At The Helm: A Laboratory Navigator (Handbooks) |  | Author: Kathy Barker
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 60732
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.2 x 1
ISBN: 0879695838
Dewey Decimal Number: 001.4
EAN: 9780879695835
ASIN: 0879695838
Publication Date: January 15, 2002
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Newly appointed principal research investigators have to recruit, motivate, and lead a research team, manage personnel and institutional responsibilities, and compete for funding, while maintaining the outstanding scientific record that got them their position in the first place. Small wonder, then, that many principal investigators feel ill-prepared. In this book, a successor to her best-selling manual for new recruits to experimental science, At the Bench, Kathy Barker provides a guide for newly appointed leaders of research teams, and those who aspire to that role. With extensive use of interviews and a text enlivened with quotes and real-life examples, Dr. Barker discusses a wide range of management challenges and the skills that promote success. Her book is a unique and much-needed contribution to the literature of science.Related Titles from the Publisher
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 I returned it May 17, 2007
Carlos Mendivil (USA)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
It is just a vaguely defined compillation of subjective advices about a host of completely different topics, written in the style of a pop magazine.
 Invaluable tool for becoming productive and efficient in your research lab August 3, 2005
Albert Cerussi (Lake Forest, CA United States)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is the book all grad students should read because this book discusses the things that you typically don't learn in grad school. The book is meant for new faculty, but anyone interested in learning practical lab management issues is encouraged to read this book. There is something useful in this book for both green rookies and experienced veterans.
There is nothing in the book that is earth-scattering information; most of it is common sense. But nowhere else have I seen such a variety of practical information on lab management compressed into one book. There are even a variety of quotes from other professors about specific situations that are quite enlightening.
The author includes many topics such as conflict resolution, time and management, recruitment skills, and general management skills. Of course none of these topics are covered in dramatic detail (and likely don't need to be) but each one is broken down into very manageable, independent sections. I found myself applying immediately the things I had learned, realizing ways I can supervise my students better than I had before.
The text is also geared more towards academic life sciences, but even as a physicist I found this book invaluable. Highly recommended to anyone working in a lab, and in particular to anyone charged with management responsibilities in a laboratory setting. The author is to be congratulated!
Fantastic for the new professor December 31, 2003
Mohamed A. F. Noor (Durham, NC USA)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I love this book and only wish it was published when I was first starting a faculty position. Definitely a biologist's perspective (and a lab-oriented one at that), but it covers many of the trials and tribulations of starting a new faculty position: setting up a lab, assessing priorities, making hires, managing committees, managing colleagues, etc. The worst part of the job is often maintaining harmony in the lab (which, of course, we're never taught in graduate school), and Barker has great advice on building or rebuilding lab morale, dealing with lab member disputes, and the dreaded firing process. I recommend this book wholeheartedly!
Don't be caught without it! July 9, 2002
4 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is extremely useful for all levels of scientists. An intresting read that will leave you feeling a whole lot wiser.
An outstanding primer to managing a laboratory June 11, 2002
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Scientific faculty are chosen for their ability to do science; not to manage it. Indeed, many young scientists fail precisely because they are unable to shift from the bench to the office. Kathy Barker's book provides a wealth of information for new investigators. The advice, gleaned from interviews with a great many scientists, from Nobel laureates to those that have failed miserably, provides an outstanding road map for those embarking on this critical new phase of their career. No postdoc will leave my lab without receiving a copy as a parting gift.
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