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Here is our conversation with with Dr Darren Obbard. Darren is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Edinburgh and the director of the Obbard Lab. His research focuses on Drosophila and their viral pathogens, investigating questions about topics like the host range of viruses and their evolution.

EPISODE INFO:
Darren's lab: https://obbard.bio.ed.ac.uk/

PODCAST INFO:
Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/3n479AR

OUTLINE:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 What Darren enjoys about being a scientist
3:35 What motivates Darren to be a scientist?
5:35 Personal interest rather than social problem solving as a motivation for science
12:23 Towards scientific literacy
15:33 A day in Darren’s in life
19:48 Darren’s research - Population genetics, evolution of immune genes in Drosophila, evolution of Drosophila viruses, evolutionary rates, and more
27:20 Interest in the small scientific questions
30:37 Writing grants
37:08 What makes a good scientific question and how questions are prioritised
42:15 Can science be soulless?
44:55 Does competition get in the way of science
47:55 Job security in academia
53:35 Reasons why people leave academia
56:38 Advice for undergraduates
1:02:05 Our majors

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