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24 ==== Personal availability ====

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26 I have a small lab and meet frequently with all members of my lab. Once or twice a day, I walk around and chat with lab members who are not too busy. These chats last from twenty minutes to over an hour. I try to make sure that I check in with each lab member at least once a week, if not more. I have an open door policy and frequently have multi-hour discussions with lab members who walk in.

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29 ==== Technical skills mentoring ====

30 Postdocs in my lab work closely with me and receive a large amount of one-on-one training in theoretical skills such as how to:

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32 * be on the lookout for unexplained regularities within experimental data

33 * come up with interesting new theoretical hypotheses

34 * search the literature for existing theoretical hypotheses that might explain a regularity in data

35 * mathematically formalize hypotheses

36 * apply advanced mathematical tools from physics, mathematics, and statistics to solve problems

37 * produce formal mathematical proofs

38 * rigorously make predictions based on a theoretical hypothesis

39 * make predictions which can be tested by comparison with data already available in the literature

40 * search the literature for this data

41 * know when it is time to apply a theoretical approach, and when it is time to apply a computational approach

42 * use computational methods to analyze data

43 * find or create appropriate controls for analyses of data

44 * make predictions which can be plausibly tested by new experiments

45 * interpret the results of available data and new experiments in a rigorous manner

46 * explain the importance and relevance of particular research topics

47 * explain hypotheses and results in a clear fashion

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51 ==== Career planning and professional development ====

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53 One alternative is to have a formalized bureaucratic system where postdocs and mentors produce written plans and evaluations of themselves and each other. This can be counterproductive in a small lab. Instead, I meet frequently with each member of my lab and we discuss career development on an ongoing basis.

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