TLP #5 : Striking the right balance - Robert Weinberg The Lonely Pipette : helping scientists do better science

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 virtues of being a ‘scientific gypsy’ and Bob stresses the importance of getting the right balance between a narrow focus and a broad interest in different areas of scienceWe talk about different mentoring styles and get useful tips about how to recruit the right people to build a culture of mutual cooperationBob insists on the importance of talking to people at scientific meetings and asking provocative questionsFinally, Bob describes how he achieves a balance in his life by alternating between the lab and doing handyman jobs in his log cabin or the garden
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He mentions these labs and institutions :
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchDavid Baltimore
To find out more about Bob visit his website : http://weinberglab.wi.mit.edu/

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