TLP #32 - Storytelling : turn science into inspiring narratives - Arjun Raj

This month we enjoyed talking to Arjun Raj about his interdisciplinary approaches to studying biological systems Arjun shares how he almost became a truck driver and experimented with a career in an (unnamed) rock band He tells us about his journey from mathematics to quantitative biology and he shares thoughts about comparing biology with physics and what they can learn from each other He says we all struggle with how to teach creativity and how to evaluate the most promising ideas. Arjun discusses how to improve mentoring and practical auto-mentoring. He gives specific examples about learning how to peer-review papers. He recommends a narrative-based approach to science communication so that you can leave the audience with a feeling of wonder He is inspired by Star Wars storytelling as a science communicator He says it's important to go through a period of really paying attention to the small details Arjun argues that scientists have become overburdened and that increasing scope creep creates a lot of pressure He mentioned these labs, scientists and institutions University of Pennsylvania UC Berkeley Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fred Kramer Sunjay Tyagi To find out more about Arjun visit these links Raj Lab on Twitter/X Random musings Blog Tools for Science resource 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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TLP #32 - Storytelling : turn science into inspiring narratives - Arjun Raj is an episode from The Lonely Pipette : helping scientists do better science by Jonathan Weitzman & Renaud Pourpre.

This episode is 58:13 long.

This episode was published on Oct 1, 2024.

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