F字经

从NEW SCIENTIST的书籍得知有趣的问题,猜猜以下的段落有几个F:-

 

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

愚见：一个大马圆桌会议

最近在我们很酷的首相的推特看到以下信息：

"Johan Merican of TalentCorp leads this week's discussion - future careers for Msians. I hope u participate. bit.ly/qIAuzb #1Mejabulat"

在推特发了些愚见。当然这一切都是徒然如果没有执行的意愿。

 

My views as follow:-

Going to share view on this week's 1Mejabulat discussion rgding future careers for Msians.Soli if contaminate ur tweet/fb. U can remove me if u wish

#1Mejabulat to attract talents,it's not about tax incentives/pr ship only, it's about the working culture/facilities provided.

#1Mejabulat if you put good people into poor system, you'll end up poor result,reduce red tape in grant application/career promotion will be great,

#1Mejabulat Should gv> allocation from GDP,previous budget showed RM 400million for R&D out of nation's $200billion GDP,merely 0.065%

#1Mejabulat developed countries focused on knowledge economy, not in mega tower: Sweden,korea,japan,finland spent>3% of GDP on R&D;USA,Spore,Germany>2.5%;UK>1.8%.China~3-5%

#1Mejabulat should foster innovative since high school,we should aim "barangan ciptaan msia" instead of "barangan buatan msia",

#1Mejabulat should establish world class research institute to offer more career options,recruit talents who prefer to do research than academia career, e.g. BGI(China),MaxPlank(Germany)etc.

#1Mejabulat state of the art facilities in research should follow by high standard of maintenance.

#1Mejabulat establish talent exchange program, encourage global collaboration

#1Mejabulat identify key research area and work on it! often we have fancy plan but end with nothing,e.g. Where's the Bio valley launched by pak lah?

#1Mejabulat encourage career in science,high prospect jobs are not doctor,lawyer only.

#1Mejabulat engagement between high school and university,I.e. Science fair, career talk, organize uni/lab visit,

#1Mejabulat placement/interns let students have chance to engage in lab activities

#1Mejabulat often local scientists have funding probs,host world class science conference in Malaysia,good chance for home scientist to exchange idea

#1Mejabulat encourage basic research, that's where novel idea come from.Also researchers working abroad mostly engage in basic research, that's the reason they can't carry out good works when come back to msia.

#1Mejabulat soft skills development and various transferable skills training+ career advice to uni students

#1Mejabulat courses offered by uni should meet job demand, few years ago "false hope" of biotech by the gov policy led to many biosciences graduates, but few related jobs available

#1Mejabulat after all, without fair and transparent policies, all these not going to work

#1Mejabulat if talents recruitment is merit based, please ensure all agencies, gov. servants really follow it, shouldn't have race based agenda

#1Mejabulat increase no.of PhD in the country is counter productive if we don't have the job market for them&if their quality is sub-standard

#1Mejabulat our edu syst is too result oriented and too much focus on academic. Often students don't have sufficient exposure to career world-> romanticize job prospect with their study 

#1Mejabulat Would be good if in their final uni year, there's job talk from people working  in the field related to their course

“牛人的时间管理”-《奇特的一生》

无意在科学网阅读到一篇博客文章，当中提到一本书《奇特的一生》

以下是摘自该书的封底：-

“发表于一九七四年）是一部写真人真事的文献性小说，讲的是苏联昆虫学家柳比歇夫献身科学的故事。从一九一六年元旦开始，二十六岁的柳比歇夫便实行一种“时间统计法”。他每天都要核算自己的时间，一天一小结，每月一大结，年终一总结，直到一九七二年他去世的那一天，五十六年如一日，从不间断。柳比歇夫在短促的一生中取得了丰硕的科学成果，发表了七十来部学术著作，内容涉及昆虫学、科学史、农业遗传学、植物保护、进化论、哲学……苏联作家格拉宁紧紧抓住柳
比歇夫的“时间统计法”这一点，夹叙夹议写成的这部小说，将会引起我国读者的兴趣”

我尝试以他的方法计算了这个周末用的时间，如下(虽然不知能持续多久)。 我也很了解自己不会是十分杰出的科研人员。因为科研讲的是自律。要我“不食人间烟火”不八卦，等真的很难。但科研锻炼，的确会帮我成为更全面的人。哈哈，

24/9/2011

Breakfast: 9.15am to 10am
Chat: 10am to 1015am
Uni: 10.15 to 10.30
Lab: 1030 to 1055
Web: 1056 to 1140
Back Home: 1142 to to 1210
Web:1215 to 1300
Lunch: 1300 to 1340
Web/chat: 1340 to 1530
Nap: 1530 to 1640
Web: 1640 to 1715
Housekeeping: 1715 to 1800
dinner:1800-1900
movie:1900-2030
reading:2030-2340
sleep:2340-646 （25/9/2011）

 

25/9/2011

wake up: 645
web&work:645-800
Breakfast, etc:800-930
housekeeping:930-1155
casual reading:1155-1245
Lunch:1245 to 1320
work:1320-1340
work & chat with family: 1340-1505
work:1505-1640
planning:1640-1725
casual reading:1725-1835
dinner:1835-1940
check mail&tweet:1940-1950
casual reading:1950-2200
sleep:2200-26/9/2011

 

26/9/2011

wake up:530
writing:530-645
reading:645-710
blogging:710-720

 

 

一百道关于植物科学研究的问题

有幸阅读到刚刚刊登的文献，无需大学订阅大家可到以下网址下载：

One hundred important questions facing plant science research - Grierson - 2011 - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library: http://bit.ly/o7VC1Z

对我来说这篇文献简易明白，没有利用到很深奥的科学用词。只要在高中读过生物学应该都能了解。此文献提到当今植物学在粮食供应，再生能源所扮演的角色。以及一些值得让我们思考的问题，更提到植物学研究不能只靠植物学家，它也需社会各阶层的配合。

往往我们东方文化都会认为只有医学系、药剂学、法律或工商才是有前途的行业。但我认为我们需要更多的新生代投入科研，尤其植物学研究。我前任导师曾说全球只有10% 生物科学研究员是搞植物研究的。考虑到未来粮食危机的问题，我需积极栽培相关领域的人力。我认同国内高教部副部长所言：（载至东方日报的推特），如下：

高教部副部長何國忠呼籲華裔子弟，在大專選科上突破傳統和保守的思維，帶領華族邁向多元化的發展。他以何乃健為例，雖然農業屬冷門科系，但何乃健卻是目前國際著名的水稻專家，發表逾百篇有關水稻的論文。

来源﹣ http://twitter.com/ODNews_my/status/112101537442037760

 

文献中的几道问题最令我感兴趣：-

How do we ensure that society appreciates the full importance of plants?

How can we attract the best young minds to plant science so that they can address Grand Challenges facing humanity such as climate change, food security, and fossil fuel replacement?

How can we translate our knowledge of plant science into food security?
Which plants have the greatest potential for use as biofuels with the least effects on biodiversity, carbon footprints and food security?

How can we use plant science to prevent mal-nutrition?

How can we use knowledge of plants and their properties to improve human health?

How can we translate our knowledge of plant science into food security?

What are the best ways to control invasive species including plants, pests and pathogens?

Can we increase crop productivity without harm-ing biodiversity?

 

阅读愉快，希望你喜欢此文献。

九月

好久没写博客了。就简约跟大家分享近况。 终于呈交了论文的一个单元。还有1年1月就要结束课程了，技术上只有一年，因为我会回国度假一个月。要同一时间完成实验跟交上博士论文然后答辩到最后毕业应该是指日可待。虽然过去并不多人有这样的能力，但我对自己有信心。 我的实验路途并不顺利。尤其自己的研究方向过去并不多人探索，所以可被称为“白老鼠”。每一个顺利完成的实验最终都只是得到负面的成绩，没有振奋的发现。这就是科研，它可以允许失败。博士研究就如拼图的小方块，需要众志成城，众研究员的贡献才能编制出美丽的拼图。 当然，得到负面的成绩的确不会令人好受。有时我也自嘲 “得意的学士、硕士生；失意的博士生”。哈哈。 但至少我掌握了不少技术。因为每当一个实验得到负面成绩或遇到瓶颈，我没有停顿下来，也没逃避。当我整理论文中实验方法的单元是就发觉自己比起很多人获益不浅。 我会继续加油。春天很快会到来。*\(^o^)/* 哈哈