The Molecular Biology Laboratory
2016; Palgrave Macmillan; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1057/978-1-137-52410-2_5
Autores Tópico(s)Philosophy and History of Science
ResumoDrawing on professional contacts that my supervisor happened to have, I began extending my fieldwork to a second research group—a research laboratory in the field of molecular biology that differs from the planetary science group in its mono-disciplinary mono-disciplinary research orientation, its hierarchical structure and its size. The molecular biology laboratory is led by Johan, an internationally accomplished expert in the field; and it comprises about 35 people, most of whom are graduate students and post-graduate researchers who have spent only a couple of years in the group, collaborating with fellow group members, broadening their knowledge of experimental techniques and trying to make a name for themselves with high-ranking publications. Many of them see the laboratory, and the research collaboration it facilitates, as a springboard to an academic career.
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