Policies
Our policy aims to stimulate our researchers' scientific responsibility and relevance to society and country development. Scientific interchange and high-standard research are our goals. Undergrads, graduates, and post-docs are trained to think critically and use the scientific method. Below are some aspects we judge as essential features in the lab environment:
Scientific knowledge is a human right. Some human behaviors limit the interchange of intellectual skills. Our goal is to stimulate scientific projects as multitask efforts. Scientific projects with no collaborative work and communication take much longer, and the group becomes unproductive. When we stop practicing brainstorming in our projects, attention becomes narrower, researchers get cognitive blindness to new experiments, and creativity is lost. The scientific perspective of a project (from the idea to the manuscript) or an investigation (from the experimental design to the execution) may differ from a closer lab mate. A great dialog among researchers should be enough to define the goals of collaborative work.
Individual expertise is used to benefit group productivity. In our lab, expertise diversity is observed with care and professionalism. We follow the progress of each researcher, and during meetings and brainstorming, we recognize potential skills that may improve the research creativity and group productivity.
Diligence, attendance, responsibility, focus, and humility. We understand these are critical aspects for the progress of any professional career. We do appreciate and stimulate them. Diligence is encouraged by training the researcher to visualize the experimental details and variables and work with care and safety. Experimental design is essential before execution. Attendance is stimulated by creating an environment of friendship, curiosity, and discovery.