US travel ban hits top talent: Iranian biologist with more than 200 citations forced to abandon Harvard postdoc

US travel ban hits top talent: Iranian biologist w...

A computational biologist's planned postdoctoral position at Harvard was halted by a new US travel ban, which expanded restrictions to 19 countries including Iran and removed student/scholar visa exemptions. This policy has impacted thousands of prospective students and scholars, forcing many to reroute their careers to Canada or Europe.