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The Lonely Pipette is a podcast where scientists share tips to help you do better science. The episodes include conversations with researchers around the world. Renaud Pourpre and Jonathan Weitzman will talk to inspiring people to learn about their habits and recommendations for all scientists. Don’t stay alone, come join The Lonely Pipette community!
The Lonely Pipette : helping scientists do better science
TLP #14 : How to get good at failing - Jen Heemstra
In this episode, we step beyond the life sciences to talk with Jen Heemstra, a professor of chemistry who brings much energy to thinking about mentoring and improving academic culture
- Jen tells us how early failures drove her to strive for success in science
- She shares how she overcame early doubts about an academic career
- She talks about how different students need different mentoring styles and how important it is to adjust each time
- She admits that she is so excited about all her roles that she struggles with focusing and setting priorities
- Great teams are made up of people with different perspectives and different ways of seeing the world - and they are a group of equals
- Jen has a lot of thoughts about how to embrace failing and taking comfort from failures
- She thinks it’s important to recognize cognitive distortions to overcome imposter syndrome narratives
- Jen shares personal thoughts about her approach to self care practices and to improving academic culture for others
- Don’t make your decisions based on other people’s expectations
She mentioned these institutions, people and resources
- Washington University in St Louis : https://chemistry.wustl.edu/people/jennifer-heemstra
- Emory University : https://www.emory.edu/
- Jen’s Blog - Things that change the way I think : http://thingsthatchangethewayithink.blogspot.com/
- Lynn Hill : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Hill
To find out more about Jen visit her website or follow her on Twitter
https://chemistry.wustl.edu/people/jennifer-heemstra
https://www.heemstralab.com/
https://twitter.com/HeemstraLab
https://twitter.com/jenheemstra
To find out more about Renaud :
- Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpre
- LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/
To find out more about Jonathan :
- Twitter : https://twitter.com/Epigenetique
- LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20
To learn more about the soundtrack :
Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler
https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/
https://twitter.com/amariamusique
To find out more about Renaud and Jonathan :
- Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpre
- LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/
- Twitter : https://twitter.com/Epigenetique
- LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20
More about the soundtrack :
Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/