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Med.line (med’lin) vt. –lined, -lining.(slang term used by US biologists). toreconstruct a curriculum vitae orrésumé for a biologist using theonline PubMed web site from theNational Institute of Health (NIH).The entire career of a biologist canoften be reconstructed by tracing allhis or her publications online onPubmed and following: projectsworked on, institutional affiliationsincluding years of first and last pubsat an institution, and coauthors.■ Did they disappear from the literature?■ What did they publish when they re-emerged?Scientist résumés or CVs can bepieced together by analysis of theirpublications, conference presentationsand interviews of sources abouttheir career. Scientists can be suspiciouswhen collaborating on BW,CW or nuclear dual-use projects and/or when linked to military programs.■Construct CVs by “Medlining”■Expertise — What do theyknow?■Links — Where did they learn it?■Who do they know?■Publication recordA prolonged lack of publications (especially when later publications are stateof-the-art)can indicate that a scientist has worked on classified projects.Tracking a Biologist’s Career by PublicationsBiologists’ careers can be tracked by their publication records.- A PhD student will usually publish for 3 to 8 years with his/her mentor or advisor as lastauthor.- A Postdoctoral Fellow will also usually include his/her advisor as senior (last) author.- A Bench Scientist will usually have FIRST/SECOND author publications with advisorLAST for PhD and Postdoc then move to primarily LAST author papers when establishinghis/her own lab.- A “Gene Jockey” (Biotechnologist) will usually have FIRST/SECOND author publicationswith advisor LAST for PhD and Postdoc. Afterwards he/she will have many OTHERauthor publications with many different LAST (senior) authors indicating that he/she is providingbiotechnology expertise on many different projects.- A Biologist with many OTHER author publications with the same LAST (senior)author is usually a bench scientist working as a senior research scientist in the lab of thatsenior biologist.- A talented biologist will have FIRST or SECOND author publications when a PhD studentand Postdoc. Scientists with mostly OTHER publications either don’t last or end updoing bench work for someone else throughout their careers.105