Jonathan Weitzman Part 2 Preparing Students For Their Professional Life

Published: April 24, 2020, 3:47 a.m.

b'In part two of our conversation, Jonathan Weitzman talks about how he envisions career building in academia and talks about different projects he\'s championed at the Universit\\xe9 de Paris aimed at preparing his students for their professional life and empowering them during their graduate studies.\\t\\t
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\\n\\t\\tJonathan Weitzman is a professor of genetics at the Universit\\xe9 de Paris, founding director of the Centre for Epigenetics and Cell Fate, and director of the Magist\\xe8re Masters in Genetics Porgram.\\t\\t
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\\n\\t\\t\\tWhat you\\u2019ll learn about in this episode:\\t\\t
\\n\\t\\tWhy you shouldn\'t be afraid of having "holes" in your CVHow interdisplinary projects can enrich your science and open your vistasJonathan\'s view on the future of academiaThere is no single right way to build your careerThis episode\\u2019s pearls of wisdom:\\u201cWe\'re experimentalists, we should experiment more with our careers.\\u201d\\u201cOne thing that is really striking every year is that the students want very simple answers to questions like "Do I need to do a PhD or not? Should I do a second master\'s or not?" And they always ask "do you recruit people with a master\'s or with a PhD?" And the entrepreneurs always look at them like: "I don\'t understand the question \\u2013 we\'re looking for people with skills".\\u201d\\u201cThere\'s no golden path. Everyone gets where they\'re doing differently. There\'s so many ways to get there and you have to enjoy the journey.\\u201d\\u201cI really think this is the future of academia, is to create better interdisciplinary. We\'re seeing it with the whole COVID thing.\\xa0 It\'s not just about virology and it\'s not just about drug development, and it\'s not just about epidemiology, and it\'s not just about politics. It\'s about how these things come together.\\u201dJonathan\'s links: Twitter \\u2013 @Epigenetique; LinkedIn.com/in/JonathanWeitzman; TEDx Talk \\u2013 Who am I ? Learning to read the genes in your unique genome book.g\\t\\t
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