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/
https://research.fhcrc.org/henikoff/en.html
To find out more about Harmit visit his website or follow him on Twitter
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Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler
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