In reading this, I’m thinking that there are always many sides to a story. For Ana’s lab boss putting his name on her work, I would assume that in most situations this is completely justified. While journals differ slightly in their requirements for authorship contribution, many PIs readily meet the criteria because they have likely been the ones that: obtained funding for the project (even if it was a grant specifically given to a PhD student, or post doc, the mentors assisted with this, and the mentorship they provide is part of the scoring criteria for most jr investigator grants); provided expert insight on study design; analysis and interpretation of the data; and drafting/critical revision of the manuscript. Just another view on the situation!

Well said Willie. I agree completely! So many times people end of working in fields which were much different than those they studied in. Or, even if they remain in the same general field, their career path shifts dramatically from what their training (e.g. coursework) focused on. In addition to teaching students how to learn, question, and think, I would expand that further that higher education should also teach students how to integrate knowledge and experience from one area in to practical applications in other areas.