Yifan shares his unique career trajectory and what it felt like to make a ground-breaking discovery. MImi, Mike and Liz learn how Yifan works to build a great lab culture, and how he encourages himself and others to think productively about scientific competition.
Melody gives us an inside look into her work on extremely flexible, challenging cryo-EM targets like integrins, the struggles of starting a lab during the pandemic, and a pivotal moment in her career that set her on the path to founding and leading the Campbell Lab. Mike and Melody talk about a few silver linings that arose from the pandemic-driven Zoom revolution, and everyone shares what made them fall in love with cryo-EM.
Lisa talks about her passion for microtubule associated proteins, trusting the process during your scientific journey, and how to make it as a young scientist starting out in Cryo-EM. Mimi, Mike & Liz learn about Lisa’s love for manual plunge freezing in the cold room.
Mark talks about his work challenging cryo-EM paradigms by pushing the size limits for small protein samples and using 200kV microscopes for high-end data collection. Mimi, Mike & Liz chat with Mark about his experience as a first-generation academic, the hidden curriculum in academia, and the importance of improving access to resources in cryo-EM.
Ellen shares her journey into the world of cryoEM and her excitement for the future of ML and structural biology. Mimi, Mike & Liz talk with Ellen about being newcomers to a field and how to bridge disciplines using interdisciplinary meetings, like the Machine Learning in Structural Biology Workshop at NEURIPS 2022.
Coming soon on The Plunge: Mimi, Mike & Liz sit down with Bridget Carragher. Episode available Jan 9, 2022.
