For those of you who don't know much about the world of science, when I'm done with my PhD at UMass, I will then have to go and work as a Post-Doc. (This is the equivalent to a residency for medical doctors). It is still considered a "training" position and I will be poorly compensated for the hours that I will work... similar to being a grad student. I am really OK with this, it's part of the process, and it's a fun place to be.
Last night, I spent about 4 hours looking into institutions all over the world that do the stuff that I am interested in (more on that some other time). I really want to do an international post doc, so I am looking abroad first. I found several places that do research in areas that I am interested (see map below for my considerations).
One major problem that I have in looking for positions in countries like Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland is that I do not speak the language. In some cases I couldn't even navigate the website! I was able to navigate around the website for ETH Zurich http://www.micro.biol.ethz.ch/ the Pasteur Institute http://www.pasteur.fr/ip/easysite/go/03b-00002j-000/en and The institute of Microbiology and Genetics at Geneva http://www.univie.ac.at/gem/.
But tell me, do you think I should go here: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/forschung/index.html ?? Supposedly there is some really great research going on there, but the research pages are not translated into English. Boo. I think I'll pass... This may keep me in English speaking countries. I'm not sure I have it in me to go somewhere that can't even translate their webpage.
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