At the helm : a laboratory navigator
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At the helm : a laboratory navigator
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Newly appointed principal research investigators have to recruit, motivate, and lead a research team, manage personnel and institutional responsibilities, and compete for funding, while maintaining the outstanding scientific record that got them their position in the first place. Small wonder, then, that many principal investigators feel ill-prepared. In this book, a successor to her best-selling manual for new recruits to experimental science, At The Bench, Kathy Barker provides a guide for newly appointed leaders of research teams, and those who aspire to that role. With extensive use of interviews and a text enlivened with quotes and real-life examples, Dr. Barker discusses a wide range of management challenges and the skills that promote success. Her book is a unique and much-needed contribution to the literature of science.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Know What You Want The lab where everyone wants to be Start in the right place Plan the lab you want Chapter 2: You as a Leader I was trained to do everything but run a lab! Stop putting out fires! Using your time Working with a secretary/administrative assistant Staying integrated Chapter 3: Choose Your People Choose your people The hiring process The effective interview Evaluating candidates Chapter 4: Starting and Keeping New Lab Members Getting off to a good start Training lab personnel Mentor to all? Chapter 5: Make Research the Foundation Setting the course Keeping up Writing papers Chapter 6: Organizing the Lab to Support the Research Building a lab culture Lab policies Meetings and seminars Using computers to organize the lab Chapter 7: Communication as the Glue Communication with your lab The pleasures and perils of diversity Gender is still an issue Learning through conflict Stress and depression in lab members Chapter 8: Dealing with a Group Lab morale Lab romances Maintaining personnel equilibrium I should have done it sooner!” Violence in the workplace Chapter 9: For the Long Run As your job changes... Maintaining enthusiasm Career choices Having it all
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