What's Up, Postdoc?

The third instalment of this postdoc carnival is available here.

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So a couple of weeks ago, I wrote an entry about gender and science. I encourage you not only to read the post but also the comments.
As I've written before, things are happening in California.
For those of you not in the biomedical sciences, you may not be aware of the coming crises. Right now aspiring postdocs and new independent investigators are involved in a war of attrition when it comes to funding. How did this happen?
So Friday I posted a photo of an ad that went up in our lunchroom. The feedback was very indicative of the current mood of postdocs within the life sciences: frustration.