- It's a very, sometimes difficult transition,
to go from being a consumer of knowledge
to be a producer of knowledge, or trying to make
new discoveries.
Being a discoverer, requires a whole new skill set.
- You're stepping into the unknown.
You're starting this project that literally,
there's nothing that exists, then you're supposed
to create this whole big new thing.
- You know, it's not something that's obvious,
and this is a part of the training that you
should be getting, but not everyone, necessarily,
gets the same training.
It really can depend on the lab that you're in.
We wanted to create a course to get opinions
of thought leaders and junior scientists
and hear their thoughts on, what do you really need
to do to do good science.
- So much of what we're building in this course
is stuff that I wish had been available
when I was a grad student.
- I would really like to give the benefit
of my hindsight as well as that
of the scientific community to those that are just
starting out on their journey as a grad student or post doc.
- I've been running a research lab for 30 years
and what makes science so fascinating to me
as a professional is that there's no single approach,
good approach, for becoming a good scientist.
There are many different ways of being able
to ask a good scientific question and many different
approaches and styles of addressing them.
- We really hope what emerges for you is the theme
of diversity and that is that there's no
one right personality in science,
there's no one right path in science.
Everyone has a place in science.
- I hope that people really kind of learn how
to be their own scientist but take the skills
that they can learn from this course and really apply it
to their research.
- I think one of the things that this course
can help with is bringing you information,
bringing you ways of thinking, bringing you tips
and processes that can really help
you maximize your training.
- Well beyond the course, we hope that the practices
will just become second nature to how you do science.
Thank you, we hope you enjoy the course
and good luck with your project.