How do you conduct wet-lab research with just an MD?

MD/PhD is a very competitive program, no doubt, and it is more likely that one DOESN'T get in than it is that they do. In such a situation, how can an MD start a research project and collaborate with PhD's to run a project? How to make sure I am taken seriously despite my lack of PhD which is exclusively research oriented?
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