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bridges vol. 17, April 2008 / News from the Network: Austrian Researchers Abroad

by Juliet M. Beverly


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"The metro," she said, as if whispering the name of an archnemesis, "its very functional, but quite energy-demanding during the rush hour commute. I need one hour in the morning to get back to normal once I get into the lab after being on the metro."

Image Courtesy of Dr. Francisco Monje
Dr. Daniela Pollak
Somehow the charm of New York City seems to end for Daniela Pollak as she descends into the belly of the city's subway system. To an Austrian postdoctoral research scientist spending her first extended term in a US city whose population approximates that of her entire home country, The Big Apple at first seemed really big, really fantastic, and really taxing - just as it's portrayed in TV series like Sex and the City. A series called Science and the City might attract a slightly different audience, but Pollak is currently living a New York City drama that unfolds in the Laboratory of Professor Eric R. Kandel at Columbia University's Center for Neurobiology and Behavior .

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