how do you plan what experiments to do

Question: how do you plan what experiments to do
- Keywords:
  experiment,
  method,
  plan
Asked by smug532cham6 to jesshawkins, Michael C on 30 Sep 2025. This question was also asked by reham a.
- Jess Hawkins answered on 30 Sep 2025:
  
  It depends on what has happened the day before. When I started, I was guided by more experienced researchers in what reaction I should do next, or what experiment. Now I am at the end of my PhD, I have a plan of what I’d like to write about and each week I write a list of the experiments I am going to do to reach that. Sometimes they don’t work, so being able to tweak the plan each week is ideal!

Question: how do you plan what experiments to do