How to Be an Excellent Trainee
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...rotation students, joining a new lab at any career stage, learning a new technique while visiting a lab, ...technical mentorship from a ‘bench mentor’. In some instances, the bench mentor is also the scientific mentor...mentor…but usually the bench mentor is a staff scientist, postdoc, lab manager, technician, or a graduate...there any relevant papers you can read prior to the start of your training? These could serve two purposes...and other educational resources to help you get started!) Are there protocols you can familiarize yourself...materials (maybe a step in the protocol you don’t understand the purpose of, or a different way of doing something...your bench mentor if they have time to answer outstanding questions you have, well before experimental ...