TLP #34 : The "right" To-Do list - Ana Boskovic

This month we talk with Ana Boskovic about her experience of setting up her own lab and hiring a new team Ana began studying languages and literature… but found it too easy, so she switched She questions whether you are ever ‘ready’ to set up your own lab It’s important that you find the right ‘fit’ for the place you want to work and this should be a supportive environment She learnt early that it is important to hire people with diverse personalities who each fill a gap in the skills the lab needs Ana also says it’s important to always be yourself and not pretend to be something you are not She remembers that hiring was the biggest challenge in setting up her own team They need to be dedicated but also well-integrated into the team and the lab culture She balances ambitions with pragmatic considerations to avoid biased approaches Ana loves ‘to do’ lists as a source of satisfaction and to help planning She says you need to be able to trust and respect your mentor because you know they want you to succeed Mentors need to learn to have a conversation and be sensitive to mentees’ needs Ana insists that mentors need to be able to apologize if they get it wrong Ana uses her train ride to plan her day and write her To-Do list She tells us about her favourite Roman emperor, Diocletian She reminds us that “The plural of anecdote is not data” She mentioned these labs, scientists and institutions University of Zagreb EMBL Rome Maria Elena Torres-Padilla (podcast episode from Season 1) Maria Elena Torres-Padilla (lab) Oliver Rando Edith Heard (podcast episode from Season 2) F Scott Fitzgerald Diocletian Split, Croatia 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 #34 : The "right" To-Do list - Ana Boskovic is an episode from The Lonely Pipette : helping scientists do better science by Jonathan Weitzman & Renaud Pourpre.

This episode is 56:08 long.

This episode was published on Nov 26, 2024.

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