This lecture was very informative. I walked away with a more holistic perspective on how collaborative research is ideally conducted with colleagues across different fields.
At a point in this lecture, I recalled being told stories of senior research advisers from various institutions feeling that they were entitled to co-first authorship on the research papers of their advisees even when the advisee feels that they had not contributed enough for co-first authorship. These seniors had made it their goal to be credited on as many of their advisees' research papers as possible. Stories like these are sobering reminders that research authorship conflict may also be a discussion that can be laden in power asymmetry in vertical relationships. However, I hope that co-first authorship conflicts do not discourage researchers from collaborative research.