Carta de Estudiantes de Nanociencias publicada en Nature hoy

El día de hoy se publicó en la revista Nature una carta enviada por estudiantes del grupo de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología del IPICYT, para expresar su preocupación por la continuidad de sus proyectos de investigación y/o estancias de estudio en dicha institución mexicana.

El texto completo es el siguiente:

Students caught up in legal impasse at Mexican institute

Aarón Morelos Gómez1, Eduardo Gracia Espino1 & Juan Carlos García Gallegos11. students of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Group, IPICYT, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4a. Secc. SLP, CP78216, MéxicoEmail: estudiantesnyn@gmail.com2. A full list of signatories to this letter is available as supplementary information at http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7291/suppinfo/464977b.html

As graduate students from the nanoscience and nanotechnology group of the Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosí (IPICYT), we wish to update you on events affecting us since the departure of Humberto and Mauricio Terrones (Nature 464, 148–149; 2010).

We have no wish to discredit the authorities of our institute, but we are concerned about the way in which they are handling our situation. It is evident that political and legal problems are interrupting our academic development.

The academic authorities at IPICYT have assured us that we would receive their complete support, so that we could continue with our thesis projects and dissertations. Most of our laboratory requirements have been met, and the authorities have agreed that we could choose our own advisers, whether from inside the institute or outside — including the Terrones professors.

However, the current legal situation means that, if we did choose Humberto or Mauricio Terrones, they would be unable to supervise or examine us on IPICYT premises. And it is not clear whether the IPICYT authorities would actually recognize academic connections between students and the Terrones professors.

In that case, we would need either to remain at the institute and terminate academic relations with the Terrones, or to continue our research and academic studies elsewhere. Neither option, however, would enable us to complete our thesis projects satisfactorily.

Fuente: Nature 464, 977-977 (14 April 2010) doi:10.1038/464977b Correspondence

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