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12/27/2007 EU pursues educated immigrants
The European Union took a step recently that the U.S. Congress can't seem to muster the courage to take. By proposing a simple change in immigration policy, EU politicians served notice that they are serious about competing with the United States and Asia

12/16/2007 Finding greener pastures at home, Asian scientists leaving America
A growing number of biotech workers are now splitting time between San Diego and China.

12/16/2007 San Diego biotechs find partners across Pacific
Workers see opportunity in 'one of the world's fastest-growing markets'

12/10/2007 An Express Lane to Careers in Proteomics And Genomics
Master's program produces graduates with industry-specific skills biotech employers seek

12/04/2007 U.S. Students Fall Short in Math and Science
Teenagers in a majority of industrialized nations taking part in a leading international exam showed greater scientific understanding than students in the United States—and they far surpassed their American peers in mathematics, in results that seem lik

12/03/2007 Class Of 2006 Salaries And Jobs
Job situation for 2006 chemistry graduates was not too bad, but salaries for new Ph.D.s stumbled

12/01/2007 The Birth of Biotech: How one company helped seed San Diego's industry
In 1978, Ivor Royston, then a young assistant professor studying immunology at University of California, San Diego, drove four investors to the airport. He had given them a tour of his lab, shown them how he made monoclonal antibodies, and told them he be

11/18/2007 English, Algebra, Phys Ed ... and Biotech
MORE than a decade ago, after George Cachianes, a former researcher at Genentech, decided to become a teacher, he started a biotechnology course at Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He saw the class as way of marrying basic biotechnology principles wi

11/12/2007 DeviceFest honors some 'far out' products
Medical devices on the horizon featured at Biocom gathering

11/07/2007 These days, the more mobile the scientist, the better
Job mobility is a key trait for anyone pursuing a career in science. A willingness to switch disciplines, change labs, relocate to a different country or move between the worlds of academia and business can be crucial to success.