Liu Wanlu, a 27 year old beauty doctoral director of Zhejiang University, became the youngest independent researcher of Zhejiang University
Recently, Ouyang Hongwei, Dean of the Joint College of Edinburgh University of Zhejiang University, sent a circle of friends: 'at the age of 27, Miss Liu Wanlu should be the youngest independent researcher in Zhejiang University. She is a doctoral tutor from a medical background, which is very rare in the country. Soon after entering the position, I entered the role of tutor, which is very & lsquo; Professor Fan & rsquo
Liu Wanlu, who was praised, graduated from the school of basic medicine of Zhejiang University in 2013. After that, he conducted five years of doctoral research and one year of postdoctoral research at the University of California, Los Angeles, during which he worked in science, cell, nature cell biology, cell stem cell and PNAS And other journals have published more than 20 papers and been cited more than 500 times. This year, Liu Wanlu returned to her alma mater, changed from a student to a doctoral advisor and became the youngest PI (independent researcher) of Zhejiang University.
"Liu Wanlu is a very scarce cross cutting scientific research talent in China, and his academic achievements are very rich." Ouyang Hongwei praised her. Generally speaking, it takes at least 3-5 years of post doctoral training to become an independent researcher. After only one year of post doctoral research, she was introduced into Pi as a doctoral director and has an independent laboratory, which can determine the research direction, fund use and personnel arrangement.
Liu Wanlu's research field is epigenetics. " Publishing papers in international journals usually takes a research cycle of 3 to 5 years. I often carry out multiple topics at the same time. " She said that exploring the mysteries of science can bring the greatest happiness. Scientific research is' the object that makes her Miss insomnia '.
"Epigenetics is like some hats (modifications) worn by DNA, because even if the DNA is the same, the fate of cells is different." For example, all human cells differentiate from the same cell (fertilized egg). The DNA is the same, but it will differentiate into skin cells, nerve cells and even tumor cells.
Liu Wanlu has many epigenetic discoveries. For example, due to different internal and external environments, the epigenetic characteristics of embryonic stem cells cultured in vitro are different from those of embryos in vivo. She hopes to deeply understand how cell fate is regulated by epigenetics and develop tools that can accurately edit cell epigenetics. 'in the future, stem cells may be more safely and effectively used in clinical organ regeneration and disease treatment.'
Liu Wanlu's home is in Chengdu, Sichuan. She went to school at the age of 5 and went to junior high school at the age of 10. Before taking the college entrance examination in 2008, there was a Wenchuan earthquake. The earthquake and shocking post disaster scenes around her were engraved in Liu Wanlu's heart. She finally applied for the medical specialty of Zhejiang University, which made her never consider studying medicine. 'this is the mark of the times for our generation. Many students chose to study medicine Learn architecture. "
Liu Wanlu's choice to study medicine is also related to her family. In her third year of high school, her mother suffered from a rare disease and had no good treatment, so she had to treat it conservatively. 'at present, many difficult and miscellaneous diseases have no good treatment, which is also the reason why I chose medical research. I hope to improve this situation through basic research.'
Source: Qianjiang Evening News