Question

Bob Powell, a postdoctoral fellow, has just completed a manuscript detailing the results from

the first project in which he had taken a leading role.  The focus of his project has been

to

discern the ways in which humans metabolize sulfites, a class of chemicals commonly used to

preserve wines and dried fruits.  Although he had developed the rough outlines of the project

on his own, he owes much to individuals both inside and outside hi

s lab. As he is writing up the

paper, he deliberates on

whether

the following people should be identified as coauthors to

recognize their contribution to the work.  Who should be coauthors

and who should simply be

acknowledged

?

3.  Author or not?  A

highly experienced technician in the lab who

gave Bob advice on modifying

an assay he had been using, which finally allowed him to measure successfully sulfite

metabolites in mouse urine.  This technician also assisted in writing up the methods section of

the paper

.

4. Author or not? The number of assays that Bob had to conduct was quite sizable and more

than he could manage on his own, given other demands of the project.

Thus, an undergraduate

college student collected most of the urine samples and conducted all of

the assays yielding the

data.