This week we discuss the academic career of a young PI with Thibaut Brunet @thibaut_brunet, a G5 Group Leader at Institut Pasteur. Join us for a conversation on eating spiders, dancing creatures of the ocean, and the challenges of applying for and starting a group in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thibaut Brunet: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/evolutionary-cell-biology-and-evolution-of-morphogenesis/ This episode was produced and edited by Camilla Valenzuela. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review (on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). If you love what we are trying to do then buy us a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/preprints! Any contribution is greatly appreciated. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod, Instagram @Motion_Pod or visit our website; https://preprintsinmotion.wordpress.com/Find us on Twitter: Jonny (@JACoates) & Camila (@Kamo_Valenzuela). Generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/preprints-in-motion/message