they were elected at the same time...

I am afraid that there will be no one before or after.

Stopping in front of the window of the news bulletin board, the female graduate student with glasses on the bridge of her nose and a stack of books on her chest couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Excellent, our Professor Lu's name is on the list of academicians of both academies."

"Yeah." The girl Qi Liuhai who was standing beside her nodded in agreement, and suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, senior sister, what is it to be an academician?"

"Academician? Go up? There are no more... If I remember correctly, academician is the highest academic title in the country. It is co-opted every two years and must be approved by more than two-thirds of the academicians in the department. It can be said that it is the most difficult and most difficult life honor to be elected!"

Generally speaking, if you can get the title of academician before you are fifty or sixty years old, you are already very strong.

Being able to receive this lifelong honor in his twenties is almost the finish line of countless scholars' academic careers.

"Lifetime honor..." Girl Qi Liuhai looked at the good news posted on the back of the window with some fascination, and said with emotion, "Winning two academic titles of lifelong honor at the same time means that two-thirds of both the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering The above-mentioned scholars agree with his achievements... this is too great."

"Otherwise? This is not only powerful, it's simply evil!" Speaking of this, the girl wearing glasses suddenly thought of something, and quickly looked at the roommate who was standing by the side who had been silent all this time, her eyes sparkling excitedly. Chong Chong asked, "By the way, Meng Qi, isn't Professor Lu your mentor? Tell me quickly, what kind of person is he?"

"Hmm..." Han Mengqi, who was staring at the happy news in the window, was slightly stunned, and after a moment of astonishment, she said in a daze, "What kind of person? He is usually very busy and rarely shows up. In the office... I'm not particularly sure."

Obviously, her answer did not satisfy the roommate who had fully awakened the soul of gossip, and the female master wearing glasses continued to ask excitedly: "Hey... But he should have brought you over, right?"

"I've brought it with me..." Scratching her cheek with her index finger, Han Mengqi thought for a while, then said with a little embarrassment, "In short, he is probably a very easy-going person, right?"

As if he didn't get the answer he wanted to hear, the roommate showed a little disappointment on his face, and muttered to himself.

"Are you easy-going? I thought he was the kind of cold and wise academic male god... I saw him last time in the cafeteria, sitting there alone eating barbecue and bibimbap, but it's a pity that I didn't dare to ask for WeChat .”

Looking at her roommate's expression of nympho or admiration, Han Mengqi sighed, not knowing what to say, and wrapped her index finger around her temple hair.

Speaking of which, this year is already the end of 2021.

At the beginning of this October, her graduation thesis has been completed.

It's time to graduate next summer.

What will you do after graduation?

To be honest, she still hasn't decided whether to continue her academic career or go back to help her mother manage the company after graduation.

Sometimes it's really frustrating to think about it...