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My international career journey as a disabled scientist

How Christopher Rensing’s diagnosis with a physical disability spurred him to form a microbiology research group.
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  1. Christopher Rensing

    1. Christopher Rensing is a professor of environmental microbiology and director of the Institute of Environmental Microbiology at Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University in Fuzhou, China.

The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented me from rejoining my research group at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, China, where I work as a professor of microbiology and director of the Institute of Environmental Microbiology.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00025-y

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