Goran Bozinovic is a professor at the University of California, San Diego where he teaches genetics and biochemistry-related technical laboratory courses at the UCSD Division of Biology and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at SDSU Graduate School of Public Health. Goran’s goal is to help establish a modern and dynamic science research and learning program where future leaders ask important questions, collaborate on exciting projects and innovate life science education. Reach out to him at [email protected] Check out his website at https://bozinstitute.org/ ***TIMESTAMPS*** 3:56 - Background into becoming geneticists; SDSU and North Carolina and the importance of being a critical thinker and not trying to get a GRADE (the evolutionary reason why we will CHEAT) 10:10 - The issue with LABS in college and why you working for someone else’s success rather than allowing the STUDENTS to explore their own ideas; guiding vs telling 14:50 - What makes a STUDENT become a GOOD SCIENTIST; why you need to be lead by curiosity and be okay with being CORRECTED; EGO within the scientific community 20:05 - Boz Lab; research opportunities with young people and being allowed to work on almost ANY project you come up with 29:50 - As a scientist the fear of putting your NAME on the research because of the MAJOR BACKLASHES; being okay with the criticism in order to reach the TRUTH and why it's healthy for scientists to call each other out 36:30 - ESTUARY health on the Tijuana border and testing wastewaters and healthiness of oceans; the issue being between TWO countries  44:10 - Elon Musk;  Vehicles and why it's important to have BIG DREAMERS and he’s a PROOF of CONCEPT figure 49:10 - Falling into the SCIENCE field and the qualities he had that fit the scientist image; his general tendency to be lonely (not a fan of being around people) 1:01:00 - Is the point of finding your passion is to find something that helps you ACCESS flow state ~ YouTube EPISODES https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ/videos ~Song provided by: Ooyy, Come 2gether