Running a research group in the next generation: combining sustainable and reproducible research with values-driven leadership

Jacqueline Monaghan; Siobhan M Brady; Elizabeth S Haswell; Sonali Roy; Benjamin Schwessinger; Heather E McFarlane

doi:10.1093/jxb/erac407

Running a research group in the next generation: combining sustainable and reproducible research with values-driven leadership

J Exp Bot. 2023 Jan 1;74(1):1-6. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac407.

Authors

Jacqueline Monaghan¹, Siobhan M Brady², Elizabeth S Haswell³, Sonali Roy⁴, Benjamin Schwessinger⁵, Heather E McFarlane⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada.
² Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California at Davis, Davis CA, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis MO, USA.
⁴ College of Agriculture, Tennessee State University, Nashville TN, USA.
⁵ Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
⁶ Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada.

Abstract

In the summer of 2021, we held a community workshop at the International Congress of Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) aimed at early career researchers and focused on values-based lab leadership. Here, we elaborate on ideas emerging from the workshop that we hope will allow current and future group leaders to reflect on and adjust to the rapidly evolving nature of the academic scientific enterprise.

Keywords: Grant writing; inclusion; lab management; leadership; mentorship; reproducibility; research vision; values statement.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Capacity Building
Leadership*
Mentors
Research / trends

Grants and funding

55108530/HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States