Jeff's View

Jeff's Views provide a witty, insightful, and thought-provoking look into the life of a modern scientist. From starting off to letting him, Gottfried ("Jeff") Schatz leads us through the trials and triumphs of scientific life. With his tongue firmly in his cheek, and his humor always intact, the Austrian essayist leads us through the confusion and seemingly insurmountable hill. In addition to giving insights into the science of the human genome, the evolution of sensoric receptors , and cellular suicide.

Gottfried Schatz is one of the world's leading scientists in bioenergetics and mitochondria biology. Born in a small Austrian village, he was the President of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. With stints as a violinist in Austrian opera houses, professorships in the USA and Switzerland, and numerous prestigious awards along the way, Jeff is a true European, whose unique, and often controversial, viewpoints are appreciated by scientists and politicians alike.

These essays look at very often - critical, sometimes sad, but always with excitement, wonder, and admiration. It is hoped that they will look at science with a slightly different view.

* Witty, insightful, and thought-provoking design of modern scientist
* Provides useful insights on how to get funding, give seminars, and still find the time to make that scientific discovery
* Explores recent breakthroughs in science: genome sequencing, sensory receptor evolution, and cellular suicide

Letter to a young scientist; How not to give a seminar; Me and my genome; My other genomes; The tragic matter; My secret university; Mighty manganese; My two blues; postdocs; The art of stepping back; Networks, fretworks; Euro-Blues; The severed chains; Five easy steps to get rid of your lab; The risks of playing safe; Chauvinism in science; Letting him