Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Post-doctoral funding

Stupendous! Amazing! 'Astonishing!'

Blogger Zen Faulkes at NeuroDojo described as depressing a 2005 report on the state of US science (Rsing Above the Gathering Storm) and its recent followup, while Beryl Benderly in Science predicts that more American corporations will be increasingly out-sourcing their research work overseas leaving few prospects for PhD scientists in the US outside of academia. S. Pelech observes that nearly 60% of biomedical research in the U.S. is funded by industry, so this is a legitimate concern for American jobs. He advocates that one solution would be to provide a markedly increased number of fellowships awards available from government and charitable agencies for post-doctoral fellows to work in U.S. biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Read More...