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A conference in Potsdam, Germany confirms that plant metabolic profiling is moving from an early focus on technology development to one that also addresses trait discovery.
Students starting their PhDs and postdocs moving into fresh areas of research often find themselves in need of different technical skills. How does everyone get up to speed?