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 zone She lays out her version for running a lab and encouraging collaboration Edith tells us why she moved to the EMBL in Heidelberg - the challenges and the self-doubts There is something magical about bringing researchers together from such different backgrounds and origins to serve European science She gives us lots of insights that she has never shared before She tells us about the importance of stepping out to disconnect and have time to think Edith tries to put herself in other people’s position to become a better leader And she shares how important her husband Vincent has been during their scientific journeys together She mentioned these labs, institutions and scientists University of Cambridge Institut Curie European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory College de France Susan Gasser Mike Fried David Spector Christine Petit Daniel Louvard Vincent Colot To find out more about Edith visit her website or follow her on Twitter https://www.embl.org/groups/heard/ https://www.college-de-france.fr/chaire/edith-heard-epigenetique-et-memoire-cellulaire-chaire-statutaire (in French) https://twitter.com/heard_lab?lang=en Edith Heard is a laureate of the 2020 For Women in Science Award To send us feedback, comments & ideas : https://bit.ly/TLPVoice https://twitter.com/LonelyPipette To find out more about Renaud https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/ https://twitter.com/LePourpre To find out more about Jonathan https://linktr.ee/epigenetique https://twitter.com/Epigenetique Soundtrack : Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler