In this episode we talk to Harmit Malik about his origins in India and his path to develop his own mentoring style.

• He tells us how he made the switch from chemical engineering to molecular biology thanks to an inspiring teacher and mentor
• Harmit tells us lots of stories about how chance encounters with colleagues and mentors have influenced his career and work
• He talks about how to search out mentors and how to adapt mentoring styles to the diversity of mentees
• Harmit discusses what to look for at interviews and how to discover creativity in the ‘hidden diamonds in the rough’
• Harmit describes how he found an international community of scientists on Twitter and how it improved his own mentoring style
• He also shares his thoughts about scientific publishing, peer-review and good writing in science

He mentions these labs and institutions

• “The Hutch” - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

https://www.fredhutch.org/

• Indian Institute of Technology

http://www.iitb.ac.in/

• University of Rochester, NY

https://www.rochester.edu/

• Steve Henikoff Lab

https://research.fhcrc.org/henikoff/en.html

To find out more about Harmit visit his website or follow him on Twitter

• http://research.fhcrc.org/malik/en.html
• https://twitter.com/HarmitMalik

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