In June we published the experiences of Rob Grundy, who has moved from the UK to take up a postdoctoral position in Italy. Now Chris Berrie, who has worked in the poorer, southern part of the country for 6 years, shares his experience of research in Italy. Rob Grundy followed his wanderlust; I followed my future wife. I had met Emanuela in London while she was spending a year or so abroad from he...
Italian scientist Maria Pia Cosma felt at an early stage that in order for her scientific career to grow, she needed to spend some time abroad in a high-profile lab.
Right now, Italy has too many teachers, and the legislative situation is confused. But OECD predicts a teacher shortage in the coming years and, in the meantime, scientists who have already entered the profession are getting by.
After 7 years in the United States, Arturo Sala "had really become homesick!" He returned to an Italian research institute under a "gentlemen's agreement": an unspecified probationary period that would be followed by assunzione--a permanent position--as the head of his own research group. However, the assunzione never materialised, and 3 years later Sala took a permanent position at a UK universi...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Now in the second year of her PhD in Silvio Parodi's experimental oncology group at the National Institute for Cancer Research in Genoa, Stefania Pasa (see photo) was a studious child who often "preferred to ... study rather than go out to the cinema." Although Latin and Greek were her favourite subjects at school, it was her love of science "and what it can explain and ...
