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Career pathways, part 1

The transition from senior postdoc to early-stage investigator is a pivotal step in the careers of academic scientists. In this series, early-stage investigators reflect on their labs’ first publications and the journeys that led them there.

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Correspondence to Lydia Finley or Lawrence Kazak.

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Finley, L., Kazak, L. Career pathways, part 1. Nat Metab 2, 481–482 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-020-0221-x

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