At present, the training of Postgraduates in the field of life science is mostly based on the research group. The graduate entrance examination in 2021 just ended last weekend. It can be predicted that a large number of new students will join various research groups to start the graduate study stage in six months. So, what kind of place is the research group? The research group is composed of laboratory leaders, teachers and graduate students. It is a place where everyone gets together and cooperates with each other to carry out research because they are interested in a certain research direction. If it is expanded, the research group is such a place.

The research group is a place where both receiving knowledge and imparting knowledge exist at the same time

The biggest difference between the graduate stage and other previous stages of learning is that graduate students need to think and practice how to innovate knowledge. The new students who have just entered the research group mainly accept knowledge. Some of these knowledge comes from the teachers in the laboratory, and more from the senior brothers and sisters who get along day and night. As you grow up in the research group, you know more about the research field, have a clearer understanding of the research direction, and begin to try to explore a small direction. At this time, you are the most familiar person in the research group. At this time, you begin to impart your knowledge to other members, including teachers. It is impossible for one person to master the research trends in all directions. Fortunately, the research group has multiple members of you and me, who accept and impart knowledge to each other. Sharing not only improves the efficiency of our knowledge renewal and accumulation, but also lays a foundation for innovative knowledge.

The research group is a place where mistakes and correctness compete with each other

Doing research is often not to verify the correctness of an idea, but to eliminate the errors of some ideas as much as possible. Doing research is essentially a process of constantly eliminating errors and approaching correctness. Life activity is a dynamic process of continuous change. Therefore, the observation of a life phenomenon often needs to be realized by imposing specific conditions. It is precisely because of this condition that the explanation of the mechanism of the phenomenon needs to be cautious and cautious. Each group meeting is a small academic seminar. Speakers will report the new phenomena they have observed, and design experiments to try to reveal the mechanism behind the phenomena. Each member of the group will analyze whether the conditions for this phenomenon are appropriate (eliminate false images as far as possible), and then think about and judge whether the speaker's experimental design and the experimental data obtained can support his explanation of the phenomenon. If there are different opinions, when they are put forward to the speaker, the speaker will also respond according to his own experimental data. In this way, each key link of the subject research will be repeatedly discussed in the group, step by step, so that the research conclusion can slowly approach the correct one.

The research group is a place where pride and modesty coexist with each other

In my opinion, the most important criterion for an excellent research group is that when students leave the research group after graduation, they have established their self-confidence and enthusiasm to carry out scientific research independently. When entering the research group, everyone, including the tutor, will have their own research topics. After "gradually widening the dress belt and never regretting, people will be haggard for Iraq", they will have a full understanding of their own subject, and can put forward their own ideas, and then design experiments to slowly revise their own ideas. When "people look for him for thousands of times, and suddenly look back, the man is in the dim light", you can be a little proud, because you are one of the most understanding people in the world on a small problem. However, please be modest and cautious. After all, your companions are also one of the most understanding people in the world on another small problem. We are proud to pursue excellence in our own research direction. At the same time, we should modestly recognize that all research has its limitations. Only by always maintaining an open mind and constantly broadening our horizons can we go further on the road of scientific research. The task force is to let every member find a direction worthy of enthusiasm and establish the confidence of innovative knowledge.

The research group is a place where individuals and collectives can tolerate each other

Scientific research pays attention to individuality. As a collective, the research group also has basic rules that we need to abide by. How to do research in the research group not only according to their favorite working methods, but also basically consistent with the general direction of the research group is a problem that keeps pace with the times. In view of the importance of freedom in scientific research, the research group should respect individual freedom, including free working hours and working methods; At the same time, since individuals who are members of the research group join the research group for the same goal, they should also consciously abide by the rules of the research group and participate in maintaining the normal operation of the research group. For the research group, only by fully respecting the individual can we establish a creative research group; For individuals, only by truly integrating into the research group can they concentrate and explore freely in a harmonious atmosphere. The process of scientific discovery is a process of alternating joy and sorrow. It is normal for personal emotions to fluctuate. The research group can't make everyone happy, but will try its best to make everyone warm.

The research group is a place to develop its own unique research style

If the greatest role of tutors is to help students build self-confidence in scientific research, then the most important growth of students in the research group is to develop their own unique research style. My understanding of the so-called research style is the comprehensive embodiment of choosing research directions and research methods. Each new member of the research group first understands the research progress of key scientific issues in the field by reading a large number of documents, and then selects the small direction of interest in combination with the general direction of the research group. It is the attempt in this small direction that makes people slowly experience the feeling of choosing the research direction and slowly find a way to answer scientific questions. This feeling and method vary from person to person and gradually form a personal unique research style. To sum up, the time spent as a student in the research group is quite a continuous and concentrated period, and it is often a period from starting to getting familiar with scientific research. Therefore, it is worthwhile to carefully experience every step of scientific research, including designing experiments, observing phenomena and analyzing results, listening to academic reports and discussing scientific problems with people, It is the recording, experience, thinking and remodeling of each step that gradually developed a personal unique research style.

Graduate students in the field of life sciences have completed the basic training of scientific research in the research group, and many people will establish new research groups in the future. Everyone must have different understanding and feelings about the research group. I often think about what kind of research group will be a better research group, which can not only stimulate everyone's enthusiasm for scientific exploration, guide everyone to care about science and humanities, but also arouse everyone's love for life. I think it may be a good way to "respect and appreciate" as much as possible in the research group. Respect everyone and appreciate every idea.