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Mentor of the Month

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This web-based service showcases a prominent individual in laboratory medicine each month. You can read the interview that SYCL conducted with each Mentor by clicking on the Mentor's name below. A new mentor is added every month.

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Mentor of the Month:

Ronald J. Whitley

 

 


Best of SYCL's Mentor of the Month
    You were named AACC’s Young Investigator of the Year. Describe how you achieved this accomplishment and some of the keys to your success at such an early age.

    James Rothman, a renowned cell biologist, is one of my scientific heroes. He said this about scientific success: “it’s good to be smart, but it’s better to be lucky.” I owe my success to the good fortune of having several great mentors- all of whom have provided me with incredible opportunities. Coupled to this is the opportunity to work at places where I have been surrounded by wonderful, brilliant colleagues- many of whom have taught me quite a bit. The combination of great mentors, a wonderful environment, excellent opportunities, some hard work, and luck have produced great results thus far.

    --Alex Rai, 2009
    Click here to read the full interview