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Oliver Smithies
How do you deal with a roadblock in your experiment?
Oliver Smithies
What prompted your change in research direction?
Peter Doherty
Is there value in failed experiments?
Tim Hunt
What do you do when experiments aren’t working?
Elizabeth Blackburn
Can ‘failed’ experiments have value?
Tim Hunt
Have you ever had to give up on an experiment?
Barry Marshall
How do you cope with mistakes?
Tim Hunt
When is it time to change direction?
Bruce Beutler
Is there a danger in being too focused?
Tim Hunt
When disaster breeds success…
Bruce Beutler
What do you do when you think a problem is unsolvable?
Peter Doherty
What should I do when my experiments don’t work?
Barry Marshall
How do you deal with unexpected results?
Elizabeth Blackburn
What do you do when things aren’t working?
Peter Agre
How do you know when to quit a project?
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