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Responding to the call of home

Why some scientists choose to forgo promising careers abroad to return to their countries of birth.
  1. Elie Dolgin

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Arun Shukla was in high demand. After a PhD in Germany and a postdoc in the United States, during which time he cracked the 3D shape of some notoriously elusive membrane proteins and their regulatory molecules, the Indian-born structural biologist began looking for a full-time job.

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Nature 566, 143-145 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00448-8

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  • Correction 11 March 2019: An earlier version of this story erroneously stated that the study of scientists across Africa was conducted by the Global Young Academy. The survey was in fact co-led by Catherine Beaudry at Canada’s Polytechnique Montréal.

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