Perdita Barran
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Director of the Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, The University of Manchester, UK
Heroes? So many! But as I get older, it’s all the brilliant women who have managed to be academic leaders over the past 50 years – they rock!
Advice? Work hard, collaborate with people with different expertise and enjoy yourself.
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