The Lonely Pipette : helping scientists do better science
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 #7 : It's okay to be wrong - Wendy Bickmore
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In this episode Wendy Bickmore shares her personal thoughts about mentoring, recruiting, publishing and making mistakes
- We discuss about establishing and maintaining relationships with mentors
- Wendy offers thought about how to recruit members to your team
- She also comments on the craziness of the current models of scientific publishing and peer review
- Wendy says sometime you just have to learn to ‘wing it’ and accept compromises
- She tells us how she chooses priorities that will make an impact
- We discusses how she became the institute director and her leadership vision
- Wendy also tells us about her need for quiet time and learning to be a better listener
She mentions these labs and institutions :
- MRC Human Genetics Unit (MRC-HGU)
- University of Edinburgh
- The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
- University of Oxford
- Douglas Higgs
- PLoS Genetics
To find out more about Wendy visit her lab website and her Twitter account
- https://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit/research/bickmore-group
- https://twitter.com/wendy_bickmore
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Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler
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- Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpre
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- LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20
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Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/