Sep 21, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 15 segments
In this episode, I sit down with Prof. Luke O’Neill - One of Ireland’s best known scientists and one of the world’s leading immunologists. Luke reflects on the experiences that shaped his life and…
Sam AssadHost
And you've touched on how science, of course, there's that thrill of seeing something nobody has ever seen before.
In reality, how much of discovery is inspiration? How much is, say, repetition, failure, and a lot of frustration? Oh,
And in fact, PhD students in my lab or undergrads, they figure out pretty quickly, can they handle things not working? Because experiments sometimes don't work.
It is like baking a cake, and you leave out the key ingredient, and the cake now doesn't work.
And remember, Sam, what's very important here is and I say this to my PhD students, all the students, it's a very privileged thing to be doing.
And you've touched on how science, of course, there's that thrill of seeing something nobody has ever seen before.
In reality, how much of discovery is inspiration? How much is, say, repetition, failure, and a lot of frustration? Oh,
And in fact, PhD students in my lab or undergrads, they figure out pretty quickly, can they handle things not working? Because experiments sometimes don't work.
It is like baking a cake, and you leave out the key ingredient, and the cake now doesn't work.
And remember, Sam, what's very important here is and I say this to my PhD students, all the students, it's a very privileged thing to be doing.
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