Luo Qingming: hope to launch China brain project as soon as possible

At 4 p.m on Sunday, the reporter arrived at Hainan University as promised When I saw Luo Qingming, he just finished his last activity and looked a little tired He greeted the reporter cordially and repeatedly apologized for being late The teacher next to him explained, "the principal has been busy since noon, and has not had a rest." Seeing the camera, Luo Qingming took out the tie he just took off and asked with a smile, "do you want to take it? I don't understand either Listen to you " The atmosphere became relaxed and easygoing On November 22, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the list of new academicians in 2019 Luo Qingming, President and professor of Hainan University, was elected as academician of the Department of life sciences and medicine Speaking of the elected academician, Luo Qingming said: "this is an affirmation of his scientific research work for more than 20 years, and also a responsibility." Luo Qingming, 53, is a bioimager from Qichun, Hubei Province In the 1990s, Luo Qingming, who was engaged in optoelectronic research, studied in the United States, and for the first time in the world, detected brain activity through near-infrared optical imaging, and the technology he invented was patented in the United States In 1997, Luo returned to his alma mater, Huazhong University of science and technology, giving up the favorable conditions abroad In September 2018, he officially became president of Hainan University "Administratively, I have never deliberately pursued it I was the last to know that I was the dean and vice president of Huazhong University of science and technology From the heart, I prefer to be a scholar, to train students, to do research I don't know if I'm suitable to be a headmaster I can only say that I'll try my best When people say that you can do it, I'll try my best to do it in my own way, but I won't deliberately become a headmaster for the sake of being a headmaster " Luo Qingming said He said that when he became president of Hainan University, he had a great influence on his scientific research "It has been 14 months since we arrived in Hainan, and only seven times have we returned to Wuhan We joked that scientific research is now part-time work, because we can only do it on weekends, holidays and evenings Working hours are all spent on administration, not even enough " "I eat in the student canteen every day" came all the way Luo Qingming said that he has always adhered to the idea that he should try his best to do a good job in front of him In Hainan University for more than a year, he said that he also tried his best, thinking about how to run the school well every day "First of all, I try my best to understand the school After in-depth investigation, we proposed to implement comprehensive reform, establish a series of rules and regulations, and optimize the existing system and mechanism Now we have achieved preliminary results, and we have reached a consensus " Luo said On the one hand, he set up rules and regulations, on the other hand, Luo Qingming put people first and reformed some rigid policies "As long as it is in line with the regulations, it is necessary to humanize the operation and create a more relaxed growth environment for students." One student didn't get the credit before June 30 because he was one week late in applying for the patent As a result, he didn't get the graduation certificate After the students got the patent, they went to Luo Qingming to report the situation Luo Qingming immediately went to the relevant functional departments for verification, and said: this regulation needs to be revised It can't be delayed because the students are one week late in getting the patent, so they won't be given the graduation certificate Some students did not publish enough papers before graduation, and did not meet the graduation conditions One month later, the papers were issued, and the graduation conditions were met The meeting of the degree evaluation committee was held six months later Luo Qingming will work for teachers one by one: "when the students' conditions are met, all teachers will work hard and hold a meeting in advance to award degrees This half year will affect the employment of children, and he can't afford to wait." When those students who are punished for violating the rules ask Luo Qingming for help, he never opens the net In order to understand what the students think, Luo Qingming will go to the student canteen every day as long as he is in Haikou He has eaten several canteens of the school almost once "As soon as I arrived at the canteen, I chatted with the students From life to study, some students said that the water heater was not easy to use, and some students said that there were few small languages I told the office one by one to connect and implement them and help the students as much as possible," he said In order to facilitate students to see the principal, Luo Qingming plans to let the school develop an appointment system "It is open to all students in the school If you want to see the principal, you can log in to the system to make an appointment When I have time, I'll ask the office to call the students according to the order of the appointment list When the students have time, they will come here If the students don't have time on that day, it's OK Wait for the next opportunity " Luo Qingming said Speaking about the purpose of doing so, Luo Qingming said: "the university does not need to be so administrative I think the president is to do the service work He should understand the needs of teachers and students in time, let teachers and students feel the concern of the University for them, and provide help and support for teachers and students within his ability." "We are going to build a laboratory in Hainan to carry out dislocation development," said Luo Qingming, who was very excited about his specialty biomedical engineering "In the past few years, we developed a set of equipment, which can show every neuron and every blood vessel in the brain of mice clearly and draw the brain map of mice." The system was published in the journal Science at the end of 2010 and was selected as the "top ten scientific advances in China" in 2011 "There is a challenge to more advanced and complex primates Hainan has superior natural conditions, which is very suitable for the survival of monkeys Next, we will set up a laboratory in Hainan University according to the characteristics of Hainan Different from the laboratories in Wuhan and Suzhou, we will carry out dislocation development and Research on primates in bioimaging At the same time, we should make use of Hainan's characteristics to carry out research on marine organisms " Luo said "Our ultimate dream is to make a human brain map, which is of great significance to promote children's education and human diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases such as depression, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease." Luo Qingming said that there is no fundamental obstacle in the technical level to draw a fine human brain map, and the main constraints are funding and mechanism "We expect the country to launch the Chinese brain program as soon as possible, just like developing" two bombs and one star " At present, we still have several points in the forefront of international research in this area If we delay for a long time, we will really get up early and catch up late " Luo Qingming said.