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Informal mentoring affects the development of cell biologists by providing essential career, scientific, and educational guidance to mentees. In this piece, we discuss the importance of formally recognizing casual mentorship to encourage this crucial form of mentorship that contributes to the advancement of an inclusive cell biology community., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests No interests are declared., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Shadow mentoring relationships are those outside of traditional mentoring roles and are an unseen yet critical component of trainee retention that is rarely acknowledged. In this paper, we detail the costs and benefits of shadow mentoring and propose mechanisms to ensure that shadow mentoring is acknowledged as a vital contribution to scientific communities., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests T.M. is a member of the Clinical Diversity Advisory Board at Woebot Health, and Digital Wellbeing Advisory Board at Peer Health Exchange. Woebot Health and Peer Health Exchange were not involved in the writing of this article or the decision to submit it for publication. The remaining authors declare that the work in the manuscript was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Scientific success is mainly supported by mentoring, which often occurs through face-to-face interactions. Changes to the research environment incurred by the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have necessitated mentorship adaptations. Here, we describe how mentors can broaden their mentorship to support trainee growth and provide reassurance about trainee development amid uncertain circumstances., Competing Interests: Declaration of Interests The authors have no interests to declare., (Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)

Scientists at all career stages can benefit from building diverse mentoring networks that transcend boundaries and promote inclusion. In this piece, we define mentoring networks, describe examples of how mentoring networks can reinforce scientific identity, and help minority scientists overcome unique challenges to achieve their goals in cancer research., Competing Interests: Declaration of Interests There are no interests to declare., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

A toolkit for mentoring minority students and trainees in science., (© 2020 The Authors.)