In this new piece, I present "Antidote to toxic principal investigators". We must protect our next generation scientists from the principal investigators who abuse their powers and mistreat their trainees. (This piece focuses on graduate students) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0831-6

This commentary is based on my 20 years of experience helping students suffering under toxic PIs. Here are some suggestions for graduate programs and institutions to help protect the trainees and ultimately reduce the number of toxic supervisors.

This problem is not limited to graduate students but also applies to postdocs. In many institutions, postdocs do not have an organized committee to offer protection and advice. I will write something for postdocs in the future.

Thank you @NatureMedicine for the platform!