Chapter 038 Methanogens
Dart Harbour.
Pineapple Garden Science and Technology Park is a pineapple plantation that the Sapiens Company took over from the Fernando family. It has now been transformed into a scientific research base.
The entire science and technology park covers an area of 42,000 acres. Currently, one-tenth of the area has been renovated and five small laboratories have been built.
Although Sapiens focuses on biotechnology, it does not mean that it will not develop other technologies.
These five small laboratories are the biomaterials laboratory, methanogens laboratory, gas engine laboratory, food additives laboratory, and drug laboratory.
There are a total of 183 scientific researchers recruited from all over Southeast Asia and China. Most of them are master's and doctoral students in biochemistry, environmental materials and other fields. Many of them have no development space in the local area or are recent graduates.
Although Luzon is not very well-known in Southeast Asia, the Sapiens Company has branches in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, so it is entirely possible to attract people here first.
Anyway, the treatment at Sapiens is excellent. The average annual salary of scientific researchers is around 30,000 to 80,000 US dollars, and food, accommodation and air tickets are provided.
Dart Port, the headquarters of the Sapiens Company, is also rapidly improving its living facilities.
After the acquisition of the Fernando family by the Sapiens Company, the cash flow it controls now reaches nearly 8 billion US dollars.
If this money is not used to invest and strengthen the foundation, will it be put in the bank and wait for the US dollar to depreciate?
Now, just in the vicinity of Dart Port, Sapiens has invested 300 million US dollars to improve the infrastructure. Combined with a complete internal monitoring system and the advantages of the industrial chain, these 300 million US dollars can basically produce the effect of more than one billion US dollars.
After all, in other parts of Luzon, if one-third of the US$300 million invested in infrastructure can be put into practice, it means that the parasites and rats have a change of heart.
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Ma Lan, who had just graduated from Jinling University, stood up from the laboratory table, stretched, and looked at the various experimental equipment in the laboratory, many of which were very valuable.
"Xiao Lan, the chairman will come over around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. You and Sass should organize the laboratory equipment." Jiang Mingxuan, the director of the laboratory, instructed.
"OK."
"OK."
Scientific researchers within Sapiens have specific ratings and positions, which are similar to employee levels and positions.
Scientific researchers are divided into: intern researchers, junior researchers, intermediate researchers, senior researchers, and top researchers, and their corresponding numbers are DCBAS.
There is also a five-level system for the positions of scientific researchers in scientific research institutions, namely: general worker, group leader, office head, institute director, and dean.
By the same token, other employees of the Zhiren Company are also classified, but it is only the simple SABCD. The job classification is: general worker, team leader, section chief, department manager, and general manager.
However, the positions in a subsidiary are usually one level lower than those in the parent company.
In addition, there is a hidden sixth level in the Homo Sapiens Company, namely: the manager of the spider web.
And there is the final chairman - Li Qingye.
At present, since the Zhiren Company was established not long ago, although the positions are relatively complete, the employee levels are generally at the three levels of BCD.
Jiang Mingxuan was previously a PhD student at a research institute in Sing Tao Island, where he mainly studied methanogenic bacteria. However, the pressure of life in Sing Tao Island was quite high, and he was excluded by several Indian colleagues in the research institute.
Last month, I happened to come across a company called Zhiren that was recruiting locally, so I decided to give it a try.
In the afternoon, half past two.
Under the protection of Philip and others, Li Qingye appeared in the Pineapple Garden Science and Technology Park in a low-key manner.
Jiang Mingxuan and others took him to visit the laboratory.
"I came here today mainly for one thing. The company needs your laboratory to design a special methane production line, and the production process department will also be involved."
Upon hearing this request, Jiang Mingxuan immediately asked: "Boss, are we planning to build a biogas fermentation plant? If so, perhaps we can consider introducing German dry fermentation technology."
"That's not necessary. I want you to develop a production line based on this genetically modified methanogen."
After Li Qingye finished speaking, Philip placed the briefcase on the laboratory table, entered the password, and opened it. Inside was a row of frozen reagent bottles.
"Genetically modified methanogens?" Jiang Mingxuan was very surprised. After all, using genetic modification technology to modify bacteria is a very difficult and risky behavior.
Li Qingye turned around and handed a special USB flash drive to another director of the laboratory, and said, "Akla, you are responsible for managing these data."
As the director in charge of daily management, Akela took the USB drive and replied meticulously, "Yes, boss."
Akela led everyone to an independent computer room in the laboratory and opened a safe fixed to the wall .
Seeing this scene, researchers were also very surprised, because they had used the computers in the computer room before and had seen this safe.
What I didn't expect was that there was also a computer inside the safe. The computer was not connected to any lines, and there were 5 goggles displayed next to it.
Akela inserted the USB drive into a socket on the computer, and the computer screen immediately glowed with some light, but the screen did not display any information.
Li Qingye picked up one of the goggles and put it on, then handed the remaining four goggles to Jiang Mingxuan and others: "The screen of this computer can only be viewed using these special goggles."
In fact, this is to prevent eavesdropping.
This computer, the USB drive and the goggles are all specially made. The computer is a kind of biological computer, the USB drive is also a DNA storage device, and the goggles are made of abalone shell nanoparticles mineralized by photoreceptor cells and can only see specific light waves.
Through these means, we can basically isolate ourselves from network espionage and also prevent spies from sneaking in to steal secrets.
And the soldier Acra, who controls the safe password, is another layer of insurance.
Seeing such strict preventive measures, Jiang Mingxuan also felt a little nervous. Thinking of the confidentiality clause required by the company when signing the contract before, it was extremely harsh. He always felt as if he had joined some secret organization.
The moment you put on your goggles.
Jiang Mingxuan looked carefully at the computer screen, and sure enough, there were a lot of text, formulas, symbols, and charts on it.
[Strain (JW0027): Methanogen No. 27, genetically recombinant type……].
[The growth temperature of this strain is 23 to 28 degrees Celsius. It does not need to be combined with fermentative bacteria, hydrogen-producing and acetic acid-producing bacteria, or aerobic acetic acid-consuming bacteria. It can directly decompose organic matter and produce methane...].
[This strain of bacteria needs the stimulation of growth hormone A-15 in order to continue to reproduce and produce methane...].
After reading the information, Jiang Mingxuan looked at the reagent bottle beside him, his face flushed: "This is simply a subversive transformation."
Li Qingye ignored the other party's excitement and disbelief and directly ordered:
"The brown reagent bottle contains genetically modified methanogens, and the blue reagent bottle contains growth hormone A-15. You must arrange the experiment as soon as possible, test the relevant data, and cooperate with the production process department and other laboratories to complete the design of the production line."
"If this methane bacteria really meets the described effect, then I will have no problem." Jiang Mingxuan replied confidently.
"Well, work hard." Li Qingye turned around and took Philip and others to the next laboratory.
