S1E3: Academia, Industry, and Pivoting on Projects with Luca Comai
In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with Luca Comai, a Professor of Plant Biology at the Genome Center at University of California, Davis. We discuss a paper he published as part of his transition from industry to academia that he feels illustrates a mistake he made in choosing a research direction. We have a fascinating conversation about the power and the peril of striking out in new research directions and Luca gives his advice on grant-writing. The paper is \u201cDevelopmental expression of tomato heat shock cognate protein 80"\xa0\xa0by Koenig & Comai, Plant Phys 1992.\n\nLearn more about this episode on Plantae: https://plantae.org/blog/s1e3-academic-industry-and-pivoting-on-projects-with-luca-comai/\n\nSHOW NOTES:\n\nPaper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16653061\n\nLords of the Harvest: https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Of-The-Harvest-Biotech/dp/073820773X/gristmagazine\n\nLuca\u2019s Teaching website http://flipping101genetics.blogspot.com