X來自985大學(xué)，生物工程專業(yè)，夢(mèng)想著進(jìn)入美國(guó)名校讀研究生。為此，參加美國(guó)名校科研，增加學(xué)術(shù)背景，開拓視野，獲得真知。

　　通過美國(guó)名校科研老師的指導(dǎo)，在2017年的暑假申請(qǐng)到了哈佛大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)院的科研機(jī)會(huì)。下文是學(xué)生在哈佛科研學(xué)習(xí)的過程中所寫。供學(xué)生家長(zhǎng)參考。

　　中文譯文是編輯進(jìn)行的整理，英語(yǔ)能力較好的學(xué)生和家長(zhǎng)建議直接閱讀英文。

　　Summary of Summer Research at Harvard

　　During the summer vacation, I got a wonderful opportunity to take part in research program in Harvard University, Harvard Medical School. It’s a wonderful experience deeply etched in my mind. So, subsequently, I want to focus on what I truly feel during this unforgettable two months.

　　暑假期間，我得到了一個(gè)極好的機(jī)會(huì)。參加哈佛大學(xué)的研究項(xiàng)目，哈佛醫(yī)學(xué)院。這是一次深刻的體驗(yàn)。銘刻在我的腦海里。所以，接下來，我想關(guān)注一下什么，我真的感到這難忘的2個(gè)月。

　　Firstly, during this 2-month, I got my own task, study of DNA methyltransferase in D. Melanogaster.

　　During the work, I have learned many cutting-edge technology and skills, including CRISPR-Cas9 to knock out specific gene in the fly, PCR and NGS to authenticate it, UHPLC-MS to detect the methylation level and rearing the flies to test the behavioral difference between mutant and wild type, etc.

　　During the training, I have enriched my knowledge and skills in the tract of biology, which enormously compensate for my shortage of biological research experience since I major in chemistry.

　　This is of great help to allow me possessing a strong background of interdisciplinary research, inspiring new ideas as well as giving new thinking of how to bring the chemistry and biology together during subsequent studying, especially in my forthcoming PhD.

　　首先，在這一個(gè)月，我有我自己的任務(wù)，研究DNA黑腹果蠅核酸甲基轉(zhuǎn)移酶。工作期間，我學(xué)習(xí)了許多尖端技術(shù)和技能，包括CRISPR-Cas9等技術(shù)手段，PCR和NGS鑒定，檢測(cè)方法甲基化水平與飼養(yǎng)蠅試驗(yàn)突變體與野生型等的差異訓(xùn)練，我豐富了我在這方面的知識(shí)和技能。

　　生物學(xué)方面，這大大彌補(bǔ)了我的不足我主修化學(xué)以來的生物學(xué)研究經(jīng)歷。這對(duì)我有很大的幫助是很有幫助的。跨學(xué)科研究背景，激發(fā)新思路以及給化學(xué)帶來新的思考。和生物學(xué)一起在隨后的學(xué)習(xí)，特別是在即將到來的博士學(xué)位。

　　Moreover, in this two months, I not only did my own research, but also had several splendid chances to participate in the lab meeting of the Harvard research group.

　　I strongly feel the great difference between the American University and Chinese University. “Free for all” is the thing I mostly feel. In the lab meeting, you are permitted to do anything you like, talking, asking, even eating.

　　Though everyone can do anything they like, it doesn’t jeopardize the process of the presentation, the concentration of people, the stringency of the talking. All these things seen to be incompatible just join harmoniously in Harvard.

　　In sharp contrast, during lab meeting in China, everyone sits gravely and keep silent listening to the person who do the presentation on the podium without even a question to ask.

　　Maybe is that very ethos in American University giving them endless ideas to overcome one and another scientific conundrum. In that way, I think we should be more active and free during the lab meeting in order to generate more innovative idea.

　　To ask more, to talk more, so that to get more. But I don’t think in China we should allow eating and drinking during lab meeting because it seems a little chaos when someone speaking and someone eating and chatting in the meantime.

　　而且，在這兩個(gè)月里，我不僅做了我自己的工作。研究，也有幾次精彩的參與機(jī)會(huì)。在哈佛研究小組的實(shí)驗(yàn)室會(huì)議上。

　　我強(qiáng)烈感受美國(guó)大學(xué)的巨大差異中國(guó)大學(xué)。“自由”是我最喜歡的東西。感覺。在實(shí)驗(yàn)室會(huì)議上，你被允許做任何事情。

　　雖然每個(gè)人都可以做任何他們喜歡的事，不會(huì)影響到會(huì)議的嚴(yán)肅性和討論的時(shí)效性。所有這些都被認(rèn)為是不相容的。

　　哈佛和諧相處，在實(shí)驗(yàn)室里形成鮮明對(duì)比會(huì)議在中國(guó)，每個(gè)人都是嚴(yán)肅而沉默聽做演示文稿的人講臺(tái)上連一個(gè)問題都沒有問。

　　也許那是非常美國(guó)大學(xué)的精神給他們無盡的想法克服一個(gè)又一個(gè)科學(xué)難題。那樣，我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該在實(shí)驗(yàn)室里更加積極和自由。會(huì)議，以產(chǎn)生更多的創(chuàng)新思想。問多說，多說，多爭(zhēng)取。但我不認(rèn)為中國(guó)應(yīng)該允許吃喝在實(shí)驗(yàn)室開會(huì)，因?yàn)樗坪跤悬c(diǎn)混亂，當(dāng)有人說話，還有人一邊吃飯一邊聊天。

　　What’s more, I always think that the strength of study of United States surpass China because of the cutting-edge instruments and enormous support of grants.

　　However, the truth is the instruments in China are no more obsolete than in US, the amount of grants in China is no less than in US, but why we can’t make much more breakthrough and cultivate much more Nobel Prize-level scientists in China.

　　Besides the less accumulation of experience in research since we start to study much more later than western world, another reason is the people, we lack high-active, self-discipline, self-pushing and innovative people.

　　In Harvard, post-doc fellows compose the most part of the lab members, while master students and PhD students compose the most part of the lab members in China, for example, my university, NJ University.

　　While the post-doc in Harvard are all mature and high-skilled scholar, students are immature and fledgling rookies. Moreover, when just look at students, the students, who already know what they want to do and can motivate themselves to achieve they wish, in Harvard are more diligent and hard-working than students, who mostly still need to be pushed forward by professor, in our University.

　　These differences talked above make our university less competitive than American University. If we want to match and even eclipse American University, we should more focus on the people, the pivot of research. We should think about how we can attract more innovative professor and high-motivated students to our university.

　　更重要的是，我一直認(rèn)為，美國(guó)研究的力量，超越中國(guó)因?yàn)榧舛藘x器巨大的贈(zèng)款支持。然而，事實(shí)是中國(guó)的儀器是沒有比美國(guó)更陳舊，補(bǔ)助金額在中國(guó)沒有比美國(guó)少，但為什么我們不能取得更大突破，在中國(guó)培養(yǎng)出更多的諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的科學(xué)家。

　　此外，由于我們開始學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)間比西方世界晚得多，所以研究的經(jīng)驗(yàn)積累較少，另一個(gè)原因是人，缺乏主動(dòng)、自律、自我激勵(lì)、創(chuàng)新的人。在哈佛，博士后是大部分人的組成部分。實(shí)驗(yàn)室的成員，而碩士生和博士生組成的中國(guó)，實(shí)驗(yàn)室的成員大部分為例子，我的大學(xué)，NJ大學(xué)。

　　而在哈佛的博士后都是成熟的和高技能的學(xué)者，學(xué)生是不成熟的和初出茅廬的新手。而且，當(dāng)你看到學(xué)生時(shí)，學(xué)生們已經(jīng)知道他們想做什么，并且能夠激勵(lì)自己去實(shí)現(xiàn)他們。希望，在哈佛，學(xué)生比學(xué)生更勤奮，更勤奮，而大多數(shù)學(xué)生仍然需要教授的推動(dòng)。

　　上述差異使我們的大學(xué)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力低于美國(guó)大學(xué)。如果我們想匹配，甚至Eclipse美國(guó)大學(xué)，我們應(yīng)該更加注重人民，研究的支點(diǎn)。我們應(yīng)該考慮怎樣才能吸引更多的人，創(chuàng)新型教授與高層次學(xué)生。

　　Last, in this two months, I developed friendships with a lot of post-doc fellows, including L, Z, A, Y, B. They gave a lot of help during my research and shed an insight to the puzzle, what I should do, what direction should I go during my PhD. I really acknowledge them for their cordial help and precious advises.

　　最后，在這兩個(gè)月里，我與很多博士后研究員，友誼包括L, Z, A, Y, B。他們給了很多在我的研究過程中提供幫助，讓我對(duì)這個(gè)難題有所了解，我應(yīng)該做什么，在博士期間我應(yīng)該去什么方向。我真的真的感謝他們熱誠(chéng)的幫助和寶貴的建議。

　　2-month summer research is over, but my research has just begun. I got an opportunity to do my bachelor thesis in Harvard Medical School and I will find more in the subsequent work. I can continue to fulfill my wish and make up my regret in Harvard, to say more, to express more, to contribute more.

　　2月的夏季研究結(jié)束了，但我的研究才剛剛開始。我有機(jī)會(huì)在哈佛醫(yī)學(xué)院做我的學(xué)士論文。學(xué)校和我會(huì)在以后的工作中找到更多的工作。我可以繼續(xù)履行我的愿望，在哈佛大學(xué)彌補(bǔ)我的遺憾，更不用說表達(dá)更多，更多的貢獻(xiàn)。