2009最佳学术研究院排行榜

　　

生物通报道：每年The Scientists杂志都要进行学术环境评选，挑选出40个最佳的学术研究院。近期2009年调查评选结果已经公布，今年的关键词是合作，团队建设和独特的资助体系。

今年排名前十的分别是：普林斯顿大学（Princeton University），加州大学旧金山分校（University of California, San Francisco），耶什华大学爱因斯坦医学院（Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University），俄克拉何马大学健康科学中心（University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center），埃默里大学（Emory University），格莱斯通研究院（J. David Gladstone Institutes），圣犹大儿童研究医院（St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital），西雅图系统生物学研究院（Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle），诺贝基金会（The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation），以及Mayo医学院（Mayo Clinic）。

去年排列第二的普林斯顿大学今年跃居榜首，这所富有的大学强有力的组学金项目是吸引许多学生来此的原因之一，2009年在金融危机的背景下，普林斯顿大学加大对助学项目的投入，增长率达到13%。当然普林斯顿大学还有其它一些优势，比如导师的指引等。这所高校据报道目前有国际学生1350多人，其中中国学生人数为250人左右。

排名第二的是加州大学旧金山分校，上个月，这所高校由于另外一个原因被重点关注着：其分子生物学教授布莱克波恩(Elizabeth H. Blackburn)与其它两位科学家共同获得了2009诺贝尔生理/医学奖。

今年登上探花的是之前榜单中未见提及的爱因斯坦医学院，这所高校位于纽约市的Bronx区，是耶什华大学这所犹太大学的研究生学院之一，因为招收非犹太人读博士和作博士后，因此也聚集了不少国际学生在此进行研究学习。调查显示爱因斯坦医学院的优势包括研究资源和管理政策等方面。

 

从全球范围内看，今年第一名花落马克斯普朗克协会分子细胞生物学、遗传学研究所（Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG)），这家研究机构着力于应用分子细胞生物学与发育生物学的最新技术研究“如何从细胞发展形成细胞组织”的问题。MPI-CBG拥有200多职工，分别来自33个国家，在很短的时间内已经发展成为一所世界领先的功能性微生物基因研究所。

去年榜首的魏兹曼学院（Weizmann Institute of Science）今年位居第二名，这所高校具有自己的独特性，比如没有本科生，因此科学家们不用在教学责任上花太多功夫，另外研究院也为科学家们提供了系统性的研究资源，从生物信息学到蛋白组学，从克隆到3D结构分析。

（生物通：张迪）

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Best Places to Work 2009: Academia - Top 40 US Academic Institutions

2009	2008	Institution	Strengths	Strengths	Weaknesses	Weaknesses
1	2	Princeton University, NJ	Peers	Teaching and Mentoring	Job Satisfaction	Pay
2	12	University of California, San Francisco, CA	Job Satisfaction	Peers	Tenure and Promotion	Infrastructure and Environment
3	-	Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY	Research Resources	Management and Policies	Infrastructure and Environment	Pay
4	-	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK	Pay	Tenure and Promotion	Infrastructure and Environment	Job Satisfaction
5	-	Emory University, Atlanta, GA	Peers	Job Satisfaction	Research Resources	Infrastructure and Environment
6	1	J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA	Infrastructure and Environment	Management and Policies	Tenure and Promotion	Peers
7	7	St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN	Research Resources	Pay	Tenure and Promotion	Teaching and Mentoring
8	15	Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA	Infrastructure and Environment	Management and Policies	Tenure and Promotion	Job Satisfaction
9	8	The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK	Research Resources	Management and Policies	Teaching and Mentoring	Tenure and Promotion
10	-	Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN	Infrastructure and Environment	Pay	Tenure and Promotion	Teaching and Mentoring
11	3	Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY	Job Satisfaction	Teaching and Mentoring	Pay	Management and Policies
12	46	University of Pittsburgh, PA	Research Resources	Job Satisfaction	Tenure and Promotion	Management and Policies
13	-	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA	Infrastructure and Environment	Peers	Job Satisfaction	Pay
14	-	Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA	Job Satisfaction	Pay	Infrastructure and Environment	Peers
15	-	Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY	Peers	Teaching and Mentoring	Tenure and Promotion	Infrastructure and Environment
16	31	Children’s Hospital Boston, MA	Infrastructure and Environment	Pay	Tenure and Promotion	Job Satisfaction
17	-	Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI	Job Satisfaction	Tenure and Promotion	Research Resources	Infrastructure and Environment
18	42	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI	Peers	Infrastructure and Environment	Tenure and Promotion	Pay
19	-	Stanford University, CA	Infrastructure and Environment	Pay	Tenure and Promotion	Management and Policies
20	-	Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY	Pay	Tenure and Promotion	Peers	Teaching and Mentoring
21	-	H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL	Infrastructure and Environment	Management and Policies	Tenure and Promotion	Research Resources
22	10	University of Rochester, NY	Job Satisfaction	Teaching and Mentoring	Infrastructure and Environment	Peers
23	-	California State University Fullerton, CA	Tenure and Promotion	Teaching and Mentoring	Research Resources	Peers
24	-	University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT	Tenure and Promotion	Teaching and Mentoring	Pay	Infrastructure and Environment
25	36	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX	Research Resources	Infrastructure and Environment	Tenure and Promotion	Pay
26	-	Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA	Infrastructure and Environment	Management and Policies	Tenure and Promotion	Job Satisfaction
27	-	University of California, Davis, CA	Job Satisfaction	Infrastructure and Environment	Research Resources	Management and Policies
28	14	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA	Infrastructure and Environment	Research Resources	Tenure and Promotion	Teaching and Mentoring
29	-	Wayne State University, Detroit, MI	Teaching and Mentoring	Pay	Infrastructure and Environment	Peers
30	33	University of Missouri, Columbia, MO	Teaching and Mentoring	Tenure and Promotion	Peers	Pay
31	-	The University of Texas at Austin, TX	Job Satisfaction	Infrastructure and Environment	Research Resources	Management and Policies
32	-	Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC	Management and Policies	Research Resources	Teaching and Mentoring	Peers
33	32	University of California, Los Angeles, CA	Tenure and Promotion	Pay	Research Resources	Infrastructure and Environment
34	9	Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN	Pay	Infrastructure and Environment	Job Satisfaction	Teaching and Mentoring
35	-	University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI	Infrastructure and Environment	Peers	Pay	Tenure and Promotion
36	44	Washington University, St. Louis, MO	Teaching and Mentoring	Tenure and Promotion	Pay	Management and Policies
37	20	Indiana University, Bloomington, IN	Research Resources	Job Satisfaction	Management and Policies	Peers
38	30	Duke University, Durham, NC	Peers	Infrastructure and Environment	Pay	Tenure and Promotion
39	-	Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA	Management and Policies	Infrastructure and Environment	Tenure and Promotion	Teaching and Mentoring
40	-	Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA	Job Satisfaction	Research Resources	Teaching and Mentoring	Pay