After hearing Addison's explanation and looking at the confident look on his face, Johnson couldn't help wondering: Did I misunderstand Addison? Can he really learn 103 professional books in less than a month?
Johnson hesitated for a while and asked tentatively: "Then tell me what gene site-directed mutagenesis technology is all about."
Addison smiled slightly and said calmly: "I saw the content of gene site-directed mutagenesis technology on page 59 of the book "Modern Molecular Biology". Usually, gene mutations are directionless and random, and the mutation frequency is extremely low. But through site-directed mutagenesis technology, known genes can be added, deleted and converted at fixed points according to pre-design..."
Johnson looked suspicious: "You even remember which page of the book the content is in, did you memorize the whole book?"
Addison nodded and responded: "I didn't memorize it on purpose. I have the ability to remember everything I see. As long as I read it once, I will never forget it."
"..."
This is so pretentious that people are speechless.
The meaning seemed to be: I didn't try to remember it, I just read it casually, and I remembered it. I couldn't forget it even if I wanted to.
Johnson felt like a mouthful of blood almost spit out, this student is really a bit naughty.
However, he didn't doubt Addison's words anymore. After all, students who can get full marks in the college entrance examination have the ability to remember everything they see... It seems reasonable?
Remember everything they see!
Johnson couldn't help but feel a little envious. If he had this ability, he might be able to achieve even greater achievements.
But he knew in his heart that if Addison just memorized the contents of the book by rote, it would be far from enough. To do scientific research, you must learn and understand the knowledge thoroughly and integrate it.
"Tell me about your understanding of gene editing technology."
Johnson asked the second question. This question cannot be dealt with by rote memorization alone. You must have a deep understanding of gene editing technology.
Addison had already thoroughly read those professional books, so when faced with this question, he naturally answered fluently. He can not only elaborate on his views on gene editing technology, but also point out the many defects of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, which is widely used in the scientific community. He can also cite existing theories to support his arguments.
"Xiao Ai, I was wrongly accused of empiricism just now. I apologize to you here."
Johnson is a person who can't tolerate any sand in his eyes. He thought Addison had a problem before and severely reprimanded him. Now that he knows that he is wrong, he takes the initiative to admit his mistake.
At the same time, he looked at Addison with surprise and shock!
This young man not only has a photographic memory, but also has extraordinary comprehension ability.
He has thoroughly studied 103 professional books in less than a month. Who can predict what achievements he will make in the future?
This child will definitely be a national treasure in the future!
"I finally found a treasure!"
Johnson suddenly felt like he had won the lottery. Being Addison's mentor may be the proudest thing in his life.
After hearing Johnson's apology, Addison hurriedly said, "Professor, it's not your fault. It's mainly because what I said was too unreasonable. People who don't know me will definitely not believe it."
Johnson didn't dwell on it anymore, but changed the subject: "I suddenly remembered that the school said you hope to use an advanced laboratory for personal research as soon as possible. What project do you plan to study?"
"That's it." Addison said, "When I taught myself CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, I found that it had many defects, so I conceived single-base gene editing technology on this basis. I have argued that theoretically, this technology is feasible. It's just that I lack the conditions to do related experiments, so I hope to use advanced laboratories to verify its feasibility."
In fact, Addison had already completed related experiments using his own cells, proving that single-base gene editing technology is indeed feasible. But the matter of the gene evolution system must not be leaked.
Therefore, he must do the experiment again in the laboratory to obtain research data.
As he said, Addison took out a printed document from his backpack and handed it to Johnson with both hands.
"Single-base gene editing technology?"
Johnson took the information with a serious face, put on his reading glasses, and read it carefully.
If an ordinary student said that he had proposed a certain technical theory, he would not take it too seriously.
But Addison is different.
Addison has proved with facts that he is a super genius and is very likely to become the mainstay of the country's biological community in the future.
He must take seriously the technical theory proposed by such a genius.
The information is not long, only about fifty pages, but Johnson is more and more surprised and excited as he reads, and a look of joy appears on his face involuntarily.
"This... This is incredible."
After reading the information, Johnson couldn't help but admire it.
This technology is amazing. Although it is still in the theoretical stage, based on his many years of experience, this technology is completely feasible.
Not only that, it is much more advanced than the current mainstream CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology and is bound to replace it.
As the inventor of this technology, Addison will surely become famous and become a dazzling new star in the field of biology, attracting much attention.
Even world-class universities such as Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will rush to hire such academic stars as professors.
As for those pharmaceutical giants, they will certainly offer tens of millions of annual salaries to recruit them without hesitation.
After all, this technology has broad application prospects in the field of biomedicine.
At this time, Johnson suddenly thought of a question and hurriedly looked at Addison and asked, "Xiao Ai, tell me the truth, how long did it take you to develop this technology?"
Addison thought for a moment and said, "It took about two weeks."
In fact, he spent only two or three days to study this technology. But in order not to appear too shocking, he said it took two weeks.
Even so, Johnson was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.
He has been engaged in academic research all his life, but this is the first time he has seen such a genius.
"The Yangtze River's waves behind push the waves ahead." Johnson looked at Addison's young and handsome face with a complicated expression, and said with deep emotion. A high school graduate, in just two weeks, has achieved achievements that many scientists can hardly achieve in their entire lives. If this news spreads, I'm afraid many scientists will be so ashamed that they will find noodles to hang themselves. Hearing Johnson's sigh, Addison smiled slightly, with a little shyness in his smile. In fact, since he entered the office, his every move has been intentional. He has long considered that he has the world's top thinking and memory abilities, as well as a genetic evolution system, and will definitely invent many epoch-making technologies in the future. Then, he has to create a reasonable identity for himself to make everyone believe that these technologies were invented by him, not some alien technology. How can we convince everyone? Of course, it is to create a super genius personality. He became the first national college entrance examination champion with full marks, which is a good start. But this is not enough. Therefore, in front of Johnson, he deliberately portrayed himself as a super genius with a photographic memory, strong comprehension and scientific research ability.
In this way, no matter what achievements he made in the future, it would not seem too abrupt.
After all, he is a genius who is far superior to ordinary people in all aspects.
The world of genius is indeed difficult for ordinary people to understand.
Just like Nikola Tesla, many of the research projects of this super genius scientist have not been replicated by humans until now.