Word: lander
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...Eric S. Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute—a joint venture between Harvard and MIT for genetic research applied to medicine—will assist Obama on issues such as global warming and research funding as co-chair of the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology...
...Lander will join a host of prominent scientists Obama has named as scientific advisers, including former National Institute of Health director Harold E. Varmus and Harvard climate and energy professor John P. Holdren, who will also be co-chairs on the council...
...Eric Lander and Harold Varmus are inspired appointments,” University Provost and former National Institute of Mental Health director Steven E. Hyman said in an e-mail. “They will work well with John Holdren to restore the highest scientific values to the nation’s research and technology enterprise...
Obama named Holdren last Friday as his choice for assistant to the president for science and technology in addition to his position on the advisory council. In a statement released by MIT, Lander called the appointment both an honor and a responsibility to serve the nation...
...Lander will co-chair the advisory group on a part-time basis and continue as director of the Broad Institute, according to the statement. He did not return requests for comment early last week...