毕业生专访

流年似水，岁月如歌。今年，广东以色列理工学院迎来了首届毕业生。广以2017级本科毕业生系列采访将带大家一同聆听这四年来学生们与广以的故事，共同见证广以学子们的成长。今天分享的是生物技术与食品工程专业毕业生颜莞尔的故事。

姓名：颜莞尔

毕业高中：汕头市金山中学

本科专业：生物技术与食品工程

录取院校：希伯来大学医学院微生物专业，获直博优秀奖学金

获得奖项：广以学业优秀奖学金、广以常务副校长嘉许名单

颜莞尔，对待学习自律严谨，善于与他人交流，扎实的专业能力让她本科毕业就顺利坐上希伯来大学直博项目“直通车”。她在所学专业与社会议题之间建立联系，希望自己能学有所成、学以致用。

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“这么有特色的专业在国内外都很少见。”填报高考志愿时，颜莞尔一度因无法在生物和食品二者间做出取舍而陷入纠结。经过了解，她发现广以的生物技术与食品工程专业是国际上少数将工程技术与生命科学相结合的专业之一，还能让她在全英的教学环境中提前适应国外的学习模式，为今后出国深造打好基础，于是她毫不犹豫地选择了广以。

莞尔表示，广以帮助她找到了适合自己发展的道路。“我曾经历过一个患得患失的阶段，喜欢生物技术，却担心学生物的人的太多，未来就业竞争压力太大。喜欢食品工程，又觉得食品研发太复杂，担心自己的想法不够新奇有创意。幸运的是，在广以这四年给了我再一次选择的机会。在对这两个专业了解学习后，我进一步肯定了我对生物技术的喜爱，也找到了未来愿意为之奋斗的方向。”

颜莞尔对食品工程的认识，从技术层面上升到对社会议题的关注。“经过四年的学习，我认识到食品工程不只是开发创新食品，它对于解决全球范围内的温饱和营养问题也有着重要意义。”她认为，将生物技术与食品工程结合，进一步开拓了食品开发和生产的思路。“像近年来比较热门的发酵工程，将微生物应用于食品和药品的生产，就得益于这两者的结合。”

在多元交流中丰富大学生活

颜莞尔形容自己的大学生活“普通但充实”。“我大多数时间都是在学校里学习和做项目，这对我来说是一种享受。学习和实验充实了我的生活，也让我从中有所收获。”

多年之后，或许早已记不清自己考过多少分、做过多少卷子，但和伙伴们并肩同行的深情厚谊，总会在记忆深处闪闪发光。莞尔说自己在广以认识了很多可爱的人，“同学之间的联系很紧密，我每天最开心的事就是跟室友在宿舍聊天，跟同专业的同学讨论课题。进入实验室后，我发现教授和师兄师姐都很友好，愿意耐心地教我，给我很多建议和帮助。通过与他们的交流，我也对自己的人生规划多了一些新的想法。”

作为广以第一届学生会的秘书长，颜莞尔亲历学生会的组建，“自己参与其中，看着它从无到有、慢慢发展完善，特别有成就感。”因为喜爱文学，莞尔也加入了广以独白者文学社。“文学和科学有异曲同工之妙，它们不分国界，可以在人类社会间架起沟通的桥梁。在广以这样一所中外合作办学的学校里，文学社也承担着传播中以文化的责任和使命。能把自己的爱好和如此有意义的事情结合在一起，这种感觉太棒了。”课余时间，莞尔在文学的世界里怡然自得，也在挥毫泼墨间享受自己独处的时光。“我平时喜欢写写书法，曾参与制作古风书签送给访校的外国来宾，小小的书签也肩负着文化交流的责任呢！”

巧合实为努力的结果

颜莞尔看好微生物领域的前景，觉得它有很大的发展空间。大二暑假，她加入了梁嘉言教授的课题组，研究牛蛙养殖中微生物抗性的相关项目。“我从这个课题组刚组建的时候就加入了。我们筛选出牛蛙养殖场中的抗性细菌，分析细菌的特点和抗性的传播。这也让我了解了如何从头开始一个新的项目，如何让脑海中的一个个想法落地实现。在实验过程中我也学习了很多分子生物实验，这对我今后的学习和科研有很大帮助。”

时刻做好准备，机会到来时便牢牢抓住。对莞尔来说，申博实属“巧合”。“在导师的鼓励下，我尝试着申请了希伯来大学的直博项目。申博的过程也比较顺利，分为提交资料和面试两大环节。面试主要是跟教授讨论一篇他们发给我的论文。在面试前，我对大学四年的知识复习了一遍，阅读了一些生物前沿领域的论文，还跟导师和师兄师姐讨论了这篇论文用到的实验方法和思路。”最终，莞尔顺利通过面试，并拿到了希伯来大学医学院微生物专业的直博优秀奖学金。颜莞尔希望自己未来能充分利用直博项目的资源，多跟各行各业的人交流学习，开拓自己的视野。

莞尔给学弟学妹们的建议是“学习一定要自律”。“本科的GPA在升学甚至是求职中还是蛮重要的。可以多去自习室学习，会更有学习的动力和氛围。如果在学业或生活上有困惑，或者是对某个国家的文化感兴趣的时候，都可以通过邮件或面谈的方式跟学校的教授交流，他们都非常热心。”

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Graduates Interview

The first cohort students were graduated from Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology this year. The series of interviews with the graduates from Class of 2021 will show their stories with GTIIT in the past four years. Here is the story about Yan Waner, a student of Class of 2021 from Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program.

Name: Yan Waner

High School: Jinshan High School, Shantou

Program: Biotechnology and Food Engineering

Received offers from:

Microbiology in the School of Medicine, Hebrew University,won the Abish-frenkel Fellowship Scholarship

Awards:

GTIIT Academic Excellence Scholarship

GTIIT Vice Chancellor's List

Yan Waner is self-disciplined in study and good at communicating with others. With her solid professional ability, she is successfully enrolled in the direct doctorate program of Hebrew University after graduation. She makes connections between her program and social issues, hoping to make a difference and put what she has learned into practice.

Focus on social issues based on professional knowledge

"Such a special program is rare even at home and abroad." When choosing the undergraduate program after college entrance examination, Yan Waner was torn between biology and food related programs. Later, she found that Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program at GTIIT was one of the few programs in the world that combined engineering technology and life science. It also allowed her to adapt to the foreign learning mode in advance in English teaching environment at GTIIT, laying a good foundation for her further study abroad, so she chose GTIIT without hesitation.

Waner says that studying at GTIIT helps her find the way that suits herself. " I went through a period of confusion. I like biotechnology but I am worried that there are too many people studying biology and it will be too competitive to find a job. I like food engineering, but find that food research and development is too complex, worrying that my ideas are not novel and creative enough. Fortunately, the four years at GTIIT gives me another chance to make a choice. I further affirm my love for biotechnology and find the direction I am willing to fight for in the future."

Yan Waner's understanding of food engineering has risen from the technical level to the concern of social issues. "After four years of study, I realize that food engineering is not just about developing innovative food, it is also important to solve the problems of hunger and nutrition of human being globally." She believes that the combination of biotechnology and food engineering further opens up ideas for food development and production. "It's a combination of the two," she says,"Things like fermentation, which uses microbes to make food and drugs, have become popular in recent years."

Enrich university life through communication

Yan Waner describes her university life as "ordinary but fulfilling". "I spend most of my time in studying and doing projects, which is also a pleasure for me. Learning and doing scientific research have enriched my life and taught me a lot."

Waner says she meets many lovely people at GTIIT. "The classmates are very close to each other. The happiest thing for me is to chat with my roommates in the dormitory, and discuss the topics with my classmates fromthe same program every day. In the lab, my professors and seniors are very friendly and willing to teach me patiently, and give me a lot of advice and help. I also have some new ideas about my future after talking with them."

As the Secretary General of the first GTIIT Student Association, Yan Waner witnessed its formation and development. "I participated in it and watched it develop from nothing, which gave me a great sense of achievement."

Waner also joined GTIIT's literature club- The Monologist because of her love for literature. "Literature and science work in the same way to some extent. They can build the bridges between different countries and areas. At GTIIT, a Sino-foreign cooperative educational institution, the literature club also takes the responsibilityof spreading the culture. It's a great feeling to be able to combine my hobby with something so meaningful." In her spare time, Waner also enjoys the time writing calligraphy. She participated in making ancient bookmarks for foreign visitors to GTIIT.

Opportunity isthe result of effort

Yan Waner is optimistic about the prospect of microbial field. In her junior year, she joined Prof. Ka Yin Leung's research groupat GTIIT, studying the topics related to microbial resistance in frog farms. "I've been part of this research group since it was first formed. We screened resistant bacteria in frog farms and analyzed the characteristics of bacteria and the transmission of resistance. It also taught me how to start a new project from scratch and how to get the ideas in my head to work. I also learned a lot about molecular biological experiments in this project, which would be of great help to my future study and scientific research."

Yan Waner says that getting the chance to go straight into a doctorate program is a coincidence. "Encouraged by my professors, I tried to apply for the direct doctorate program at Hebrew University. The process is relatively smooth, divided into the document submission and interview. The interview is to talk to the professor about a paper they had sent me. Before the interview, I reviewed what I had learned in the past four years, read the latest papers in the field of biology, and discussed the experimental methods with my teachers and seniors." In the end, Waner successfully passed the interview, admitted by the program of Microbiology in the School of Medicine, Hebrew University and also won the Abish-frenkel Fellowship Scholarship. She hopes that she can make full use of the resources of the program, learn more with people from all walks of life to broaden her horizon.

Waner's advice to the junior students is to be self-disciplined in study. "GPA is quite important for applying postgraduate university and even job hunting. Studying in the student hub maybe a good idea to help you concentrate on your work. If you are confused about your study or life, or interested in the culture of a certain country, you can communicate with the professors by email or in person. They are always willing to help us."

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文：GTIIT传媒与公共事务部

图：颜莞尔、GTIIT传媒与公共事务部

Text: Yan Waner,GTIIT News & Public Affairs

Photos: GTIIT News & Public Affairs