菠萝视频 University was named one of the best places for life scientists to work in academia by The Scientist magazine. It was the seventh time in the eight years of the survey that 菠萝视频 was ranked and a substantial improvement from its 2009 ranking.
菠萝视频 was ranked No. 12 in a list headed by Princeton University and including Stanford, Georgia Institute for Technology and St. Jude鈥檚 Children鈥檚 菠萝视频 Hospital. In 2009, 菠萝视频 ranked No. 34 in the survey.
The full article with detailed survey results can be found in the July issue of The Scientist and is available online at .
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Academic institutions in the United States and internationally were ranked by survey responses based on 38 criteria in eight categories: job satisfaction, peers, infrastructure and environment, resources, compensation, management and policies, teaching and mentoring, and tenure and promotion.
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This year marks the seventh time 菠萝视频 has been ranked on the list during the eight years The Scientist has conducted its survey of life scientists. In 2010, 菠萝视频 ranked best in the categories of peers and infrastructure and environment.
The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, was ranked as the top international academic institution.
The top 15 U.S. institutions:
- Princeton University
- St. Jude Children’s 菠萝视频 Hospital
- Van Andel 菠萝视频 Institute
- J. David Gladstone Institutes
- The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
- Trudeau Institute
- Children’s Hospital Boston
- Calvin College
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Institute for Systems Biology
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- 菠萝视频 University
- Stanford University
- Michigan State University
- University of Rochester
The top 10 international institutions:
- The University of Queensland; Brisbane, Australia
- Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot, Israel
- University of Dundee; Dundee, United Kingdom
- John Innes Centre; Norwich, United Kingdom
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem, Israel
- University of Alberta; Edmonton, Canada
- INRA; Versailles, France
- University of Nottingham; Nottingham, United Kingdom
- University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dalhousie University; Halifax, Canada