Doing research without deep knowledge

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Professor Jeltsch,My name is Shahid, and I am studying Medicine. I am interested in molecular biology and biochemistry. Sadly, my curriculum does not include many modern molecular biology research techniques. Still, I want to learn about this area to the extent that makes me comfortable putting forward a hypothesis and a possible treatment for a disease. My goal would be to test this hypothesis with the help of a research team of molecular biologists and other experts. Therefore, I don’t need deep knowledge. With this letter, I am asking a professional researcher like you to point me to resources that would allow me to acquire the necessary expertise for such an endeavor. What would be suitable books or materials to study? I should also mention that I have access to all the significant scientific publishers via our university library.Thanks for our assistance,ShahidI received the above request via email a few months back. I always encourage students to go beyond what the curriculum offers. That is not to say that a good “run-of-the-mill” education does not enable you to be part of a productive team. But without going beyond the curriculum, it isn’t easy these days to have any lasting impact on anything. So far, so good. The red flag in the above email is this sentence: “Therefore, I don’t need deep knowledge.“When treating most diseases, low-hanging fruits have been picked. There are two approaches when trying to reach the high-hanging fruits:

Erkrankungen des Lymphgefäßsystems (Diseases of the Lymphatic System)

Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The 6th edition of the the book Erkrankungen des Lymphgefäßsystems (Diseases of the Lymphatic System) is out. It’s a German language textbook, for which Kenny Mattonet, Jörg Wilting and myself wrote the fifth chapter (Genetic causes of primary lymphedema). Get it from here , since Amazon still sells the old, 5th edition. If you have a really good excuse why you should get one for free, mail me! I have a few copies.

Diseases on Michael’s Domain

Doing research without deep knowledge

Erkrankungen des Lymphgefäßsystems (Diseases of the Lymphatic System)