{"681871":{"#nid":"681871","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How I finally found my confidence as a scientist","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn an article published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/maria-martignoni%20mseya\u0022\u003EMaria Martignoni\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cmdi\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Microbial Dynamics and Infection\u003C\/a\u003E, reflects on her path as a scientist and shares advice to students:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022One does not need to have a clear life plan to belong in science. Many scientists know from the start that they want to be academic researchers. But for others the path unfolds gradually, with spurts of doubt and uncertainty along the way. In a way, that\u2019s fitting. As researchers we are explorers, and part of our mission involves finding our way without always knowing where we are going.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn an article published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/maria-martignoni%20mseya\u0022\u003EMaria Martignoni\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cmdi\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Microbial Dynamics and Infection\u003C\/a\u003E, reflects on her path as a scientist and shares advice to students:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022One does not need to have a clear life plan to belong in science. Many scientists know from the start that they want to be academic researchers. But for others the path unfolds gradually, with spurts of doubt and uncertainty along the way. In a way, that\u2019s fitting. As researchers we are explorers, and part of our mission involves finding our way without always knowing where we are going.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-04-17 15:00:39","changed_gmt":"2025-04-17 16:25:58","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Science Magazine","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/how-i-finally-found-my-confidence-scientist","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"},{"id":"172026","name":"postdoctoral fellow"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}