TLP #16 : Campaigning to change the culture - Ashani Weeraratna

The Lonely Pipette : helping scientists do better science - A podcast by Jonathan Weitzman & Renaud Pourpre

This week, we talk with Ashani Weeraratna about her inspiring path from apartheid South Africa to director, professor and activist. Ashi cites good advice that she remembers “ read voraciously … and be engaged with the literature”She insists that mentoring is all about the trainees and hearing their individual needsAshi believes that diversity of thought needs diversity of population and stresses the importance of welcoming different groups into the labFor her, representation matters and it ...