Abstract
Education Having good mentors is critical in any career. In academia, most researchers train under just one or two graduate and/or postdoctoral mentors; however, little is known about how this mentorship affects the mentee's career. Lienard et al. analyzed an open-access database of 18,856 researchers to determine if graduate or postdoctoral mentors have a greater impact on trainee careers. Results show that although postdoctoral mentors were more influential in trainees' success, the breadth of training between graduate and postdoctoral mentors was also predictive. Trainees working under mentors with disparate expertise, who were then able to integrate both sets of expertise into their own work, had higher levels of academic success. Advice to future scientists: Consider mentors who will teach you diverse, yet complementary, skill sets. Nat. Commun. 9 , 4840 (2018).
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