前言：博士后研究对于生命科学领域的研究人员来说十分重要，一位科学家的研究方向和研究兴趣很多都是在博士后研究期间确定下来的，因此如何选择博士后工作场所十分重要……
2012博士后最佳工作场所：博后时间延长
4月最新出版的《The Scientists》杂志上公布了2012年“博士后最佳工作场所”调查结果（“Best Places to Work Postdocs 2012”），博士后研究工作发生了巨大的变化，博士后训练起源于十九世纪，那时这一工作还只是未来的教授在完成毕业论文后，进行的额外的培训和锻炼。一百多年后，生命科学领域的博士后数量持续增加，在上个世纪80年代，美国本土和访问的博士后增加了三倍，而目前这一数字已经达到了五万人数…… [详细阅读]
国际研究院排名前五名：
| RANK |
INSTITUTION |
POSTDOCS |
SALARY |
POSTDOC RESOURCES |
BENEFITS |
1 |
Champalimaud Foundation
Lisbon, Portugal |
52 |
�36,533 (average) |
• Development program
• Postdoc office |
• Health |
2 |
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA)
Vienna, Austria |
30 |
�46,788 |
• Development program
• Postdoc office |
• National health
• Relocation
• Childcare |
3 |
Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM)
Vienna, Austria |
22 |
�47,345 (average) |
• Development program
• Yearly retreat |
• Health
• Pension
• Accident and unemployment insurance |
4 |
Friedrich Miescher Institute
for Biomedical Research (Part of the Novartis Research Foundation)
Basel, Switzerland |
98 |
CHF 79,800–84,000 |
• Postdoc association
• Training at Novartis
• Core facilities |
• National health
• Pension
• Accident insurance |
5 |
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
multinational |
6 (Horsham)
50 (Basel)
8 (Shanghai) |
starts at �33,000 (Horsham)
CHF 84,000 (Basel)
RMB132,000 (Shanghai) |
• Development program
• Postdoc office |
• Health (private in Horsham, Shangai)
• Retirement (Shanghai)
• Pension (Horsham, Basel)
• Housing allowance (Shanghai) |
美国研究院排名前十名：
| RANK |
INSTITUTION |
POSTDOCS |
SALARY |
POSTDOC RESOURCES |
BENEFITS |
1 |
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, MA |
131 |
$50,100–$53,300 |
• Director's fellowship
• Training and second mentor programs |
• Heath
• Retirement
• Life insurance |
2 |
The J. David Gladstone Institutes
San Francisco, CA |
128 |
$43,900–$75,000 |
• Scientific leadership & laboratory management program
• Postdoc office |
• Health
• Relocation
• Retirement
• Child care |
3 |
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA |
67 |
$38,500–$43,500 |
• Postdoc association
• Annual grant-writing course
• Alternative career opportunities |
• Heath
• Life insurance |
4 |
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
27 |
$38,500–$60,000 |
• Internal funding
• Grant writing workshops
• Postdoc office |
• Health
• Life, and disability insurance
• Retirement |
5 |
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK |
52 |
NIH scale; starts at $38,496–$43,476 |
• Postdoc association
• Representatives at annual NPA meeting
• Development program
• Annual retreat |
• Health
• Life, and disability insurance
• Retirement |
6 |
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL |
312 |
$55,000–$91,700 |
• Development and mentoring programs
• Postdoc office |
• Heath
• Retirement |
7 |
La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
La Jolla, CA |
94 |
$40,000–$60,000 |
• Development and mentoring programs
• Postdoc association |
• Health
• Life, and disability insurance
• Retirement |
8 |
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Saint Louis, MO |
39 |
$45,096 (average) |
• Mentoring program
• Weekly mentoring research seminars |
• Health
• Life, and disability insurance
• Retirement |
9 |
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, MA |
67 |
starts at $55,000 |
• Development program
• Postdoc retreat
• Postdoc office |
• Health
• Life, and disability insurance
• Relocation |
10 |
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Kansas City, MO |
93 |
$39,000–$62,000 |
• Development program
• Annual “Young Investigator Research Symposium" |
• Health
• Life, and disability insurance
• Retirement |
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