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Don't stop being in the lab
Even though it's hard, you need to spend time in the lab every week.
Dedicating time for research will bring you closer to your team. Above
all, you're a researcher, so try to do the best science you can.
Ideally, you would expect that all your
students go through their learning curve
and obtain confident results, but the timing
to obtain results for publications or funding
o en pushes you to get your hands in the lab
and do things by yourself. So, at the beginning
you'll likely be the best pair of hands in your lab.
Ronny Martinez
Unfortunately, there's a lot of unexpected
administration work that needs to be
taken care of. That's something I've never
anticipated and that I struggle with as a
young PI. To deal with it, I try to divide the
amount of time for doing paperwork and
time for doing research. You need to be very
committed to this, otherwise you can spend all
your days signing papers.
Michal R. Szymanski
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