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Margot Smit

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New PI diaries: Taking Stock and Figuring Out Lab Finances

Posted by , on 10 November 2024

It’s now been 13 months since I started my lab, marking the end of my ‘New PI Diaries’ series here on the Node. The journey has so far been both ...

New PI diaries: Hiring people and building a lab

Posted by , on 23 August 2024

On my first day at the ZMBP last October I saw our lab space and my first thought was ‘I have a lab!’. A little over half a year later, ...

New PI diaries: Setting, meeting and adjusting my expectations

Posted by , on 12 February 2024

It’s now been 4 months since I started as a Junior Group Leader at the ZMBP in Tübingen, Germany. And I love it. But while I quickly found the literal ...

New PI diaries: I'm going on an adventure, to find the fertilizer

Posted by , on 2 October 2023

Read the first diary entry from Margot Smit in the 'New PI diaries' blog series about setting up her own lab at the ZMBP in Tübingen, Germany