Toxic labs: how to spot them during the interview or afterwards.

How do you find out if a lab or PI is toxic? Toxic labs are bad places to work, so it is important to know how you could spot one so you don't find yourself in one of these situations. This videos talks about what you can do during the interview and afterwards.

The video received excellent input from people on twitter/ mastodon. Thanks to all who helped by sharing their tips and experiences!

The first video about toxic labs talks about what they are and why you should avoid them:    • Toxic labs: what are they and why you...  

The third video talks about what to do if you are in a toxic lab:    • Toxic labs: what to do if you're in a...  

0:00 During the interview
1:22 Follow-up visit or online meeting
3:30 Spending some time in the lab (internship)
4:03 Ask people about the lab (your current PI or colleagues; current or past lab members; people in neighboring labs)
6:47 Your own research
8:04 If you do all this, you have done everything you can; and it's worth it!

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Matthias Rillig, professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin, talks about life in academia.

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