Edith Heard to succeed Sir Paul Nurse as Crick Institute director

The head of Europe¡¯s leading life sciences laboratory has been named 바카라사이트 new director of?바카라사이트 Francis Crick Institute.

Edith Heard, who has led 바카라사이트 European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) since 2019, will take over from Sir?Paul Nurse at?바카라사이트 central London research centre in summer?2025, 바카라사이트 Crick .

Sir Paul, 바카라사이트 Crick¡¯s founding director, will continue to maintain a laboratory at 바카라사이트 institute, it added.

Professor Heard is a British geneticist who has spent most of her career in Paris, leading research groups at 바카라사이트 College de France and 바카라사이트 Pasteur Institute, where she was director of its genetics and developmental biology department.

In January 2019, she took over at EMBL, a network of six major laboratories across Europe that employs about 1,800 staff and is supported by 29?European governments.

On her move to 바카라사이트 Crick, Europe¡¯s largest biomedical research centre under a single roof, which has about 1,500 staff and opened in 2016, Professor Heard said she was ¡°delighted to be able to take up this position at one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s premier scientific institutions, although very sad to leave EMBL next year¡±.

¡°The Francis Crick Institute has quickly established a global reputation for its work at 바카라사이트 frontiers of science. I?relish 바카라사이트 challenge of building on that work,¡± she continued.

¡°I also want to pay tribute to Sir Paul Nurse, without whom 바카라사이트 Francis Crick Institute would not be 바카라사이트 world-leading institution it is today.¡±

On stepping down as 바카라사이트 Crick¡¯s director, Sir Paul said 바카라사이트 institute was ¡°a?home for some of 바카라사이트 best life scientists in 바카라사이트 world, carrying out high-quality, discovery-based research and helping 바카라사이트 UK to play a leading role in solving global health challenges¡±.

¡°I want to thank everyone who has helped make 바카라사이트 institute what it is today. Without your hard work and team effort, it would not have been possible. I?am excited to retain my laboratory team at 바카라사이트 Crick and continue pursuing my research,¡± he added.

¡°The decision to step down from 바카라사이트 director role has been made much easier by knowing that in Professor Heard, 바카라사이트 institute has an excellent scientist and leader. I?am completely confident that 바카라사이트 Crick will continue to flourish under her leadership.¡±

Commenting on 바카라사이트 announcement, Lord Browne of Madingley, 바카라사이트 Crick¡¯s chairman, said Professor Heard had been appointed after a ¡°global, year-long search for an exceptional candidate to lead our exceptional institute¡±.

Professor Heard, who was educated at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and took her PhD at Imperial College London, had, Lord Browne said, ¡°an exemplary international research record, compelling vision and strong leadership experience¡±.

¡°She will enable 바카라사이트 Crick to continue to grow, building on its reputation for research excellence and for being 바카라사이트 home for world-class leaders in life sciences.¡±

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