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Hey team,
Thanks for the update! Please keep me posted. Failure is indeed an impoortant part of science. What you learn from your mistakes is what we will focus on so that we can come up with better approaches. Keep up the good work!
Pornpipat
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It's so important for young scientists to learn that sometimes experiments don't work out the way we plan. This mentor provided some great encouragement.
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