13.03.2025.

Vortrag von Dr. Martin Lercher
Computational Cell Biology
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Donnerstag 13.03.2025 - 9:00 Uhr
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie und Verhaltensimmunbiologie
Virchowstr. 171, 45147 Essen

Gebäude Institutsgruppe 1 - 8.OG
Bibliothek - Raum 12 a/b

Abstract:
The formal scientific method tells you how to rigorously and objectively test a hypothesis. But where do hypotheses come from in the first place? Posing fruitful new questions, having ideas for novel hypotheses, and inventing new experimental technologies all require scientific creativity. Together with Itai Yanai (New York University), I have been exploring this hidden side of the scientific process in editorials and a podcast. In this presentation, I will discuss the dichotomy between the creative idea-generating part and the rigorous testing part of research, and I will give an overview of some tools that can help you to utilize your creative potential in science. Examples include how to generate ideas through discussions with a science buddy; how anthropomorphic language unlocks intuitive brain capacities; how new questions can be identified by honing in on contradictions; how a hypothesis can be a liability for making new discoveries; and how ideas can be imported and exported across research fields.

Weiterführender Artikel „Wissenschaft funktioniert grundsätzlich nicht ohne Kreativität“ in ‚Forschung und Lehre‘ Januar 2025