Autor/es reacciones

María Mayán Santos

Research Group Leader at the Center for Nanomaterials and Biomedicine (CINBIO) of the University of Vigo

The reform of the Science Law is good news for the scientific community. It addresses different points, although in all of them we would have liked it to be more ambitious. The system has been suffering cuts in funding and job insecurity since 2008. The reform of the law provides, among other aspects, basic rights that were not contemplated in the scientific field. Much remains to be done, but at least we have a framework for improvement, especially in the hospital field where, to date, there is still no research career. 

A scientific career is a very demanding job and requires a great deal of experience and specialisation. In Spain we are capable of doing top-level science. Research personnel have shown that they are up to the task. Now we need to demand that our managers create a favourable environment. There is a lot of work ahead. 

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