キャリアニュース2019年10月31～11月6日

I had always heard the stereotype: North Americans value independence, and Europeans value togetherness. But I never fully understood it until 2 months ago, when I left my Ph.D. lab in Canada for a 4-month stint in a lab in France. On my first day, Pierre—a Ph.D. student whose desk is across from mine—tapped me on my shoulder and asked: “Coffee?” I nodded and followed him down the hallway to the common room, where other grad students were filing in. One student brewed an espresso for me that was five times stronger than my normal Americano. Milk and sugar were nowhere to be found. So I sat there, gingerly sipping the bitter liquid and trying hard not to reveal my uncultured tastes, while lab chatter filled the air. </br>![][1]</img> ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER > “It's … helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student.” I had traveled to France to work on a project with Pierre. We'd cooked up an idea for a collaboration when he was visi