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Mentoring the next generation of cell biologists

Nature Cell Biology volume 26, pages 15–18 (2024)Cite this article

As Nature Cell Biology turns 25 years old, we asked cell biologists across the globe to share their thoughts on what a productive mentor–mentee relationship looks like and their views on training the next generation of cell biologists.

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  1. Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA

    Derek A. Applewhite

  2. Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Needhi Bhalla

  3. Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany

    Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid

  4. Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies (CIBSS), Freiburg, Germany

    Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid

  5. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Neta Erez

  6. Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, and Cancer Institute, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Mengfeng Li

  7. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Jose M. Polo

  8. Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Jose M. Polo

  9. Department of Integrative Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Tomohiko Taguchi

  10. Laboratoire de Physique de l’École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

    Abdou Rachid Thiam

  11. School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

    Xiaochen Wang

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Correspondence to Derek A. Applewhite, Needhi Bhalla, Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid, Neta Erez, Mengfeng Li, Jose M. Polo, Tomohiko Taguchi, Abdou Rachid Thiam or Xiaochen Wang.

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Applewhite, D.A., Bhalla, N., Cabezas-Wallscheid, N. et al. Mentoring the next generation of cell biologists. Nat Cell Biol 26, 15–18 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-023-01278-7

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