Description

In this episode we talk to Maxim Greenberg about his transition from US graduate student to Parisian postdoc, and then the move to young team leader.

• We discuss about how to choose a postdoc lab and the importance of a generous and supportive mentor
• Max shares some personal experience of how he juggles family, two scientific careers, as well as kids and schooling
• We also talk about how you know when you are ready to launch your own lab and how to choose a research question for your lab
• Max gives advice about strategies for growing your team and recruiting students
• He also offers some practical tips about how to deal with anxiety, insecurity and self-doubt

He mentions these labs and institutions

• The Jacobsen Lab at UCLA

https://research.mcdb.ucla.edu/Jacobsen/LabWebSite/P_Index.php

• Institut Curie

https://institut-curie.org/

• The Bourc’his lab

https://science.institut-curie.org/research/biology-cancer-genetics-and-epigenetics/developmental-biology-and-genetics/team-bourc-his/

• Institut Jacques Monod (IJM)

https://www.ijm.fr/en/3/home-page.htm

• Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)

https://www.ens.psl.eu/en

• Institut Cochin

https://www.institutcochin.fr/?set_language=en

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

• www.maximgreenberglab.com/
• https://twitter.com/maxvcg

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Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler

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