<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;When MD-PhD student David Basta started his PhD, he thought he wanted a mentor who would tell him exactly what to do. Instead, he got a helpful lesson in failure from his principal investigator, Dianne Newman -- a MacArthur-Award-winning microbiologist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Dial An Idol

Lasker Foundation

I Wanted the Wrong Things

FEB 10, 202115 MIN
Dial An Idol

I Wanted the Wrong Things

FEB 10, 202115 MIN

Description

When MD-PhD student David Basta started his PhD, he thought he wanted a mentor who would tell him exactly what to do. Instead, he got a helpful lesson in failure from his principal investigator, Dianne Newman -- a MacArthur-Award-winning microbiologist.