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ArticlePLoS biology2026

Towards a research renaissance: Empowering early career researchers through mentored AI use.

Douglas R Call, Mary Sanchez-Lanier, Ananth Kalyanaraman, Sascha H Duttke

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Article in PLoS biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Douglas R CallPaul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America.
Mary Sanchez-LanierSchool of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America.
Ananth KalyanaramanSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America.
Sascha H DuttkeSchool of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4717-000X

Funding

Exploiting Natural Genetic and Organismic Variation to Identify the DNA Motifs Regulating TranscriptionR00GM135515 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DUTTKE, SASCHA H. · 2022 to 2024
$747k
NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM135515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the traditional apprenticeship-style approach to training researchers by lowering technical barriers. When paired with careful mentoring, AI can help early-career researchers engage more quickly in scientific inquiry.

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MentoringMentorsResearch PersonnelAcademiaGenerative Artificial IntelligenceHumans

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PMID42579645
PMCPMC13460599

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