I began to listen to academic reports when I was a graduate student in the Institute. Some are academic reports organized by the Institute, and some are academic reports at academic conferences. At first, I listened to academic reports as long as I had them. Later, with the deepening of my research, I would choose to listen to some academic reports according to my personal interests. After graduation, I changed my research field. At first, I listened to various academic reports as much as possible, and then gradually transitioned to listening to some academic reports selectively. After listening to a lot of academic reports over the years, the overall feeling is that listening to a good academic report is like going through a new journey. The scenery along the way is beautiful and refreshing. After the end, the heart is both satisfied and a little moved.

I think a good academic report is to explain the scientific discovery and its process historically, and give feasible suggestions on the way forward. The so-called historical exposition of scientific discovery and its process refers to clarifying the source of this scientific problem and the origin of doing this scientific problem, explaining the new discoveries and new progress in research, and sharing the enlightening moments in the process of obtaining these new discoveries; As for the feasible suggestions on the way forward, it refers to the suggestions on which important scientific problems are worth exploring based on the current research progress and technical means. Listening to a good academic report, whether young students who are new to the research field or researchers who have explored the field for many years, can benefit from it.

Listening to a good academic report can help you get familiar with the research field as soon as possible

For young students who are new to the research field, they are still unfamiliar with the research field they will explore. Reading more literature is a way to get familiar with the field. If they can listen to more relevant academic reports in the field, it is a good way to get familiar with the field as soon as possible. The basic concepts, professional terms, idioms and so on in the research are gradually formed after years of efforts by predecessors to reach a consensus. If they are not familiar with these, they may affect their understanding of the literature and even bring confusion. A good academic report will teach you these things in a familiar way to help you understand and master them. If you have doubts, you can wait for an opportunity to consult after the report, and the effect of face-to-face communication will be much better. In addition, the literature cited in the academic report PPT is often one of the most classic literature in the field, which is worth recording and reading carefully. In this way, your ability and taste of literature selection will gradually improve.

Listening to a good academic report can exchange the latest research information

From the generation of academic ideas to the publication of academic papers, the time may be long or short. For life science research, this process will generally be long. Although the academic report is about research findings, in fact, it essentially exchanges academic ideas. Compared with reading a paper, listening to an academic report should be able to understand the academic thoughts of the reporter earlier and the latest progress in this field earlier. The academic report should have encouraged the reporter to tell the unpublished research findings. However, due to the fear of actual risks such as academic plagiarism, the reporter generally does not take the initiative to tell the unpublished research results. Even if relevant issues are involved in the question session, it is generally ambiguous. It is said that there are also some small closed academic conferences under the invitation system (application system). The speakers show the latest research progress that has not been published, but this form excludes most researchers (especially young people in the initial stage of learning). Can the traditional form of academic report continue to serve as a platform for the exchange of information on the latest research? Of course I have expectations, but I'm not too optimistic.

A good academic report may enlighten the research

Now interdisciplinary has sprung up and is becoming more and more popular. In fact, the development of any discipline to a certain (some) stage is inseparable from the support of other disciplines, such as microscope for cell biology, neuroscience for artificial intelligence, etc. One of the great pleasures of listening to academic reports, especially those in different research fields, is that you can liberate yourself from inherent research ideas and let your brain imagine freely. Of course, I know that most imagination only stays in imagination, but as long as I put imagination into practice once, it may bring new discoveries. Even if you can only get a little inspiration from the report, it may bring a sudden sense of enlightenment to the research.

Listening to a good academic report can enhance the courage to move on

When I was a graduate student, I listened to the academic report. I felt that the reporter easily studied a scientific problem. It seemed that scientific research was a very easy thing. Later, I went to the laboratory to do research. When I met all kinds of difficulties, I suddenly realized that only those who have really experienced difficulties can talk about them so easily. No scientific discovery can be realized easily. The so-called good luck is just a new discovery after hard work. I feel that the most difficult stage in the research process is the stage when I seem to see signs, but it seems out of reach. I don't know whether to insist or give up. At this time, listening to a good academic report is like hearing the encouragement of fellow travelers and borrowing the glimmer of fellow travelers, so as to summon up courage, firm faith and move on.

Listening to a good academic report is like an interesting journey. Temporarily forget embarrassment, eyes full of scenery. At the end of the report, I returned to my research, with more expectation and more courage. A good academic report gently encourages everyone who listens to the report: one day, you can easily tell the story of your discovery.