In this episode we talk to Susan Gasser about her journey to institute director and how she dealt with the challenges of the job.We discuss about how to choose a good project and to focus on the scientific questionSusan stresses the importance of building a lab culture based on collaboration and teamworkShe shares her advice how to manage conflicts and provide criticism without it getting personalWe talk about Women In Science awards and the future of European scienceSusan shares some personal advice about the importance of coaching and self-awarenessShe also gives tips about getting balance right between work and family and between Science and administrative responsibilitiesShe mentions these labs and institutionsFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI)https://www.fmi.ch/Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Researchhttps://www.isrec.ch/University of Genevahttps://www.unige.ch/Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)https://www.novartis.com/our-science/novartis-institutes-biomedical-researchShe also paid tribute to her mentor Gottfried (Jeff) Schatzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_SchatzAnd the Lee Hartwell paper in Science 1974 “Genetic control of the cell division cycle in yeast”https://science.sciencemag.org/content/183/4120/46To find out more about Susan visit her lab website or follow her on Twitterhttps://www.fmi.ch/research-groups/website/gasserlab/https://twitter.com/susan_gasserSubscribe and receive the next podcast in you mailbox : https://www.bit.ly/TLPsubscribeTo find out more aboutRenaud :Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpreLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/Jonathan :Twitter : https://twitter.com/EpigenetiqueLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/ To learn more about the soundtrack :Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindlerhttps://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/https://twitter.com/amariamusique