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Nature 440, 588-589 (30 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440588c; Published online 29 March 2006

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Italians put science chief on the spot

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National Research Council faces mounting protests.

Italian scientists are pressuring the president of the National Research Council (CNR) to justify his plans for reforming the agency — and to come clean about his academic background.Up to 1,000 scientists from across Italy are expected to gather in Rome on 30 March to demonstrate over their unhappiness with the CNR's management team — installed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government two years ago.