Jun 24 2024 58 mins
This month Hans Clevers talks to us about his productive career and his pioneering work on organoid technologies.
Hans admits that he initially found biology frustrating and disappointing
- But then he learnt to enjoy the rare spark of excitement from discoveries
- He managed to get his PhD in just one year!
- You need to trust yourself and learn to share with others
- Hans warns new group leaders not to expect too much from younger colleagues
- It’s important to give your students their own space
- He paints a metaphoric image of research - Push against the dark wall until the window opens on a new valley
- His search for stem cells in the gut led his lab to develop organoid approaches and 3D culture technologies
- Hans describes his unexpected move to Roche and “large pharma”
- He describes his role bridging the gap between scientists and industry leadership
- Hans talks about the benefits of interacting with artists
- He warns about being too attached to your hypothesis and the importance of being wrong
He mentioned these labs, institutions and companies
Roche Pharma R&D (pRED): https://www.roche.com/innovation/structure/pred
Utrecht University : https://www.uu.nl/en
Dana Farber Cancer Institute : https://www.dana-farber.org/
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences : https://www.knaw.nl/en
Cox Terhorst : https://immunologyphd.hms.harvard.edu/people/cox-terhorst
To find out more about Hans visit these links
X-Twitter https://x.com/hansclevers?lang=en
Hubrecht Institute
https://www.hubrecht.eu
https://www.hubrecht.eu/research-groups/clevers-group/
Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Clevers
Utrecht University
https://www.uu.nl/staff/JCClevers
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jTAHhTQAAAAJ&hl=en
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