Ten simple rules to make the most out of your undergraduate research career (PLOS)
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PLOS Computational Biology has a series of "Ten Simple Rules" articles.
Here is one for undergraduate researchers,
"Ten simple rules to make the most out of your undergraduate research career" by Megan Yu and Yu-Min Kuo
Here are the rules, read the article for elaboration
Rule 1:…
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