Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers
While successful mentors tend to train successful students in academic career, it’s unclear how mentorship determines chances of a success in a trainee. Here, Liénard and colleagues analyze approximately 20 K mentor/trainee relationships in life sciences, and find that success of trainees is associa...
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| author | Jean F. Liénard Titipat Achakulvisut Daniel E. Acuna Stephen V. David |
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| description | While successful mentors tend to train successful students in academic career, it’s unclear how mentorship determines chances of a success in a trainee. Here, Liénard and colleagues analyze approximately 20 K mentor/trainee relationships in life sciences, and find that success of trainees is associated with an intellectual synthesis between their mentors’ research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-571760f766754a27b1926d67a67bccdd2022-12-21T19:09:29ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-11-019111310.1038/s41467-018-07034-yIntellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careersJean F. Liénard0Titipat Achakulvisut1Daniel E. Acuna2Stephen V. David3Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, PortlandDepartment of Bioengineering, University of PennsylvaniaSchool of Information Studies, Syracuse UniversityOregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, PortlandWhile successful mentors tend to train successful students in academic career, it’s unclear how mentorship determines chances of a success in a trainee. Here, Liénard and colleagues analyze approximately 20 K mentor/trainee relationships in life sciences, and find that success of trainees is associated with an intellectual synthesis between their mentors’ research.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07034-y |
| spellingShingle | Jean F. Liénard Titipat Achakulvisut Daniel E. Acuna Stephen V. David Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers Nature Communications |
| title | Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers |
| title_full | Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers |
| title_fullStr | Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers |
| title_short | Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07034-y |
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