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TLP #21 : Find your own way - Ana-Maria Lennon-Dumenil
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This week, Ana-Maria Lennon-Dumenil tells us about her passion for science interfacing with physics and her journey from Santiago to Paris
- Ana-Maria was inspired from a very young age by her namesake Ana-Maria Lenon
- She quickly left genetics because ‘DNA doesn't move enough’
- She stresses that every Principal Investigator needs to find their own way and warns against trying to imitate others
- Ana-Maria feels that the biggest mistake is to think that everyone in the lab is like you (instead of appreciating how different they might be)
- She stresses the need for optimized communication in the lab and the need to clearly articulate expectations
- She learnt the hard way that ‘management is not natural’
- Ana-Maria laughs about the fact that she was too short to be a chemist
- She describes the challenges of finding a common language in interdisciplinary research collaborations
- She also insists on the role of parents in giving confidence to girls at an early age to become scientists
She mentioned these institutions, researchers and resources
- Pasteur Institute : https://www.pasteur.fr/en
- Harvard University : https://www.harvard.edu/
- Curie Institute : https://institut-curie.org/
- European Research Council (ERC) : https://erc.europa.eu/homepage
- Hidde Ploegh : https://www.childrenshospital.org/research/labs/ploegh-lab-research/hidde-ploegh
- Catherine Alcaide : https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-alcaide-5b165856/
- Matthieu Piel : https://curie.fr/personne/matthieu-piel
- Guillaume Dumenil : https://research.pasteur.fr/fr/member/guillaume-dumenil/
- If you are interested in buying a “zester” : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zester
- She is currently reading “Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernardine Evaristo : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl,_Woman,_Other
To find out more about Ana-Maria visit her websites or follow her on Twitter :
- Lab website : https://institut-curie.org/personne/ana-maria-lennon
- An interview with Ana-Maria in JCB : https://rupress.org/jcb/article/215/1/2/38770/Ana-Maria-Lennon-Dumenil-A-dynamic-career
- Her Wikipedia page : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana-Maria_Lennon-Dum%C3%A9nil
- on Twitter @LennonLab
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