Issues and Perspectives
Read our COVID-19 research and news.
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Spark Therapeutics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made Science’s Top Employer Survey this year. This company and others like it create a growing hub of some of the world’s leaders in gene and cell therapy.
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2020’s Top Employers: Rapid response to COVID-19, diversity, and innovation
Companies that made this year’s Top Employers Survey overcame challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Our top essays by scientists in 2019
A disastrous postdoc. A call for more coffee. This year’s most popular Working Life essays -
Top employers: Breakthroughs, impact, and purpose
Innovation still drives top employer status, yet artificial intelligence (AI) is now on the minds of employers and employees alike. -
The Fondation Bettencourt Schueller: Helping scientists spread their wings
Fondation Bettencourt Schueller uses a novel funding strategy: it treats all its awardees like family, allowing them a say in the process via an advisory board and often offering continuing support. -
Top employers embrace change based on a stable foundation
Innovative. Respectful. Caring. Top biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies from this year’s survey share these traits plus one more: adaptable. -
Beyond government grants: Widening your funding net
Scientists are becoming more creative with how and where they get their research funding. -
Top employers 2017: High marks for innovation, long-term vision, and social responsibility
In its 15th year, Top Employers continues to celebrate companies that prioritize innovation, a positive work culture, and social responsibility. -
Top firms bring out creativity, growth in their scientists
This year’s Top Employers cite cutting-edge research, professional development opportunities, and proper work-life balance as the reasons for making the list. -
Business principles for basic researchers
Leadership, management, and marketing are not just for CEOs. Researchers could gain a lot from mixing business principles with science. -
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Want a letter? You write it for me
Roger Day argues that ghostwriting letters of support, while common, is a major problem -
Two sides of the H-1B
Museum exhibit and new book present diverging views of the high-skill guest worker visa -
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Getting your project from start to finish
A roundup of articles to help make your New Year’s resolutions come true