Magali  Michaut  RSG  Luxembourg  @  PhD  Retreat  2016  

ROCK  YOUR  SCIENCE!  

The  Importance  Of  Soft-­‐Skills  

Paris,  2005-­‐2008  

EBI,  2007  Amsterdam,  2012-­‐?  

Toronto,  2009-­‐2011  

2005  

2007  

2011  

2013  

2009  

PhD  @Paris  

Fellowship  @EBI  

Postdoc  @Toronto  

Staff  @Amsterdam  

Bacteria  transcriptomics  

Protein  interactions  

Yeast  functional  genomics  Genetic  interaction  networks  

Cancer  genomics  Subtyping  Drug  response  

ISCB  Student  Council  

RSG  France  

RSG  Europe  

ISCB  Education  

French  SFBI  

My  daily  (work)  life  

ü  Learning:  Reading  papers,  attending  talks,  seminars  and  conferences  

ü  Performing  research  on  my  individual  project,  but  also  on  team  projects  

ü  Communicating  about  my  work  (presentations,  posters,  papers)  

ü  Coordinating  projects  (DREAM,  RATHER)  

ü  Stimulating  the  dynamic  of  the  group  (setting  up  tools  like  a  wiki  so  that  people  can  better  work  together  and  share  information,  setting  up  meetings)  

ü  Recruiting  students  and  new  group  members  

ü  Writing  grants  

Moving  the  focus  to  what  I  like  

ü  Communication:  writing  and  editing  papers  and  presentations  

ü  Soft  skills:  organization,  communication,  collaboration,  networking  

ü  I  like  to  share  these  with  others  and  help  people  make  their  best  work  

ü  Workshop  and  start  a  blog  about  soft-­‐skills  

ü  Considering  options  where  my  skills  would  be  fully  employed  (e.g.  medical  writer)  

Rock  Your  Science!  

Ø Develop  your  soft  skills  Ø Adapt  to  the  people  you  work  with  Ø Get  to  know  the  people  you  work  with  Ø Take  the  initiative  

Ø  Explore  any  opportunity  to  discover  other  countries,  other  labs,  other  people    

Ø Update  your  project  on  the  way  

Lessons  learned...  Especially  about  collaboration  

Make  a  plan...  

Ø  It’s  a  continuous  process  Ø  You  change,  the  

environment  changes  Ø  It  does  not  need  to  be  a  

straight  line  

...and  adapt  your  plan!  

Rock  Your  Science!  

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Ø  Email  magali.michaut@iscb.org  

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