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A husband-and-wife team studies the brain areas that allow us to feel what others feel.

"I feel that I am giving people back their names and recognition, and sometimes reuniting them with their families." --Corinne Duhig

"A mother is continually training in how to manage her time and organise her work. This is key [to success in entrepreneurship], beyond having guts and imagination," says Claire Dutertre.

"It is important that the maximum feedback or spinoff is obtained in case of the failure of a mission," says Dr. Mark Sims, Beagle 2 mission manager.

"All the people in the Observatory are involved in … protecting the population," says Orazi. "There are one million people near the volcanoes."

"This choice was more practical because you try to build up a career, and if you do what people are already doing, you need to be very good, but also lucky, to make it," says Edwin Cuppen.

Scientists who are considering a pronounced change of career should try to understand their reasons as much as they can.

All higher education institutions now have a disability service.

"I would encourage [young people] to send us [their] CV; if we know you are interested, we can always keep it on file and bear it in mind for positions when they are coming up," says Edward Mitchell, manager of the new Carl-Ivar Brändén Building in France.

"This way we cross barriers--something [that is] very difficult-- and the students benefit from a different way of doing science, from a broader perspective," says group leader Moya.

The free Guest Researcher Card allows newcomers to prepare for and complete their move to France under the best possible conditions.

"Try and identify the people that can really teach you and help you very quickly," says Diego Centonze.

"It is better for marketability to be someone considered to have expertise in murine T cell immunology than someone who considers themselves an expert on how to protect a mouse from anthrax," says Altmann.

"Suitable applicants may not always be the most academic scientists."

Are you looking for PhD funding? Would you like to be part of a proactive association? Have you just arrived in Spain?

The fate of Ramón y Cajal researchers very much depends on their postcode, says National Association of Ramón y Cajal Researchers Secretary Alex Mira Obrador.

"The best way you can help me to help you is by letting me know about any of your interests and preoccupations."

"Even if being back at a postdoc position was quite difficult," says Valentina Emiliani, "this was a necessary step."