In this episode Renaud and Jonathan share their excitement about the launch of Season 3 of The Lonely Pipette podcast. BUT this time, they are not the ones asking the questions. 💌 Subscribe and receive the next season in you mailbox 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...

Dear Lonely Pipetters, Season 2 has been an amazing journey, BUT Season 3 will be awesome. We are so proud to be still here, with you supporting us. Thank you! In this final episode, we take the chance to give you untold stories about Season 2 making-of, personal stories and what you can do to help us build Season 3. Don’t miss it out ! Subscribe to be updated when Season 3 starts : https://bit.ly/NLTLP You want to support our work ? Buy us a coffee !  ==>...

This week, we talk to Maria Leptin about her path to the head of the European Research Council  Maria claims she didn’t receive any formal mentoring advice, but rather absorbed and learnt along the wayAgainst the perceived wisdom, Maria warns against the advice to be continually networking. She advises to listen to what others say and then add your own thoughts.Maria is sure that if you really enjoy the stuff you're doing, then you will do it well and you'll get something out of it.She says...

This week, we meet our first philosopher guest - Thomas Pradeu tells us what scientist can learn from philosophers  Thomas shares his journey navigating from philosophy to immunology and biologyHe explains the difference between ‘philosophy IN biology’ compared to ‘philosophy OF biology’He mentions ‘mutual ignorance’ - that scientists often don’t know about philosophers who would be interested in their scienceThomas argues that philosophers should be brought in at the beginning of a project...

This week, Elphege Nora shares personal thoughts on his journey from Paris to California Elphege discovered at an early age that the best way to explain who we are is to look back at where we come from and our evolutionary trajectoriesFrom his earliest research experiences, Elphege was intrigued about the sociology of the lab and it’s unusual social etiquetteHe shares his memories of working with Edith Heard and what she taught him about mentoringHe claims that personality tests can be useful...

This week, Christophe Lavelle shares his double passion for science and for cooking Christophe left engineering studies for the freedom of research science. And then he jumped from physics to biology for his PhD studiesHe thinks science makes him a better cook and cites lots of specific examplesHe describes his very free mentoring style and questions what makes a good mentorHe describes his chaotic ‘schizophrenic’’ interdisciplinary interestsWhat has to be done has to be well done - else...

This week, Ana-Maria Lennon-Dumenil tells us about her passion for science interfacing with physics and her journey from Santiago to Paris Ana-Maria was inspired from a very young age by her namesake Ana-Maria LenonShe quickly left genetics because ‘DNA doesn't move enough’She stresses that every Principal Investigator needs to find their own way and warns against trying to imitate othersAna-Maria feels that the biggest mistake is to think that everyone in the lab is like you (instead of...

In this episode, we talk to George Church about his successful career in DNA repair and his entrepreneurial adventures translating research findings into biotech companies George proudly describes himself as a biologist-engineerHe ponders whether his dyslexia may have helped him by making him realize he was different from others when he was growing upHe looks for projects in ‘exponential fields’ that combine pure scientific interest, technology breakthroughs and bring societal benefit.George...

In this episode, we talk with the multi-talented Jenny Rohn about her journey zig-zagging from academia to a biotech-startup, to science publishing and then back into academia. She tells us about her unconventional path and how she decided to go to a start-up and then come back to academic researchShe made long, agonizing lists about pros and cons of leaving or staying in academiaThis period of indecision led her to start writing novelsJenny admits that it was not easy to get back on to an...

Get ready for 2023 ! In this special episode, we're going to change the narrative. We're going to dive into this original narrative-interview with 4 scientists who experienced an original meeting with us. Invited by Jean-Leon Maître in the south of France, are you ready to ask yourself why you go to science conferences? Our special guests are :  Jean-Léon Maître, the organizer of the meeting, CNRS research director at the Institut Curie, at Paris, FranceRita Mateus, group leader at the Max...

This week we have a surprise treat - a conversation with Jonathan’s twin brother, Matt. He discusses his energetic commitment to mentoring and grant-writing workshops. They share their genetics, but also a desire to “help scientists do better science” Matthew comments on the usefulness of healthy competition in scienceMatt compares the joy of running a lab to cooking in the kitchenHe loves the flexibility of science and constantly stimulated by interactions with colleagues and young...

This week, we talk with Ashani Weeraratna about her inspiring path from apartheid South Africa to director, professor and activist. Ashi cites good advice that she remembers “ read voraciously … and be engaged with the literature”She insists that mentoring is all about the trainees and hearing their individual needsAshi believes that diversity of thought needs diversity of population and stresses the importance of welcoming different groups into the labFor her, representation matters and it...

In this episode, we speak with André Choulika about his exciting journey from a bench scientist to a biotech entrepreneur taking genomic engineering to the clinic André shares his fascination about the logic of biological systems and his admiration for experimentalists“You can always do something else if it fails” insists AndréAndré stresses that the boss has to take responsibilities for decisions“You don’t hire people to tell them what to do, but they should tell you what needs to be...

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 scienceShe shares how she overcame early doubts about an academic careerShe talks about how different students need different mentoring styles and how important it is to adjust each timeShe admits that she is so excited about all her roles that...

In this episode, we speak with Steve Jackson about his successful career in DNA repair and his entrepreneurial adventures translating research findings into biotech companies He remembers his early passion for innovation and for dark heavy rockHe was even turned down by the University of Cambridge when he first appliedSteve reminisces about the serendipity that led him into the DNA repair field How important it is to create a collaborative, cooperative and fun lab environment“The highs become...

In this episode, we were honoured to kick-off Season 2 talking to Edith Heard about her journey to become the first woman to lead the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). She tells us about her early experiences of patients with diseases Edith emphasizes the importance of doubt for a scientist She says “mentoring is about caring” and mentions TLP guest Susan Gasser She stresses the importance of changing environments (like taking a sabbatical) and stepping out of your comfort...

In this episode Renaud and Jonathan share their excitement about the launch of Season 2 of The Lonely Pipette podcast They look back at Season 1 and what they learned from the tips of the TLP guestsRenaud and Jonathan share their thoughts about science communicationThey update The Lonely Pipette community about what we have been up to over the last yearRenaud describes his Cell Worlds immersive cell biology showRenaud explains how important it is to be persistent in science...

In this episode Renaud and Jonathan share their tips and thoughts about the first season of The Lonely Pipette podcast.Renaud and Jonathan tell their own ‘origin stories’And we discuss the origins of the podcast and what we have learnedWe talk about...

Subscribe and receive the next podcast in you mailboxTell us your thoughts  about this episodeLast summer, we were honored to host Magdalena Skipper, Editor of Nature, to share her tips with the community. When Nature announced its new Open Access...

Subscribe and receive the next podcast in you mailbox Tell us your thoughts  about this episodeIn the first episode of the new year we talk to Oded Rechavi about his unusual way of doing science and new ways of sharing science.He tells us about his...

Subscribe and receive the next podcast in you mailbox Leave us a voice message about this episode In this episode Wendy Bickmore shares her personal thoughts about mentoring, recruiting, publishing and making mistakesWe discuss about establishing and...

Subscribe and receive the next podcast in you mailbox Leave us a voice message about this episode In this episode we talk to Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla about how she followed her dreams from Mexico to the Pasteur Institute and then to direct a new...

In this episode Bob Weinberg discusses his long career in cancer research and offers tips about recruiting and mentoring.Bob talks about his motivation to simplify the complexity of cancer biology by distilling out a small set of rulesWe discuss the...

In this episode we talk to Fiona Watt about her career moves and her journey to become the first woman to lead the Medical Research Council (MRC).She tells us about her early experiences with crocodile huntingShe talks about how she chooses scientific...