Truth be told, the supervisor has robbed you already by this point. He/she is a researcher working on a project funded by a research grant. Maybe he/she is the principal investigator, maybe not. If he/she is, you get robbed by him/her. If he/she isn't, then he/she robs you and is in turn robbed by the principal investigator to whom the funding grant belongs. Biasa la. THank ur lucky stars ur name even appears on the paper at all.

But on the robbery of TS work, dun worry bro, wat goes around comes around. In the lab rubbish in = rubbish out. If the feller has to curi ur work to get where he wants to go, he wont be able to stay there for long. Take it in stride, lesson learnt. Look on the bright side: at least u didn't lose some earth-shattering game-changing piece of technology breakthrough worthy of Nature that you could've patented or earned a Nobel prize from. Better this happens now, early in ur career and u learn from it.

This post has been edited by pleasuresaurus: Jun 13 2010, 04:33 AM

Fair enough, but I guess the thing is in general, academic research is meant to be in public domain. Openness and sharing is part of what makes academia different from industry. Take the necessary measures to make sure u r credited for your work, but beyond that, there's really no point to be too hard up about it. Ideas come and go by the caseloads.

As a junior researcher/student, there's only so much that u can do. Keep lab books/logs up to date, disseminate info that u want to make public knowledge (even if its just telling colleagues and PI), don't be stingy with ur skills and know-how but be smart on how u pass it on. The most important thing really is pre-emptive - choosing the right research supervisor/group to get involved in. I think this is far more important when ur concerned about any research isu. The right ppl makes all the difference.