—— 与国内年轻高级研究员(PI)共勉

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    施一公自序：对每一位刚刚在清华大学生命科学学院或医学院建立独立实验室的年轻高级研究员(Principal Investigator，PI)，我都会不止一次地忠告：至少要在前三年，你们一定要把自己当成超级博士后，身先士卒、尽全力地在实验室做研究、做自己的课题，同时训练培养博士生、实验员和博士后。只要能够重复你们博士生和博士后阶段的辉煌，你们就不愁在清华拿不到tenure!普林斯顿的offer。1997年3月27日下午，在纽约市Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center的实验室里，我接到了来自普林斯顿大学分子生物学系教授Tom Silhavy的电话，“Yigong, I am calling to tell you a piece of good news. Our faculty voted unanimously to offer you a position, at the level of Assistant Professor.”我喜不自胜，“Great!” Tom接着说，“We will be happy to discuss with you about what you may need to set up your independent lab. We hope you will let us know whether you accept our offer by July 1st”我想也没想地就马上回复，“I am very happy to accept your offer.” Tom似乎很意外听到我直截了当的当场回复，竟不知如何反应；他迟疑了片刻，才提醒我，“Well, Yigong, please think it over. You may use this period to negotiate with us about your start-up package.”那天下午是我一生中最高兴的时刻之一!我把好消息与Nikola Pavletich(我的博士后导师)以及实验室的同事们分享。Nikola善意地告诫我，“If I were you, I would NOT tell them that I would accept their offer now. This is your time to cut a better deal!”Nikola故意在“NOT”上加...