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Job compensation in the biotechnology core laboratory

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The results of a poll of core facility professionals by the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Survey Committee.

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Figure 1: Salaries for biotechnology core facility personnel.
Figure 2: Gender issues in the core laboratory.

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The ABRF Survey Committee would like to thank the survey respondents for their time and interest. We would also like to thank William Oliver at the University of Colorado, Boulder, for his helpful discussions on the statistical analysis of the data.

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  1. chair, ABRF Survey Committee, and is at the Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 97403, OR

    Debra A. McMillen

  2. the University of Colorado, Boulder, 80303, CO

    William M. Old & Katheryn R. Resing

  3. Roche Bioscience, Palo Alto, 94304, CA

    Janice L. Bleibaum

  4. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, WI

    Charles M. Nicolet

  5. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, 68588, NE

    Gautam Sarath

  6. Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Institute, Cleveland, 44195, OH

    Satya P. Yadav

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