"Because an interdisciplinary collaboration brings together people with different backgrounds, we can benefit from a bigger and more diverse set of solutions."
While many PIs support the growth of their postdocs as professionals, few are able to offer career development programs to help postdocs secure more attractive positions.
When chemists, biochemists, and pharmacologists have to work together they often discover that their different backgrounds are a source of communication problems.
The interdisciplinary nature of our studies is valuable not only for its immediate benefits to our research but also for keeping the door open to diverse career paths in the sciences.
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