In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with Luca Comai, a Professor of Plant Biology at the Genome Center at University of California, Davis. We discuss a paper he published as part of his transition from industry to academia that he feels illustrates a mistake he made in choosing a research direction. We have a fascinating conversation about the power and the peril of striking out in new research directions and Luca gives his advice on grant-writing. The paper is “Developmental expression of tomato heat shock cognate protein 80" by Koenig & Comai, Plant Phys 1992.
Learn more about this episode on Plantae: https://plantae.org/blog/s1e3-academic-industry-and-pivoting-on-projects-with-luca-comai/
SHOW NOTES:
Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16653061
Lords of the Harvest: https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Of-The-Harvest-Biotech/dp/073820773X/gristmagazine
Luca’s Teaching website http://flipping101genetics.blogspot.com