New PI diaries
In this ‘New PI diaries’ blog series, we will follow the journey of a few new PIs over the course of their first year of starting their research group, giving the Node readers an inside view of the challenges and highlights of being a new PI.
Will you be starting your own lab soon? The Node is especially looking for new PIs who will be setting up their lab somewhere outside of Europe and the US. Get in touch if you are interested!
New PI diaries: Hiring people and building a lab
Posted by Margot Smit, 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, …First Sy(Stem)s Developmental Biology Lab Picture
Posted by Elena Camacho Aguilar, on 31 May 2024
I can’t believe it has been six months since I started this adventure as a group leader at the Center for Developmental Biology. Since then, few (but also lots of) …New PI diaries: Setting, meeting and adjusting my expectations
Posted by Margot Smit, 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 …A Homeward Bound Scientist: Setting Up a Stem Cell Research Lab in Seville
Posted by Elena Camacho Aguilar, on 29 November 2023
Hello, my name is Elena Camacho-Aguilar, and I am excited to be contributing to the “New PI Diaries” section on The Node. As you might have already deduced, I am …New PI diaries: I’m going on an adventure, to find the fertilizer
Posted by Margot Smit, 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