How to get first authorships?

COLLEGE_2
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:41:55 +0000

ok this question is somewhat off-topic…

But when you say “your own” project, does this mean an independent project (one in which you came up with the idea, designed the study, ran the experiments, and analyzed the data yourself)? Or would it still be considered your own project if someone else in the lab came up with the idea, but you were the primary person who worked on it (like ran all the experiments and stuff, with guidance from someone in the lab)?

And could either of these result in a first authorship?