CAREER COLUMN
14 November 2018

How to make undergraduate research worthwhile

Practices might differ from country to country, but undergraduate students can be better served in research, says Shaun Khoo.

Shaun Khoo⁰

Shaun Khoo
1. Shaun Khoo is a postdoc at the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, where he studies the neural mechanisms underlying appetitive motivation in rats.
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One of the things that excited me about taking up a Canadian postdoctoral position was that, for the first time, I would get a chance to work with and mentor enthusiastic undergraduate researchers. I looked forward to the chance to gain mentorship skills while helping out future scientists, and maybe, eventually, freeing up some of my own time.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07427-5

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