In probably one of the worst financial crises in the history of the capitalist world, the question that is pondered is if the depression-inducing-recession is affecting the scientific industries here in Ireland. Well if the job stats are anything to go by then the answer is YES. Here at LifeScience we have noticed that the number of scientists (including senior scientists / management scientists) out of work and joining the dole queues is quite high. The market is teeming with wasted talent, idle phalanges and suppressed neurons. But that is a minor problem compared to the number of science graduates having to join the queues outside the dole office - over 1,000 PhD students graduated in 2008…