The scientist 20(3)

The scientist 20(3) content

First off, thanks to KS Powell, Susan Linquist of MIT and Whitehead answered questions on how to communicate science. One of her secrets is to write for laypersons,like first-year gaduate students, not just to absolute experts.

The best places for postdoc (the scientist magazine) just came out. Thirty-five top institutions in North America (NA) and outside of NA for postdoc were listed. Important factors for choose postdoc places were analized, both the most important and the least important. They also featured 15 top institutions in and outside of NA in detail.

Of note, Gladstone Inst/UCSF topped 2006 list, jumping from No. 22 of last year. Several fed inst or centers were ranked high, including NIDDK, USDA ARS, and NCI. Cancer research centers were also recognized by the postdoc, including Fred Hutchingson and Fox Chase.

Top 15 institutions /best places for postdoc in NA

1. The J. David Gladstones Institutes, San Francisco
   
2. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
   
3. US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
   
4. Emory University,Atlanta, GA
   
5. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
   
6. Fox Chase Cancer Center,Philadelphia
   
7. National Institute of Diabetes &Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD
   
8. Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY
   
9. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
   
10. USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD
    
11. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
    
12. Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY
    
13. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
    
14. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, MO
    
15. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    
16. Cornell University,Ithaca, NY
    
17. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    
18. US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH
    
19. University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
    
20. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
    
21. University of California, Davis
    
22. Duke University, Durham, NC
    
23. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    
24. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    
25. University of Illinois, Urbana
    
26. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
    
27. Rockefeller University,New York
    
28. Washington University,Saint Louis, MO
    
29. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,Houston
    
30. National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, MD
    
31. University of California,San Francisco
    
32. University of Iowa,Iowa City
    
33. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    
34. North Dakota State University, Fargo
    
35. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill