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TLP #7 : It's okay to be wrong - Wendy Bickmore


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In this episode Wendy Bickmore shares her personal thoughts about mentoring, recruiting, publishing and making mistakes

  • We discuss about establishing and maintaining relationships with mentors
  • Wendy offers thought about how to recruit members to your team
  • She also comments on the craziness of the current models of scientific publishing and peer review
  • Wendy says sometime you just have to learn to ‘wing it’ and accept compromises
  • She tells us how she chooses priorities that will make an impact 
  • We discusses how she became the institute director and her leadership vision
  • Wendy also tells us about her need for quiet time and learning to be a better listener


She mentions these labs and institutions :

  • MRC Human Genetics Unit (MRC-HGU)
  • University of Edinburgh
  • The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
  • University of Oxford
  • Douglas Higgs
  • PLoS Genetics


To find out more about Wendy visit her lab website and her Twitter account

  • https://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit/research/bickmore-group
  • https://twitter.com/wendy_bickmore


To find out more about Renaud :

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn


To find out more about Jonathan :

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn 


To learn more about the soundtrack :
Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler
https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/
https://twitter.com/amariamusique

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  • Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpre
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  • Twitter : https://twitter.com/Epigenetique
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