In this episode we talk to Harmit Malik about his origins in India and his path to develop his own mentoring style.He tells us how he made the switch from chemical engineering to molecular biology thanks to an inspiring teacher and mentorHarmit tells us lots of stories about how chance encounters with colleagues and mentors have influenced his career and workHe talks about how to search out mentors and how to adapt mentoring styles to the diversity of menteesHarmit discusses what to look for at interviews and how to discover creativity in the ‘hidden diamonds in the rough’Harmit describes how he found an international community of scientists on Twitter and how it improved his own mentoring styleHe also shares his thoughts about scientific publishing, peer-review and good writing in scienceHe mentions these labs and institutions“The Hutch” - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centerhttps://www.fredhutch.org/Indian Institute of Technologyhttp://www.iitb.ac.in/University of Rochester, NYhttps://www.rochester.edu/Steve Henikoff Labhttps://research.fhcrc.org/henikoff/en.htmlTo find out more about Harmit visit his website or follow him on Twitterhttp://research.fhcrc.org/malik/en.htmlhttps://twitter.com/HarmitMalikSubscribe 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