ALBA Limited-Series #5 : Redefining success - choosing your compass in academia

You have built your boat, assembled your crew, and navigated the storms. But where exactly are you sailing? In this final episode of this ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast limited series, we arrive at the ultimate destination : Success. But what does success really mean in academia ? Is it the number of papers you publish, the size of your lab, or the awards you collect? Jonathan and Renaud bring together four brilliant scientists to challenge the traditional academic compass : Rachael Dangarembizi (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Michaela Fenckova (University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic), Harmit Malik (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, USA), and Srikanth Ramaswamy (Newcastle University, UK). This podcast series is a limited-series from The ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast, a guide that will help you to adress the difficult issue of transitioning from postdoc to team leader . The ALBA-IBRO Diversity Podcast 'From Postdoc to PI' is organized with the support of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), a founding partner of the ALBA Network. You want to support our work ? Buy us a coffee ! ==> Support the show 💌 Subcribe to our newsletter and receive the episodes and news directly in your mailbox : To find out more about Renaud and Jonathan : Twitter : LinkedIn : Twitter : LinkedIn :

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ALBA Limited-Series #5 : Redefining success - choosing your compass in academia is an episode from The Lonely Pipette : helping scientists do better science by Jonathan Weitzman & Renaud Pourpre.

This episode is 28:44 long.

This episode was published on Feb 25, 2026.

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