Fig 1.
A great summer research experience is like a short film.
Storyboard scenes showing some of the events that precede (Scene 1, 2) and make up a short summer research experience (Scene 3–7). The characters in the story are: The Producer, played by the PI or Lab head; The Director, played by the bench mentor; and The Actor, played by the intern. All the members of the research group comprise the crew.