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Nature 454, 1049 (28 August 2008) | doi:10.1038/4541049a; Published online 27 August 2008

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Postdoc glut means academic pathway needs an overhaul

Ian M. Brooks1

  1. UTHSC Postdoctoral Association, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
    Email: ibrooks1@utmem.edu

In his Correspondence 'Fewer academics are not the answer to funding woes' (Nature 454, 397; 2008), Philip Strange suggests that we need to increase the number of trained scientists to help deal with current and future crises such as climate change.

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