took a postdoc position at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, after completing my Ph.D. at the Institut Curie in Paris, France. It was then that I realized that moving to another country is not easy. But later I was even more surprised to discover how much more difficult it is to return to one's own country. You lose contacts during a stay overseas. Fortunately, I found out I was not alone. A few French postdocs, aware of this problem, had started a group to help information flow within the French community at NIH. This local start led to the creation of a French-speaking Biologist Network , a directory for the approximately 3000 French postdocs around the world. Our aim is to develop collaborations and communication between scientists, and we hope the directory will be a great help for people looking for a job since we have advertised it to 300 biotech companies in France.
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