Intellectual synthesis in mentorship determines success in academic careers

oleh: Jean F. Liénard, Titipat Achakulvisut, Daniel E. Acuna, Stephen V. David

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

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.