Today the 2000 members of the BMRC (biomedical research) side of ASTAR came together in a town hall meeting - like a great networking pep rally with presentations of the year to come. I've only been here a short time but receiving a Mentor award is the best prize I could receive. I don't have my own kids, but the 54 techs, students and postdocs that have come through my lab since I started in 2008 can tell you that I love my role as mentor and stand-in mama-dad more than everything else in my work. I still think about each of you with so much love. And I hope to continue to show mentees how to best do you-do-you while playing the game of work and life. Thank you @astar_research and @idlabs_astar.
@VignuzziLab From the bleachers, this appears well deserved!
@VignuzziLab Congratulations!!! Mentoring is fun, and so rewarding.
@VignuzziLab Wow! Congratulations, Professor Marco!