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How Supportive is Your PI?
Many of us have heard that we need to find a PI (principal investigator or supervisor) we get along with, because that is the person we will be working with during the next 4-6 (or more) years. It...
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Are You Being Bullied by Your Supervisor?
A reader from Benchfly.com sent me a curious question: “Is it possible to get bullied by your advisor?” The answer is, unfortunately, yes. There are advisors who make the lives of their graduate...
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Working Efficiently with Coworkers
Have you ever had to work to collaborate with coworkers? If you have, then you know that solving the science is only half of the challenge. Getting the other person to do their part can sometimes be...
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Is Someone Stealing Your Project?
I would like to quote a great story from my Q&A column on Benchfly.com. Whenever there is a great opportunity in the lab to learn a novel instrument or discover something new, chances are more than...
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Do You Ever Feel Ignored by Your Supervisor?
I recently received a question through http://www.benchfly.com from a graduate student who was desperate because he felt ignored by his PI (PI= principal investigator, another word for advisor). His...
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