The Night Science Podcast
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The Night Science Podcast explores the creative scientific process, with your hosts Itai Yanai (@itaiyanai.bsky.social) and Martin Lercher.
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🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast comes out today! Kenneth Stanley tells us how "the only way to eventually solve the problem is to stop caring about the problem, which is what we meant when we said abandoning objectives." Check out this episode on why greatness cannot be planned.
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast comes out today! Kenneth Stanley tells us how "the only way to eventually solve the problem is to stop caring about the problem, which is what we meant when we said abandoning objectives." Check out this episode on why greatness cannot be planned.
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What is actually a high-risk, high-gain project proposal?
Great to hear the answer directly from the ERC president Maria Leptin.
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Night Science (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is simply an amazing podcast for scientists!
#ERC #NightScience #GrantWriting
Great to hear the answer directly from the ERC president Maria Leptin.
🎧 nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis...
Night Science (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is simply an amazing podcast for scientists!
#ERC #NightScience #GrantWriting
79 | Maria Leptin and creativity in grant writing - Night Science
Maria Leptin is the President of the ERC, the European Research Council, and Professor of genetics at the University of Cologne. In this episode, Maria describes her own path as one driven by observat...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What is actually a high-risk, high-gain project proposal?
Great to hear the answer directly from the ERC president Maria Leptin.
🎧 nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis...
Night Science (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is simply an amazing podcast for scientists!
#ERC #NightScience #GrantWriting
Great to hear the answer directly from the ERC president Maria Leptin.
🎧 nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis...
Night Science (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is simply an amazing podcast for scientists!
#ERC #NightScience #GrantWriting
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Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
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Myths can be helpful ways to metaphorically view our science journeys! Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv (Assistant Prof. at Harvard) delivered a masterful lecture on her science by framing it as a “Hero’s Journey" on the Night Science Seminar Series. cassyni.com/events/ZYQow... @night-science-inst.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Myths can be helpful ways to metaphorically view our science journeys! Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv (Assistant Prof. at Harvard) delivered a masterful lecture on her science by framing it as a “Hero’s Journey" on the Night Science Seminar Series. cassyni.com/events/ZYQow... @night-science-inst.bsky.social
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I don't think scientists should work for anyone else. They should work for discovery and for their own curiosity.
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I don't think scientists should work for anyone else. They should work for discovery and for their own curiosity.
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
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There’s an art to writing a grant proposal so that your creativity is on full display. Maria Leptin - president of the ERC - talks about it on the new episode of the Night Science Podcast.
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
There’s an art to writing a grant proposal so that your creativity is on full display. Maria Leptin - president of the ERC - talks about it on the new episode of the Night Science Podcast.
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast! Maria Leptin is the President of the ERC, the European Research Council. She discusses how funding agencies can better support bold ideas and we explore how to evaluate creativity in grant proposals. @marialep.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast! Maria Leptin is the President of the ERC, the European Research Council. She discusses how funding agencies can better support bold ideas and we explore how to evaluate creativity in grant proposals. @marialep.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2AJj...
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I don't think scientists should work for anyone else. They should work for discovery and for their own curiosity.
– Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social
(From the episode of the Night Science Podcast coming out next week @nightsciencepod.bsky.social )
– Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social
(From the episode of the Night Science Podcast coming out next week @nightsciencepod.bsky.social )
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I don't think scientists should work for anyone else. They should work for discovery and for their own curiosity.
– Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social
(From the episode of the Night Science Podcast coming out next week @nightsciencepod.bsky.social )
– Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social
(From the episode of the Night Science Podcast coming out next week @nightsciencepod.bsky.social )
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PhD students and Postdocs: The Night Science Podcast (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is producing an episode highlighting young scientists talking about their creative process. DM me if you'd like us to consider you for this, & read below what PhD student Davis Garner will contribute! ⬇️
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
PhD students and Postdocs: The Night Science Podcast (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is producing an episode highlighting young scientists talking about their creative process. DM me if you'd like us to consider you for this, & read below what PhD student Davis Garner will contribute! ⬇️
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One of the most inspiring pods out there 👇🏻
Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the actual creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & also philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
One of the most inspiring pods out there 👇🏻
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If you haven't, you should, it's brilliant!
Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the actual creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & also philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If you haven't, you should, it's brilliant!
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This is a such an inspiring book about the art of improvisation and how it applies to our lives in general. I think it’s also very relevant also for what it’s like to do science. It was a pleasure to talk with Stephen about it on the Night Science podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is a such an inspiring book about the art of improvisation and how it applies to our lives in general. I think it’s also very relevant also for what it’s like to do science. It was a pleasure to talk with Stephen about it on the Night Science podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
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🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
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I loved talking with Stephen Nachmonvitch for the Night Science Podcast – he's so creative, and his backgrounds in science and art make for an amazing, unique perspective :-)
🔥A new episode of the Night Science podcast comes out today! Stephen Nachmanovitch is the author of the classic "Free Play" and the celebrated improvisational musician. We talk about chivalry in dialogue: the art of advancing (instead of blocking) each other’s ideas.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I loved talking with Stephen Nachmonvitch for the Night Science Podcast – he's so creative, and his backgrounds in science and art make for an amazing, unique perspective :-)
🔥A new episode of the Night Science podcast comes out today! Stephen Nachmanovitch is the author of the classic "Free Play" and the celebrated improvisational musician. We talk about chivalry in dialogue: the art of advancing (instead of blocking) each other’s ideas.
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🔥A new episode of the Night Science podcast comes out today! Stephen Nachmanovitch is the author of the classic "Free Play" and the celebrated improvisational musician. We talk about chivalry in dialogue: the art of advancing (instead of blocking) each other’s ideas.
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
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Join us tomorrow for a Night Science Seminar Series presentation! Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv from Harvard will talk about how a scientific journey can be viewed as a mythological Hero's Quest by sharing work from her lab on how epithelial tissues restrict the spread of viruses.
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join us tomorrow for a Night Science Seminar Series presentation! Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv from Harvard will talk about how a scientific journey can be viewed as a mythological Hero's Quest by sharing work from her lab on how epithelial tissues restrict the spread of viruses.
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
cassyni.com/events/ZYQow...
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Is science too obsessed with metrics, large-scale projects & “blockbuster” outputs? Desai & Jun argued that preserving the "auteur" spirit of individual creativity, exploration and risk-taking is essential for maintaining the creativity that drew us into science in the 1st place.
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Is science too obsessed with metrics, large-scale projects & “blockbuster” outputs? Desai & Jun argued that preserving the "auteur" spirit of individual creativity, exploration and risk-taking is essential for maintaining the creativity that drew us into science in the 1st place.
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Interested in genome organization in bacteria? Come to Martin Lercher's live virtual talk Monday at the Night Science Seminar Series! Free register here: cassyni.com/events/AhWU3... @martinlercher.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Interested in genome organization in bacteria? Come to Martin Lercher's live virtual talk Monday at the Night Science Seminar Series! Free register here: cassyni.com/events/AhWU3... @martinlercher.bsky.social
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.
September 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.
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How will AI change the creative scientific process? Check out our discussion with the Google Co-Scientist team on the latest episode of the Night Science Podcast!
September 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How will AI change the creative scientific process? Check out our discussion with the Google Co-Scientist team on the latest episode of the Night Science Podcast!
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Awesome science creativity podcast
@nightsciencepod.bsky.social
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'Both competition and cooperation' – that is an underlying principle of how Google designed its "AI co-scientist" platform to generate ideas and think like a scientist. We talk with the leaders of this project on the latest episode of the Night Science Podcast. @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Awesome science creativity podcast
@nightsciencepod.bsky.social
@nightsciencepod.bsky.social
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'Both competition and cooperation' – that is an underlying principle of how Google designed its "AI co-scientist" platform to generate ideas and think like a scientist. We talk with the leaders of this project on the latest episode of the Night Science Podcast. @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
'Both competition and cooperation' – that is an underlying principle of how Google designed its "AI co-scientist" platform to generate ideas and think like a scientist. We talk with the leaders of this project on the latest episode of the Night Science Podcast. @nightsciencepod.bsky.social
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast!
We talk with the leaders of Google's AI Co-Scientist project, Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, about how their system evolved parts of human hypothesis generation while also diverging in fascinating ways.
We talk with the leaders of Google's AI Co-Scientist project, Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, about how their system evolved parts of human hypothesis generation while also diverging in fascinating ways.
September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast!
We talk with the leaders of Google's AI Co-Scientist project, Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, about how their system evolved parts of human hypothesis generation while also diverging in fascinating ways.
We talk with the leaders of Google's AI Co-Scientist project, Alan Karthikesalingam and Vivek Natarajan, about how their system evolved parts of human hypothesis generation while also diverging in fascinating ways.
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Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the actual creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & also philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the actual creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & also philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
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Our lab is helping with the organisation of this year's EMBO YSF. We have a great line up of invited speakers from (mostly) the wider Baltic region & a @nightsciencepod.bsky.social workshop on creativity in science (I did it a couple of years ago, it was awesome). Please share & consider joining us!
This year's EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum (EYSF) will take place in Vilnius, #Lithuania from 24–26 Sep 2025. The EYSF brings together scientists across #Europe for #networking and scientific exchange – Apply now: meetings.embo.org/event/25-eysf 🧪
Abstract submission by 1 Aug
Registration by 15 Aug
Abstract submission by 1 Aug
Registration by 15 Aug
EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum 2025
The EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum (EYSF) brings together young scientists (doctoral and postdoctoral) to engage with colleagues from across the continent and share their findings and interests with it…
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July 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our lab is helping with the organisation of this year's EMBO YSF. We have a great line up of invited speakers from (mostly) the wider Baltic region & a @nightsciencepod.bsky.social workshop on creativity in science (I did it a couple of years ago, it was awesome). Please share & consider joining us!