TLP #30 : Don't hypothesize, just observe - Hans Clevers

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This month Hans Clevers talks to us about his productive career and his pioneering work on organoid technologies.
Hans admits that he initially found biology frustrating and disappointing

• But then he learnt to enjoy the rare spark of excitement from discoveries
• He managed to get his PhD in just one year!
• You need to trust yourself and learn to share with others
• Hans warns new group leaders not to expect too much from younger colleagues
• It’s important to give your students their own space
• He paints a metaphoric image of research - Push against the dark wall until the window opens on a new valley
• His search for stem cells in the gut led his lab to develop organoid approaches and 3D culture technologies
• Hans describes his unexpected move to Roche and “large pharma”
• He describes his role bridging the gap between scientists and industry leadership
• Hans talks about the benefits of interacting with artists
• He warns about being too attached to your hypothesis and the importance of being wrong

He mentioned these labs, institutions and companies
Roche Pharma R&D (pRED): https://www.roche.com/innovation/structure/pred
Utrecht University : https://www.uu.nl/en
Dana Farber Cancer Institute : https://www.dana-farber.org/
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences : https://www.knaw.nl/en
Cox Terhorst : https://immunologyphd.hms.harvard.edu/people/cox-terhorst
To find out more about Hans visit these links
X-Twitter https://x.com/hansclevers?lang=en
Hubrecht Institute
https://www.hubrecht.eu
https://www.hubrecht.eu/research-groups/clevers-group/
Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Clevers
Utrecht University
https://www.uu.nl/staff/JCClevers
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jTAHhTQAAAAJ&hl=en
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