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Europe is a top destination for many researchers

ImmunoSensation2 Scientist, Dr. Bernardo Franklin was feature in a Nature article entitled "Europe is a top destination for many researchers". The article interviewed scientists from different parts of the world who are working in the EU.

“Science is not a recognized profession in Brazil, where I come from,” says Bernardo Franklin, an immunologist at the University of Bonn in Germany. “In Germany, PhD students are given working contracts, with regulations that provide them with insurances, pension and other benefits, and protect them from exploitation and abusive supervisors.”

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01570-3

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