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PhD: time and effort invested foster scientific maturity

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I question the adequacy of the training in research methods being acquired by the apprentice researchers at China's Beijing Genomics Institute (Nature 464, 7; 2010). My own experience suggests that their scientific maturity may not measure up to that gained through a PhD qualification.

I was forced to abandon my PhD after a year at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Kolkata, because of the death of my supervisor. After two years lecturing in an engineering college in West Bengal, I joined the R&D division of Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds, which was responsible for introducing India's first genetically modified crop, Bt cotton.

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    Biswa Prasun Chatterji

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