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CHAPTER 9 • EXPLORING VENUES FOR SCIENCE 93

Sometimes it is difficult not to feel like a poor

relation at a holiday dinner, but pride will get

you nowhere. It is surprising how receptive

people can be to ideas as long as you know

your science and pull your weight. A good

scientist shouldn’t care where you work as

long as your work is creative and good.

The emergence of highly trained cell biolo-

gists with extensive training who have estab-

lished their research careers at smaller

schools is creating a new breed of cell biolo-

gist, with needs and concerns that are differ-

ent from their peers at research-intensive uni-

versities or from those at schools that require

no research at all. A note to university-based

investigators: ads for jobs at smaller institu-

tions outnumber those at high profile institu-

tions by a considerable margin, so treat this

new breed of scientists with the respect they

deserve. They are coming out of your labs!■

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY