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I just read this article in the Scientist. It makes interesting reading, since most of us are/have been PostDocs sometime or the other. The biggest problem, and getting worse, is the one of there not being enough tenure-track positions in Academia or industry where PostDocs can be accomodated after a few years of training.

So what use is a PostDoc stint anymore ? Do people here think that the age of the PostDoc is slowly going to be replaced with the PostDoc continuum, where PostDocs remain in limbo for 8-10 years or more ?

Hi Guys !

Okay its final. See previous post.

biobar (a toolbar for firefox/mozilla) version 1.2 is now released in its final form. The toolbar is now slimmer than before and accomodates searching 26 different databases.

Get the version here :

biobar firefox

Biobar Mozilla

You may also be interested in the bioFOX project. This is another mozilla/firefox project which provides bioinformatics analysis tools from the context menu (right mouse) on selected browser text.

bioFOX

Biobar is a search toolbar for searching bioinformatics databases including NCBI, EBI, DDBJ, Plant, Animal and Functional data collections. At the present moment, over 20 different databases can be searched from the toolbar. The toolbar can be installed on firefox, mozilla and netscape (1.6+) browsers.

In addition to its searching capabilities, biobar also provides quick links to bioinformatics tools for sequence, structural and functional tools on the internet.