Study system envy
Guest contributor Carolyn Beans … Read more
Guest contributor Carolyn Beans … Read more
We’re thrilled with the way that the Naturejobs career expo – held for the very first time in sunny San Francisco – turned out. We learnt an awful lot about the career options available for researchers in California, both in industry and academia, and found some of the best ways to approach those options and how to maximise your chances of landing a job. Read more
Guest contributors David Rubenson and Paul Salvaterra … Read more
A California ballot measure that would have added a $1 tax to the price of each pack of cigarettes sold in the state was narrowly defeated, its opponents conceded on 22 June. The measure would have funded a $500 million research enterprise as well as smoking cessation and prevention efforts. Though the vote on the measure took place on 5 June, state officials took weeks to count a large number of mail-in and provisional ballots on Proposition 29, which ended up losing by less than 1 percentage point. Read more