Prof. Dr. Angela E. Douglas (Cornell University, Ithaca) – Making Research Decisions

We are honoured to have Prof. Angela E. Douglas as our CRC 1182 guest.
Angela is the Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology, at Cornell University, Ithaca. Her current research interest is focused on Drosophila-gut microbe interactions and metabolic coevolution in cooperative symbioses.

During her stay she is going to host different events.

On Friday, January 27th at 11 am Angela will hold the event “Making Research Decisions“.
Target group: PhD students & Postdocs of the CRC 1182

Making Research Decisions
We all make research decisions. Some decisions are day-to-day, each individually small but with large cumulative effects that shape our success in the long term. Other individual decisions are self-evidently large, shaping our careers and research for years to come. What criteria do we use to make these decisions? Many of the decisions are made with incomplete information. How can we be sure that the decisions are the best under the circumstances? In this session, we will discuss three scenarios. You will have the opportunity to discuss how you would respond to each scenario in a small group, and we will then collate the various perspectives. There are no right or wrong answers for these exercises. The purpose is to consider different options and to share a diversity of perspectives with the aim to help you make the very best research decisions.