Welcome to ‘probably platelets’, the first-ever podcast hosted by the UK platelet society. Your hosts Beth, a recent PhD graduate and post-doctoral researcher from the University of Leeds and Daniel, a PhD student from the University of Reading, have a chat with platelet researchers to find out more about their career journey, laugh about some of their mistakes, and you never know we'll probably talk about platelets.

In today's episode, we chat with Dr Julie Rayes, a recently promoted associate professor from the University of Birmingham. Julie talks us through her career journey, moving from her home in Lebanon to study in Paris, and then moving from Paris to establish her career in the UK. We talk about the transition from researcher to project investigator and the challenges that come with research independence. We also talk about some recent, yet minor lab mistakes as well as the importance of mentorship. The take-home messages from Julie are to learn from your failures, accept that this career path is hard and seek support wherever you can! 

It was really great chatting with Julie, we admired her perspective on dealing with failure and being an advocate for sharing your experience and expertise with those starting out. We hope you enjoy this episode and if you did, be sure to rate this podcast, it will really help us out. 

Stay tuned for the next episode, wherever you get your podcasts.

Beth & Daniel

UK Platelet Society

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