PhD retreat 2016 Magali Michaut - ROCK YOUR SCIENCE! The importance of Soft Skills

1. Magali
Michaut
RSG
Luxembourg
@
PhD
Retreat
2016
ROCK
YOUR
SCIENCE!
The
Importance
Of
Soft-­‐Skills

2. Paris,
2005-­‐2008
EBI,
2007
Amsterdam,
2012-­‐?
Toronto,
2009-­‐2011

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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!

8. Rock
Your
Science!
Ø LinkedIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/magalimichaut
Ø Education
http://www.enpicom.com/training/collaborators/MagaliMichaut
Ø Twi$er
@michautbioinfo
Ø Email
magali.michaut@iscb.org
Keep
in
touch