Episodes

  • Bridget Carragher: capitalizing on your strengths

    Bridget Carragher: capitalizing on your strengths
    Mar 7 2023
    26 mins
  • Episode 5: Yifan gives advice on career choice, building a lab culture, and dealing with competition

    Episode 5: Yifan gives advice on career choice, building a lab culture, and dealing with competition
    Dec 12 2022
    Yifan tells us about his unique career trajectory, what it felt like to make a ground-breaking discovery, how to build a great lab culture, and how to think productively about scientific competition. This is one of our favorite episodes, you do not want to miss this one!
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    42 mins
  • Episode 4: New challenges and Flexible Particles with Melody Campbell

    Episode 4: New challenges and Flexible Particles with Melody Campbell
    Nov 21 2022
    Melody talks about our shared struggles starting labs during the pandemic, and how to build a cohesive group. We also talk about challenging cryo-EM targets, like integrins, and how the Campbell lab approaches them.
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    28 mins
  • Episode 3: Developing as a Scientist in Cryo-EM, with Lisa Eshun-Wilson

    Episode 3: Developing as a Scientist in Cryo-EM, with Lisa Eshun-Wilson
    Nov 7 2022
    Lisa talks about her recent successes and shares her tips for starting out in Cryo-EM, as well as her vision for the future. This episode is great for trainees looking to get started in this exciting field!
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    23 mins
  • Episode 2 Pushing boundaries and improving cryo-EM accessibility with Mark Herzik

    Episode 2 Pushing boundaries and improving cryo-EM accessibility with Mark Herzik
    Oct 24 2022

    Mark joins Mimi, Mike, and Liz to talk about his experience challenging cryo-EM paradigms, namely lower size limits for protein samples and using 'screening' microscopes for high-end data collection. We also talk about experiences of first-generation academics and the hidden 'rules' of academia. We also talk about the future of cryo-EM in terms of improving accessibility and access to resources.
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    25 mins
  • The Plunge Episode 1: Ellen Zhong

    The Plunge Episode 1: Ellen Zhong
    Oct 9 2022
    Ellen shares her journey into the world of cryo-EM and her excitement for the future of Machine Learning (ML) and structural biology. Mimi, Mike & Liz talk about being newcomers to a field and how to bridge disciplines by building community, like the Machine Learning in Structural Biology Workshop at NEURIPS 2022.
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    33 mins