BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX This article is reposted from the 17 October 2003 issue of Science Magazine. B ARCELONA--The Spanish government is giving hospital-based clinical researchers more freedom and cash in an effort to boost their role in the nation's biomedical research effort. Health minister Ana Pastor unveiled a package of measures this week that is intended to boost collaboration between ...
BARCELONA--Eduardo Agatângelo came to the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) from his native Angola last year under a new program to help promising students from the developing world earn Ph.D. degrees. But last month the Spanish government pulled the plug on its 3-year commitment to Agatângelo and hundreds of other students from around the world, shifting the money to target links with Lat...
A bill being debated in Spain's Parliament would give more leeway to universities in hiring. Some academic leaders are pleased, but others say it could be a step backward. (Link courtesy of Science magazine)
The chance for young researchers ?to develop and head their own research groups, precisely when their potential and research capacity is highest? is how Mariano Barbacid describes a new programme launched in Spain last February. Barbacid is director of Madrid?s National Cancer Centre (CNIO) where four young researchers, each with at least 5 years? postdoctoral experience, will be offered the oppo...
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory is teaming up with the Spanish government to create a new center for the development of mathematical models of living systems. [Courtesy of Science News]
This article is reposted from the January 31, 2003 issue of Science magazine . When economist Josep Piqué was appointed Minister of Science and Technology last July during a Cabinet reshuffle, he knew he had a hard act to follow. His predecessor, Anna Birulés, had won respect for making Prime Minister José Maria Aznar's campaign promises in 2000 of more support for science a reality. Spain's scie...
"A scientific environment that would promote scientific excellence within an interactive milieu." That's how Luciano Di Croce describes what he was looking for in a research centre in which to begin his career as an independent team leader. It was an atmosphere he had found during his postdoc at the European Institute in Oncology (EIO) in Milan. His search for that same "community feeling," where...
