Trial and Discussion to Provide an Overview of the Characteristics of Personnel Who Aim to Manage Scientific Laboratories

In the Future Principal Investigator Program, a questionnaire consisting of 122 questions on the concept of laboratory management required for a principal investigator was employed.Using 116 individual multivariate numerical data sets collected from 38 participants, principal component analysis was conducted to perform human resource profiling and identify participant characteristics.The first two principal components (PC1 and PC2) were interpreted as reflecting research career experience and international or educational characteristics, respectively.Based on the identified characteristics, participants were classified into at least three groups.These results indicate that this analysis can be a useful tool for participants in facilitating deeper discussions based on their characteristics as well as for program organizers in designing effective learning environments.