The PhD Question with Steve Osazuwa on the OMGenomics Podcast

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Our guest Steve Osazuwa helps us answer the PhD question (namely, should you do one?). Since we both have PhDs, we are bringing on our friend Steve who has been successful in bioinformatics industry without a PhD to add his perspectives.
Topics
* How Steve ended up in bioinformatics.
* Starting a PhD after working in industry.
* What Steve’s barber thinks.
* Would we do a PhD again?
* The opportunity cost of doing a PhD instead of going directly to industry.

Пікірлер: 10

  • @sirishasunkara7086
    @sirishasunkara7086 Жыл бұрын

    Great discussion. I quit my Ph.D. many, many years ago and went to work for genome centers, where scientific thought was at the center of everything. The subsequent 12-year experience essentially gave me the validation to not want to go back and complete my Ph.D. As far as the holes in my curriculum go, I still keep at it while working (in a much more rigorous way, because I am not bound by an academic timeline). The field is rapidly evolving, and even a Ph.D. doesn't set you up for success if you don't continue to learn, I feel. I then moved on to industry and learned the ropes of product development. Personally, I feel very capable after I've taken this route. But, if you are looking to solve an interesting scientific problem, then maybe throwing resources at a Ph.D. may be well worth it.

  • @bhaun5160
    @bhaun51609 ай бұрын

    This was great! I finished my PhD last year in the field of immunology. As a postdoc I am having to learn bioinformatics to accomplish my goals. It is a wild journey!! I would just add that learning to publish peer reviewed papers and sharing your science with the world for the sake of science might be really rewarding. I have found academia allows me to still be incredibly creative. Although, it is a financial disaster! ⚖️ Thanks for this content! Fun conversations!

  • @jonasmr9549
    @jonasmr9549 Жыл бұрын

    Look forward to more of these!

  • @basedblueboy8770
    @basedblueboy8770 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. I already have an M.S. in Bfx from a top university, and I've been weighing the odds of going back for my PhD. It needs to be quite tactical.

  • @lumbanipete
    @lumbanipete Жыл бұрын

    Great topic today. 👍🏽👍🏽 Looking forward to enjoying hearing the experiences from a non PhD expert in the Bioinformatics field. 🙂

  • @basedblueboy8770
    @basedblueboy8770 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do some videos on how the AI revolution (GPT-based models) will affect doing a PhD vs when you did yours?

  • @user-ks8dw9ff8c
    @user-ks8dw9ff8c Жыл бұрын

    What is the difference between bioinformatics and biomedical informatics

  • @ttobg
    @ttobg Жыл бұрын

    wanna see when bioinformatics would win a Nobel prize?

  • @OMGenomics

    @OMGenomics

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd say some advances that have won a Nobel Prize have required bioinformatics. For example, CRISPR is not very usable without a sequenced genome to find targets and avoid off-target effects.

  • @StarContract

    @StarContract

    11 ай бұрын

    ​​@@OMGenomicsYou're absolutely correct, developing the "genomic scissors", my partner and I relied heavily on bioinformatics tools. Great podcast by the way. C. Emmanuelle

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