Sunday, December 13, 2009

When business people think they can run a scientific organisation...

Articles from Nature, ScienceInsider, and The Age newspaper summarise recent problems concerning the strained relationship between the board (chaired by a corporate lawyer) and scientists at the Australian Synchrotron. The International scientific advisory committee has resigned in protest.

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