Going Back to a Changing Poland

Going Back to a Changing Poland - by Elisabeth Pain March 19, 2010 Science Careers

When molecular biologist Agnieszka Chacinska left her native Poland in 2001 to take a postdoc, she had a dream of returning some day to set up a lab -- but she wanted to do it in conditions comparable to what scientists experience in wealthier countries. As she built a small research group in Germany a few years later, she retained her faith that eventually she would be able to return home without compromising her science.