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Affiliations

¹ Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States.
² University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States.
³ AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Spain.
⁴ Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States.
⁵ Westat, Rockville, United States.
⁶ Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Andrey Andreev et al. Elife. 2022.

. 2022 May 3:11:e79627.

doi: 10.7554/eLife.79627.

¹ Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States.
² University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States.
³ AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Spain.
⁴ Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States.
⁵ Westat, Rockville, United States.
⁶ Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Abstract

Having a formal onboarding procedure for new lab members can lead to a happier and more productive working environment.

Keywords: early-career researchers; onboarding; research culture.

AA, VK, PA, KR, AH, ML No competing interests declared

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