Becoming a Principal Investigator: Designing and Navigating Your Academic Adventure

Paul L Greer; Melanie A Samuel

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.023

Becoming a Principal Investigator: Designing and Navigating Your Academic Adventure

Neuron. 2019 Sep 25;103(6):959-963. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.023.

Authors

Paul L Greer¹, Melanie A Samuel²

Affiliations

¹ Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
² Huffington Center on Aging and Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: msamuel@bcm.edu.

PMID: 31557459
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.023

Abstract

Starting your own academic lab is a wonderful opportunity to impact science through research and trainee mentoring. In this article, we share some thoughts and resources for this undertaking in the hope that they may enhance the experience of others.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Career Choice*
Humans
Laboratories / organization & administration*
Organizational Culture*
Personnel Selection*
Research Personnel*
Strategic Planning*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grant support