Melanie Stefan

Sometimes I thought, like, this will never be me, right? Like, I will never be that successful.

Sometimes I thought, like, this will never be me, right? Like, I will never be that successful.

Sometimes I thought, like, this will never be me, right? Like, I will never be that successful.

I think it's very true that scientists are very unwilling to quit. Grit got us through school and it got us through undergrad and through like getting A's. I think it's like the only trait you need in order to get a PhD. It's not about how smart you are or like how creative you are or anything. You can get a PhD if you're just willing to grit it out, essentially.

I think it's very true that scientists are very unwilling to quit. Grit got us through school and it got us through undergrad and through like getting A's. I think it's like the only trait you need in order to get a PhD. It's not about how smart you are or like how creative you are or anything. You can get a PhD if you're just willing to grit it out, essentially.

I think it's very true that scientists are very unwilling to quit. Grit got us through school and it got us through undergrad and through like getting A's. I think it's like the only trait you need in order to get a PhD. It's not about how smart you are or like how creative you are or anything. You can get a PhD if you're just willing to grit it out, essentially.

As you can probably hear from my accent, I was born in Austria and then I studied biology and math at university and decided to be a scientist. I went to England to do a PhD and then travelled to different places to study. learn and study and ultimately work in science.

As you can probably hear from my accent, I was born in Austria and then I studied biology and math at university and decided to be a scientist. I went to England to do a PhD and then travelled to different places to study. learn and study and ultimately work in science.

As you can probably hear from my accent, I was born in Austria and then I studied biology and math at university and decided to be a scientist. I went to England to do a PhD and then travelled to different places to study. learn and study and ultimately work in science.

I completed my PhD in 2009. I started my undergrad in 1999, so it had been already like 10 years worth of training. And then suddenly after 10 years of training for that, I wasn't sure if it was going to work out. I applied for several grants to get two or three years of postdoc funding and I was rejected from most of them. In terms of ego, I'm not going to lie, that was a bit difficult.

I completed my PhD in 2009. I started my undergrad in 1999, so it had been already like 10 years worth of training. And then suddenly after 10 years of training for that, I wasn't sure if it was going to work out. I applied for several grants to get two or three years of postdoc funding and I was rejected from most of them. In terms of ego, I'm not going to lie, that was a bit difficult.

I completed my PhD in 2009. I started my undergrad in 1999, so it had been already like 10 years worth of training. And then suddenly after 10 years of training for that, I wasn't sure if it was going to work out. I applied for several grants to get two or three years of postdoc funding and I was rejected from most of them. In terms of ego, I'm not going to lie, that was a bit difficult.

Like who am I really if the thing that I've trained for for the last 10 years and the thing that I thought I was is not actually what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. I think going into science, most people kind of think they will cure cancer or something. And then once you get into the work, you will solve problems, but it's only like a very, very tiny bit of the overall problem.

Like who am I really if the thing that I've trained for for the last 10 years and the thing that I thought I was is not actually what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. I think going into science, most people kind of think they will cure cancer or something. And then once you get into the work, you will solve problems, but it's only like a very, very tiny bit of the overall problem.

Like who am I really if the thing that I've trained for for the last 10 years and the thing that I thought I was is not actually what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. I think going into science, most people kind of think they will cure cancer or something. And then once you get into the work, you will solve problems, but it's only like a very, very tiny bit of the overall problem.

Like even if you do cancer research, it's going to be one particular mutation in one particular type of cancer in one particular cell line or something. And it's such a small, small piece of the puzzle. Also, it turns out that grit is not actually sufficient, right? It's necessary, but you can be the hardest worker ever and something can still go wrong. That went really dark now.

Like even if you do cancer research, it's going to be one particular mutation in one particular type of cancer in one particular cell line or something. And it's such a small, small piece of the puzzle. Also, it turns out that grit is not actually sufficient, right? It's necessary, but you can be the hardest worker ever and something can still go wrong. That went really dark now.

Like even if you do cancer research, it's going to be one particular mutation in one particular type of cancer in one particular cell line or something. And it's such a small, small piece of the puzzle. Also, it turns out that grit is not actually sufficient, right? It's necessary, but you can be the hardest worker ever and something can still go wrong. That went really dark now.

If you're a young football player and something doesn't work out, you know that you're not the first person that that happens to, because it happened to Ronaldinho. As a scientist, it's kind of the other way around, right? Like, failures are not discussed in public.

If you're a young football player and something doesn't work out, you know that you're not the first person that that happens to, because it happened to Ronaldinho. As a scientist, it's kind of the other way around, right? Like, failures are not discussed in public.