Distinguished Glaser Seminar Series: "On Being a Scientist: Scientific research strategies and extending the range of scientific careers"
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 12:00pm
WC - Wertheim Conservatory, 130
11200 SW 8th ST, Wertheim Conservatory, Miami, Florida 33199
Join the Department of Biological Sciences for a lecture by Dr. Bruce Alberts
- Chancellor’s Leadership Chair in Biochemistry and Biophysics for Science and Education, UCSF
- Editor-in-Chief of Science (2009-2013)
- United States Science Envoy (2009-2011)
- President, National Academy of Sciences (1994-2005)
A critical part of one’s life long education is learning from failures, as I will illustrate by my failed Harvard PhD exit exam in 1965, and from 40 years of textbook writing. From many such failures, I have learned that strategy is everything, in science as in life. My shift to a career in science policy started by accident in 1986, when I was shocked to be selected to chair a high-level committee to decide if there should be a human genome project in the US. I have learned that scientists can have immense value in many different professions, and I will describe some promising experiments for creating more career pathways for PhD graduates.
This talk is geared to graduate students and postdoctoral associates.
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- College of Arts, Sciences & Education, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Environment, Arts and Society
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