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Revolving doors: from academia to industry and back again

Is it possible to return from the industrial sector back to academia? Although academic scientists have traditionally perceived this to be akin to winning the Nobel prize, the personal experience of Ross Kedl suggests that the reality is something quite different altogether.

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Kedl, R. Revolving doors: from academia to industry and back again. Nat Immunol 10, 227–229 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0309-227

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