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May 20, 1997
Kafatos Gives
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Ear of Experience Keeps the Peace Robinson Auditions Role of Ombudsman at NIH By Carla Garnett
John Doe, a postdoc in the NIH Laboratory of Experimental
Genius, has troubles. His scientific mentor and lab chief, Dr. Jane
Smith, has recently published a well-received paper based on an
idea Doe mentioned at the coffee machine a few months ago. The
way Doe sees it, the idea was clearly his, but the paper was entirely
hers. Doesn't seem right to him that she's taking credit for someone
else's concept, but what can he do? Should he approach her about
it, initiating a confrontation that would probably strain the
mentor-protégé relationship and ultimately threaten his research
post? Should he just keep quiet and simmer on the inside? Either
way, the deck seems stacked against him, with her holding all the
cards -- and his career -- in her hands.
Scientists Capture Endocrine By Sharon Ricks
Sunita Agarwal stepped into Rm. 9C216 in Bldg. 10 at 7 a.m. on
Jan. 21 ready to hunt. It didn't matter that the morning was still
dark or that the temperature outside was near freezing. The visiting
associate was anxious to search for the gene that plagues families
with tumors of the parathyroid, the pituitary and the islet cells in the
pancreas. She had no idea that the day would bring an end to 3
years of exploration for NIDDK's Metabolic Diseases Branch nor
that its accomplishments would be published in the Apr. 18 issue of
Science. She was just eager to get started. |
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