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Podcast: BioPOD
Episode: Novel Gene Expression in Yeast, and a Successful Lifelong Research Career with Retiring Professor Jean Beggs
Description: Have you ever wondered what a fulfilling scientific life is like? A life full of dreams, failures, success, fame? Professor Jean Beggs has retired from the Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology after a long career. She is a trailblazer, who became an independent researcher, PI and was awarded professorship. In this episode, she talks about her successful career in science, alongside important issues such as imposter syndrome. As a researcher, she is interested in understanding how genes are expressed, the mechanisms that determines how they are expressed, and how the expression is regulated. Professor Beggs was the f...