Introduction to 27 year old female doctoral advisor Liu Wanlu's resume and achievements
The 27 year old beauty is actually a doctoral advisor. She has published more than 20 heavy papers in six years. The doctoral students in Zhejiang University are only 3 years younger than herself.
Recently, Ouyang Hongwei, Dean of the Joint College of Edinburgh University of Zhejiang University, sent a circle of friends: 'at the age of 27, teacher 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. After entering the post, she quickly entered the role of tutor and was very & lsquo; Professor Fan & rsquo
Liu Wanlu, who was praised by Ouyang Hongwei, graduated from the school of basic medicine of Zhejiang University in 2013, went to the University of California, Los Angeles for doctoral and postdoctoral research, and published more than 20 papers in international authoritative journals in six years.
This year, Liu Wanlu returned to her alma mater, became a doctoral advisor from a student, and became the youngest PI (independent researcher) of Zhejiang University. She once felt that being a teacher was time-consuming and laborious. Now she has adapted and fallen in love with this new identity.
Research on multiple topics at the same time
Published more than 20 papers in 6 years
After graduating from the school of basic medicine of Zhejiang University in 2013, Liu Wanlu conducted five years of doctoral research and one year of postdoctoral research at the University of California, Los Angeles.
During this period, she published more than 20 papers in high-level journals such as science, cell, natural cell biology, cell stem cell and PNAs, and the papers were cited more than 500 times.
"Liu Wanlu is a very scarce cross cutting scientific research talent in China, and his academic achievements are very rich." Ouyang Hongwei praised the girl. Generally speaking, it takes at least 3-5 years of postdoctoral training to become an independent researcher, and she was introduced as PI and doctoral director after only one year of postdoctoral research.
Liu Wanlu said that it was because she was in a good research environment. " It usually takes three to five years to publish articles in these international journals. I often carry out multiple topics at the same time. " But for her, seeking truth and exploring the mysteries of science can bring the greatest happiness. She described scientific research as "the object that makes her Miss insomnia".
The reporter learned that Liu Wanlu's research field is epigenetics.
"Epigenetics is actually like some hats (modifications) on DNA, because even if the DNA is the same, the ultimate fate of cells is different." Liu Wanlu, for example, said that all human cells differentiate from the same cell (fertilized egg), and their DNA is the same. However, some cells differentiate into skin cells, nerve cells, and even some cells become tumor cells.
In recent years, Liu Wanlu has made many discoveries in epigenetics. For example, because of the different internal and external environments, the epigenetics of embryonic stem cells cultured in vitro is different from that of embryos in vivo.
Liu Wanlu hopes to deeply understand how cell fate is regulated through epigenetics, and wants to develop tools that can accurately edit cell epigenetics. 'in the future, maybe we can use stem cells for organ regeneration and disease treatment more safely and effectively in clinic.'
She took the college entrance examination at the age of 16
Changed to medicine due to Wenchuan earthquake
Liu Wanlu attended primary school at the age of 5, junior middle school at the age of 10 and took the college entrance examination at the age of 16. The year of the college entrance examination, just in 2008, her home was in Chengdu, Sichuan.
After the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Liu Wanlu's school was not greatly affected. Classes were suspended for only two or three days and the review was resumed. " At that time, I felt that the whole world was black and white without any color. " The earthquake around her and the shocking post disaster scenes on TV are always engraved in Liu Wanlu's heart.
After the earthquake, Liu Wanlu, who had never considered studying medicine in high school, finally chose to apply for the medical major of Zhejiang University, 'this is the mark of the times on our generation. In those years, many students chose to study medicine or architecture.'
For Liu Wanlu, choosing to study medicine is actually related to her family.
In the third year of senior high school, Liu Wanlu's mother suffered from a rare disease. She had no good treatment and had to be treated conservatively. " There is no good treatment for many difficult and miscellaneous diseases in the medical community. This is also the reason why I choose to do research. I hope to improve this situation through basic research. "
After clarifying the future direction, Liu Wanlu soon joined the teacher's laboratory and research group and began the road of scientific research.
Liu Wanlu has now become the youngest independent researcher in Zhejiang. She has her own independent laboratory, which can independently determine the research direction, fund use and personnel arrangement of the laboratory. She also has a group of students who call herself a mentor.