Collaboration is integral to most scientific research today, and it has certainly been important in my career and for my career path. However, not all collaborations are “equal”. Most, in fact, are short term or transient, with collaborators working on one project and then moving on to other projects and perhaps other collaborations. There are, however, a few collaborations, such as the three I describe here, that are long term and that not only resulted in a large number of collaborative projects but that also strongly influenced career paths. Indeed, these three collaborations resulted in all of us undertaking new paths that we were not likely to have taken alone or without the stimulation of working with someone we know well and have learned to trust.

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协作是当今大多数科学研究不可或缺的一部分，对于我的职业生涯和职业发展道路而言，协作无疑至关重要。但是，并非所有合作都是“平等的”。实际上，大多数合作伙伴都是短期的或短暂的，合作者在一个项目上工作，然后再进行其他项目，也许还有其他合作。但是，有一些合作是长期的，例如我在这里描述的三个，这不仅导致产生了大量的合作项目，而且还极大地影响了职业道路。确实，这三项合作使我们所有人都走上了一条新路，这是我们不可能独自走过的，或者没有激发与我们熟识并学会信任的人一起工作的机会。