OIRM Science Reading List

Science book covers

This summer, OIRM asked some of Ontario’s top researchers in regenerative medicine to give us a book recommendation. What books inspired their work or gave them invaluable information to support their career? We shared their selections on our Twitter feed all summer long with the hashtag #OIRMReads and we’re thrilled to provide the full reading list below. The list, which was developed to help those interested in or just starting a career in science, is as diverse as the research field.

OIRM Science Reading List

  • Dr. Jason Acker – Deep Work by Cal Newport
  • Dr. Harry Atkins – A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
  • Dr. Jenny Bruin – Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie
  • Dr. Penney Gilbert – Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
  • Dr. Thomas Koch – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • Dr. Michael Laflamme – The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte
  • Dr. Freda Miller – Advice to a Young Scientist by Peter Medawar
  • Dr. Cristina Nostro – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Dr. Michael Sefton – Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas
  • Dr. Cheryle Ann Seguin – Clone by Gina Kolata
  • Dr. Eva Szabo – Grit by Angela Duckworth
  • Dr. Bernard Thebaud – Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan and Charles Burck
  • Dr. James Till – Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis