FEATURE Best Places to Work 2006: Postdocs |
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Top 35 Institutions Outside of North America
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Rank |
Rank in 2005 |
Name/Location |
Country |
Type |
Strengths |
Weaknesses |
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1
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45
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Friedrich Miescher Institute
for Biomedical Research,
Basel
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Switzerland
|
Independent
|
Facilities
|
Remuneration
|
Value
|
Benefits
|
|
2
|
-
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MRC Laboratory
of Molecular Biology,
Cambridge
|
UK
|
Government
|
Equity
|
Value
|
Benefits
|
Remuneration
|
|
3
|
11
|
University of Bergen
|
Norway
|
Academic
|
Benefits
|
Value/Family
|
Funding
|
Facilities
|
|
4
|
26
|
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot
|
Israel
|
Academic
|
Equity
|
Facilities
|
Networking
|
Benefits
|
|
5
|
-
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Pasteur Institute,
Paris
|
France
|
Independent
|
Benefits
|
Networking
|
Remuneration
|
Communication
|
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6
|
1
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Umea Plant Science Center
|
Sweden
|
Academic
|
Value
|
Networking
|
Benefits
|
Training
|
|
7
|
23
|
University of Dundee
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Training
|
Career
|
Benefits
|
Funding
|
|
8
|
-
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University of Basel Biozentrum
|
Switzerland
|
Academic
|
Value
|
Equity
|
Benefits/Family
|
Funding
|
|
9
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-
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ETH Zurich
|
Switzerland
|
Academic
|
Equity
|
Remuneration
|
Training/Family
|
Value
|
|
10
|
60
|
University of Manchester
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Career
|
Facilities
|
Benefits
|
Family
|
|
11
|
3
|
The Netherlands
Cancer Institute,
Amsterdam
|
Netherlands
|
Government
|
Career
|
Networking/Funding
|
Training
|
Family
|
|
12
|
24
|
Catholic University of Leuven
|
Belgium
|
Academic
|
Remuneration
|
Family
|
Value
|
Communication
|
|
13
|
46
|
University of Helsinki
|
Finland
|
Academic
|
Funding
|
Communication
|
Value
|
Remuneration
|
|
14
|
61
|
University of Nottingham
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Communication
|
Remuneration
|
Networking
|
Equity
|
|
15
|
35
|
University of Edinburgh
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Training
|
Benefits
|
Career
|
Value
|
|
16
|
34
|
University of Birmingham
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Family
|
Value
|
Benefits
|
Facilities
|
|
17
|
17
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Ghent University
|
Belgium
|
Academic
|
Networking
|
Funding
|
Family
|
Communication
|
|
18
|
12
|
Cardiff University
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Career
|
Communication
|
Networking
|
Funding
|
|
19
|
-
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National Institute for
Medical Research,
London
|
UK
|
Government
|
Benefits
|
Facilities
|
Remuneration
|
Networking
|
|
20
|
52
|
University of Aberdeen
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Value
|
Remuneration
|
Training
|
Facilities
|
|
21
|
58
|
Leiden University
|
Netherlands
|
Academic
|
Funding
|
Remuneration
|
Training
|
Career
|
|
22
|
22
|
University of Oxford
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Funding
|
Family
|
Communication/
Equity
|
Remuneration
|
|
23
|
40
|
University of Glasgow
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Family
|
Value
|
Facilities
|
Benefits
|
|
24
|
39
|
University of Liverpool
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Training
|
Facilities
|
Career
|
Equity
|
|
25
|
38
|
University of Cambridge
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Equity
|
Remuneration
|
Benefits
|
Family
|
|
26
|
42
|
John Innes Center,
Norwich
|
UK
|
Independent
|
Training
|
Career/Value
|
Benefits
|
Funding
|
|
27
|
36
|
Trinity College,
Dublin
|
Ireland
|
Academic
|
Networking
|
Family
|
Funding
|
Benefits
|
|
28
|
-
|
University of Sheffield
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Training
|
Networking/Benefits
|
Value
|
Career
|
|
29
|
27
|
University College London
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Funding
|
Remuneration
|
Facilities
|
Family
|
|
30
|
47
|
University of Leicester
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Family
|
Funding
|
Communication
|
Equity
|
|
31
|
43
|
Erasmus Medical Center,
Rotterdam
|
Netherlands
|
Academic
|
Equity
|
Family
|
Remuneration
|
Training
|
|
32
|
54
|
Imperial College London
|
UK
|
Academic
|
Training
|
Career
|
Funding
|
Remuneration
|
|
33
|
-
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Ludwig-Maximilians University,
Munich
|
Germany
|
Academic
|
Facilities
|
Equity
|
Remuneration
|
Career
|
|
34
|
53
|
Autonomous University
of Barcelona
|
Spain
|
Academic
|
Family
|
Communication
|
Training
|
Value
|
|
35
|
41
|
Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm
|
Sweden
|
Academic
|
Networking
|
Funding
|
Communication/
Equity
|
Remuneration
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