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Returning to the lab after a career break

Returning to the lab after a career break can be a daunting prospect even if you have only been away for a year. My time away lasted 12 years, which meant I was returning to a whole new era in science.

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Skok, J.A. Returning to the lab after a career break. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 23, 383 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-022-00478-7

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