The secret of the J. David Gladstone Institutes' success — the San Francisco institute rated No.1 in our 2008 survey, No. 2 in 2007, and No. 1 in 2006 — is an attentive postdoctoral advisor, says Matt Hirschey, a postdoc at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology. "This was the only place I came across that sort of position," says Hirschey of postdoc advisor John LeViathan.
Aside from the postdoc services, Hirschey says he came to Gladstone for the opportunity to work with a high caliber of scientists across the three Gladstone Institutes. Gladstone recently recruited a leader in stem cell research, Shinya Yamanaka, himself a former Gladstone postdoc. "Being around good scientists really elevates your game," says Hirschey. He gets a double dose of expert guidance by working with his mentor as well as another investigator at the Institute for Cardiovascular Disease who guides the portion of his ...
