How to run an academic lab based on a basketball strategy. Author Sabine Petry Publication Year 2019 Type Journal Article Abstract It is a huge honor to receive the WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research. In this essay, I first describe what we have discovered in my lab so far. Then, I summarize the strategies that helped transition my lab from its infant shoes to a mature research environment where discoveries are being made. Keywords Humans, Research, Microtubules, History, 21st Century, Universities, Awards and Prizes, Basketball, Laboratories, Polymerization Journal Mol Biol Cell Volume 30 Issue 23 Pages 2859-2861 Date Published 2019 Nov 01 ISSN Number 1939-4586 DOI 10.1091/mbc.E19-07-0404 Alternate Journal Mol Biol Cell PMCID PMC6822588 PMID 31671033 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML