【大約在十年前，著名的華人生物學家蒲慕明先生曾經有一封非常著名的email在網上廣為流傳，這封email是蒲先生寫給自己實驗室所有博士生和博士后的。這封email寫的語重心長，從中可以看出蒲先生的良苦用心。
中國科學院神經科學研究所蒲慕明所長,對美國實驗室的人大發雷霆。蒲慕明先生是伯克萊大學教授，中國科學院神經科學研究所所長。 2001年，蒲教授對美國實驗室的人大發雷霆，你們太懶了，每年不能超過20天休假。每周必須工作至少六天。一天不來實驗室必須得到我的同意。每周60小時動手做實驗、談天、上網、看文獻的時間不算。寫論文時再看文獻。你們誰不干，開路。每周得向我匯報。到今年6月每人得有兩篇J Neuroscience以上的論文。誰做不到，我要你8月開路。 2007年，蒲慕明要求神經所全體學生端正學習態度。以下是蒲慕明教授寫給他實驗室學生的信】
英文版
Lab members:
Over the past several months, it has become clear to me that if there is no drastic change in the lab, Poo lab will soon cease to be a productive, first-rate lab that you chose to join in the first place. Lab progress reports over the past six months have clearly shown the lack of progress in most projects. One year ago, when we first moved to Berkeley, I expressed clearly to everyone my expectation from each one in the lab.
The most important thing is what I consider to be sufficient amount of time and effort in the lab work. I mentioned that about 60 hr working time per week is what I consider the minimal time an average successful young scientist in these days has to put into the lab work. There may be a few rare lucky fellows like Florian, who had two Nature papers in his sleeve already, can enjoy life for a while and still get a job offer from Harvard. No one else in the lab has Florian's luxury to play around.Thus I am imposing strict rules in the lab from now on:
1. Everyone works at least 50 hr a week in the lab （e.g., 8+ hr a day, six days a week）. This is by far lower than what I am doing every day and throughout most of my career. You may be smarter or do not want to be successful, but I am not asking you to match my time in the lab.
2. By working, I mean real bench work. This does not include surfing on the computer and sending and receiving e-mails for non-scientific matters unrelated to your work （you can do this after work in the lab or at home, and excessive chatting on nonscientific matters. No long lunch break except special occasions. I suggest that everyone puts in at least 6 hr concentrated bench work and 2+ hr reading and other research-related activity each day. Reading papers and books should be done mostly after work. More time can be spent on reading, literature search and writing during working hours when you are ready for writing a paper.
3. I must be informed in person by e-mail （even in my absence from the lab）when you are absent from the lab for a whole day or more. Inform me early your vacation plan. Taking more than 20 working days out of one year is the maximum to me. In fact, none of you are reporting any vacation and sick leave on your time sheet （against the university rule, although I have been signing the sheets））, but you know roughly how many days you were not here. On the whole, I understand and accept the fact that you may not fulfill the above requirements all the time, due to health reasons, occasional personal business. But if you do not like to follow the rules because it is simply a matter of choice of life style, I respect your choice but suggest you start making plans immediately and leave the lab by the end of January 31. I will do my best to help you to locate a lab to transfer or to find a job. If you do accept the conditions I describe above, I am happy to continue to provide my best support to your work, hopefully more than I have done in the past. I will review the progress of everyone in the lab by the end of June of 2002. I expect everyone to have made sufficient progress in the research so that a good paper is in sight （at least to the level of J.Neuroscience. If you cannot meet this goal at that time, I will have to ask you to prepare to leave my lab by the end of August. As a scientist, you must dedicate everything to this business 作為一個科學家，你必須把一切都獻身給科研事業.
－ Working time: 8-hour is unpractical. There is NO way for a scientist or a Ph.D student to work only 8 hours a day! 每天僅僅工作8個小時是不行的。對于一個博士或者科學家，每天僅僅工作8個小時根本根本就是死路一條！（“NO way”）
－ Go to your mother’s house for afternoon naps and never come back! 如果有人敢午休，那就馬上卷鋪蓋走人，永遠不要再回實驗室！
－ Vacation: 5 weeks per year (Chinese New Year, the May Day and the National Day breaks are included) 包括春節、五一、國慶，每年全部假期一共5個星期。
－ Start your morning work not later than 8:30 am and afternoon work no later than 1 pm 上午必須早于8：30上班，下午早于1點上班。（注意，沒有規定幾點下班。）
－ Surf over the Internet for non-scientific purposes should be less than 30 min a day 每天用于看網頁以及其他與科研無關事情的時間不得多余30分鐘。
－ Reading newspapers should be limited less than 30 min a day 每天看報紙的時間不得多余30分鐘
－ Novels or other non-scientific journals/magazines are not permitted in the lab and office 小說和非科研性雜志不準帶入實驗室
－ If you are absent from the lab more than one hour, get permission first. 如果離開實驗室超過1個小時，必須事先請假并得到允許。
－ Everyone has personal business, but the lab business always has priority unless in emergency 除非緊急的事情，否則實驗室的事情永遠大于私事。
－ In this business, an “average” student who works seven days a week is definitely more productive than a “genius” who works five days a week 在這行里，每周只工作5天，即使是天才，也比要低于比一個工作7天的資質平平的人還要差。
－ If you are able to make any major progresses by working 8 hours a day and 5 days a week, every fortunate in this world must be on your side! 如果你即使每天工作8個小時并且每周只工作5天，居然也能成功哪怕只有一次（any）。那除非你是上帝（主宰了世界上一切的人）！
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中文版
大約10年前，著名華人生物學家蒲慕明先生曾經有一封郵件在網上廣為流傳，這封郵件是蒲先生語重心長寫給自己實驗室所有博士和博士后的，其中的觀點我完全贊同。無論是在普林斯頓還是在清華大學，我都把這封郵件轉發給實驗室的所有學生，讓他們體會。”
施一公
“所有成功的科學家一定具有的共同點，就是他們必須付出大量的時間和心血。這是一條真理。實際上，無論社會上哪一種職業，要想成為本行業中的佼佼者，都必須付出比常人多的時間。”
編輯推薦
實驗室的每一位成員：
在過去的幾個月中，我發現如果再不對實驗室進行一次劇變，很快，Poo實驗室就不是那個你們最初選擇加入的高產出，第一流的實驗室了。從過去六個月的實驗室進展報告中可以清楚地看出大多數項目都沒有什么進展。在我們一年前剛搬進伯克利時，我就清楚地表達了我對實驗室中每一員的期望。我認為最重要的一點就是我希望大家保證在實驗室中付出足夠的時間和努力。我提到了每周60小時是我所認為的一個成功的年輕科學家每天呆在實驗室的時間的最低限。 當然，有極少數幸運的同仁如Florian，他已經發表了兩篇Nature并有了一份在哈佛的工作，是可以稍稍的享受下生活了。但是實驗室的其他人都不能像Florian這樣奢侈的享樂。從現在起，我在實驗室里立下嚴規：
1.每個人每星期必須在實驗室50小時以上（比如說，每天八小時，每周六天。）這比我整個職業生涯每天所花的時間少得多。你們可能會比我聰明或者并不渴望成功，所以我并不以我的標準要求你們。
2. 工作，是指真正的搞研究，不包括上網，接發與科研無關的郵件（你可以在工作完成后在實驗室或家中做這些）和過度的與科研無關的聊天。除了特殊情況，午餐后的休息時間不要太長。我建議大家每天花至少六小時在自己的科研工作上，2個多小時做閱讀或其他和研究相關的活動上。閱讀文獻和書籍應放在工作之后。當你打算著手寫論文時，建議將更多的工作時間用來閱讀，搜索和撰寫論文。
3. 當你們超過一天不在實驗室時，必須用e-mail告知我（即使我不在實驗室）。提前告知我你們的假期計劃。對我來說，每年最多可以請20天的假。你們沒有一個人在你們的時間表上匯報了你們的假期和病假（盡管我給你們簽字了，但這是違反校規的），你們自己知道你們每年大概有多少天是沒有待在實驗室里的。
總而言之，我知道出于一些個人的臨時狀況，健康因素等，讓你們時刻遵守這些規矩是不現實的。但如果你們出于個人生活方式不同而不遵守這些規定，我尊重你的決定并建議你早作打算，在一月31日以前卷鋪蓋走人，我會盡力幫你轉去另一個實驗室或找份工作。如果你能接收我上面說的這些條件，我會非常開心地為你的工作提供支持，希望比以前做的更好。我已經看過大家2002年六月末所做的工作進展，祝愿大家的研究都進展順利，這樣一篇好的論文就勝利在望了（至少達到《神經科學雜志》的水平），如果那時你們還不能達到這個目標，那我就不得不請你在8月底離開我們實驗室。作為一個科學家，你必須把一切都獻身給科研事業。
工作時間：每天僅僅工作8個小時是不行的。對于一個博士或者科學家，每天僅僅工作8個小時根本就是死路一條！ 如果有人敢午休，那就馬上卷鋪蓋走人，永遠不要再回實驗室！
假期：每年五周（包括春節，五一，國慶）。上午必須早于8：30上班，下午早于1點上班。
每天用于看網頁以及其他與科研無關事情的時間不得多于30分鐘。
每天看報紙的時間不得多余30分鐘。 小說和非科研性雜志不準帶入實驗室。
如果離開實驗室超過1個小時，必須事先請假并得到允許。
除非緊急的事情，否則實驗室的事情永遠大于私事。
在這行里，每周只工作5天，即使是天才，也比要比一個工作7天的資質平平的人成果要少。 如果你在這每天工作8個小時，每周只工作5天中成功了，哪怕只有一次，那你就是世界上最幸運的人了！
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