I was born and raised in China. I attended Fudan University, major in Biology. After four years study, I got Bachelor degree of Science. As an undergraduate student, I had chances to do rotation works in laboratories in the School of LifeSciences. The life and study style in lab is completely different from the way as a student. The ecstasy, which I experienced after weeks of heavy experiments, was so impressed. I have never been so excited by anything else.Since then, I set my goal to be a scientific researcher.

In the beginning, I chose to study on mechanisms of learning and memory as my project. However, during the time in the Institute of Neurobiology I became more interested in the research of the lab next door, whose research interest is the retina. For Chinese culture rules and conventions, it is almost impossible to transfer to other labs especially in the same institute. So I applied for PhD program in the US. In 2008, my completely new life began in Detroit. I join in the lab of Dr. Pan, Zhuo-Hua, department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University. Here I start my fascinating research work on visual signal processing and restoration of vision.

In my PhD training I have experienced so much. Mastering patch clamp techniques,deciphering mistakes and figuring out tricks, all of these make me stronger.Elena Ivanova said:” (1) Never, never give up. (2) Never, never stop.” I wrote it down in my laboratory bench and imprint in my heart.  The five years of my PhD training was mixed with desperation, confusion, luck and most memorable, ecstasy. I will continue pursue my happiness on the exploring road as a researcher.

这是我2013毕业论文的自述部分的初稿，和终稿最大的区别是我删除了ecstasy，这个我在实验室感受到的无以伦比的快乐感。其他人建议我删除，是因为这个词有迷幻剂的歧义。但是实际上，我选择做科研为我终身职业，是因为在科研过程中体验到的兴奋太美妙了。我体验到第一次是2004年做本科实习的时候。第二次就是今天。隔了10年。

来之不易。

而我认识这个单词是来自于何毓琦老师的博客：

‘Speaking about the joys of research, when you discovered something good for the first time after months of hard work you enjoy that few seconds of ecstasy that you are the only person in the world who knows this truth. Such a feeling is difficult to describe. You will not be able to sit still, you pace back and forth, you will not be able to sleep that night, and sometimes your stomach will tie into knots in pleasurable pain. Although I cannot say for sure since I don’t have the experience of commerce. This pleasure of discovery cannot be less than if you just win a big contract or made a killing in the stock market. If I experience such feeling once a year, I am very satisfied. If one looks back over his life on all the papers he has written and published, perhaps 10% stood the test of time. This is very much like travel. You are glad you have been to various places. But only a few localities are truly memorable.’——此段文字摘自于何毓琦老师的博文：《Life of an Academic in the US》http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-1808.html  此文来自科学网何毓琦博客 

这周的实验相当重要，可以解答我长久以来的一个疑问。所以特别有期待。如果我的猜想是对的，我会很开心。如果事实与猜想背道而驰，我也会坦然接受。而周五的结果和我的猜想是一致的。非常开心。