This week, Ana-Maria Lennon-Dumenil tells us about her passion for science interfacing with physics and her journey from Santiago to Paris

• Ana-Maria was inspired from a very young age by her namesake Ana-Maria Lenon
• She quickly left genetics because ‘DNA doesn't move enough’
• She stresses that every Principal Investigator needs to find their own way and warns against trying to imitate others
• Ana-Maria feels that the biggest mistake is to think that everyone in the lab is like you (instead of appreciating how different they might be)
• She stresses the need for optimized communication in the lab and the need to clearly articulate expectations
• She learnt the hard way that ‘management is not natural’
• Ana-Maria laughs about the fact that she was too short to be a chemist
• She describes the challenges of finding a common language in interdisciplinary research collaborations
• She also insists on the role of parents in giving confidence to girls at an early age to become scientists

She mentioned these institutions, researchers and resources

• Pasteur Institute : https://www.pasteur.fr/en
• Harvard University : https://www.harvard.edu/
• Curie Institute : https://institut-curie.org/
• European Research Council (ERC) : https://erc.europa.eu/homepage
• Hidde Ploegh : https://www.childrenshospital.org/research/labs/ploegh-lab-research/hidde-ploegh
• Catherine Alcaide : https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-alcaide-5b165856/
• Matthieu Piel : https://curie.fr/personne/matthieu-piel
• Guillaume Dumenil : https://research.pasteur.fr/fr/member/guillaume-dumenil/
• If you are interested in buying a “zester” : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zester
• She is currently reading “Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernardine Evaristo : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl,_Woman,_Other

To find out more about Ana-Maria visit her websites or follow her on Twitter : 

• Lab website : https://institut-curie.org/personne/ana-maria-lennon
• An interview with Ana-Maria in JCB : https://rupress.org/jcb/article/215/1/2/38770/Ana-Maria-Lennon-Dumenil-A-dynamic-career
• Her Wikipedia page : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana-Maria_Lennon-Dum%C3%A9nil
• on Twitter @LennonLab

To find out more about Renaud and Jonathan :

• Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpre
• LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/
• Twitter : https://twitter.com/Epigenetique
• LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20

More about the soundtrack :
Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/