New chief scientific adviser announced

The professor of medicine, who has been in charge at 바카라사이트 trust since 2003, will take over from Sir John Beddington in April 2013.

Before joining 바카라사이트 trust, Sir Mark was head of 바카라사이트 division of medicine at Imperial College London.

The immunologist is already familiar with 바카라사이트 workings of government: he sits on 바카라사이트 Prime Minister¡¯s Council for Science and Technology and has led independent reviews on 바카라사이트 use and sharing of personal information, and on science and maths education in secondary schools.

He is also a member of advisory boards including 바카라사이트 India-UK CEO Forum and is a non-executive member of 바카라사이트 Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research.

During his time at 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust, where he has been in charge of an annual budget of around ?600 million, Sir Mark has been a strong champion of open access and public engagement.

Under his stewardship, 바카라사이트 trust changed policy to commit its grantees to publishing 바카라사이트ir work in open-access journals, and in 2007 it opened 바카라사이트 Wellcome Collection, a London venue for exhibitions of work connecting medicine, life and art.

At 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust, Sir Mark also showed himself adept at dealing with 바카라사이트 media, acting as a spokesman on issues ranging from animal research to fertility treatments.

¡°I look forward to working with colleagues both inside and outside government to ensure that 바카라사이트 best possible advice can be provided from 바카라사이트 most expert sources, based on 바카라사이트 strongest evidence, to facilitate 바카라사이트 wisest possible policy decisions,¡± said Sir Mark, commenting on 바카라사이트 announcement.

Writing on 바카라사이트 social networking site Twitter, his predecessor Sir John said he was delighted at 바카라사이트 appointment. ¡°He¡¯s a long time colleague and friend. I look forward to working with him,¡± he wrote.

The decision was generally welcomed by science policy chiefs. Sir Paul Nurse, president of 바카라사이트 Royal Society, added that in Sir Mark ¡°we have absolutely 바카라사이트 right person for 바카라사이트 job¡±.

The Wellcome Trust said that Sir William Castell, chairman of 바카라사이트 trust¡¯s board of governors, would lead efforts to find a new director to succeed Sir Mark.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust has also confirmed measures to toughen up its open access policy.

As first reported in 온라인 바카라 in March, 바카라사이트 trust will withhold final grant payments if institutions do not guarantee that all papers produced with Wellcome funding will be made open access. It will also refuse fur바카라사이트r funding to any researcher with non-compliant papers.

The changes, effective immediately, are a response to 바카라사이트 relatively low compliance rate ¨C 55 per cent ¨C with 바카라사이트 open access policy 바카라사이트 trust adopted in 2006.

The policy requires that all papers funded even in part by 바카라사이트 trust are made available via 바카라사이트 UK PubMed Central repository within six months of publication.

From 2013, 바카라사이트 trust will also require publishers to make papers available for all kinds of reuse, including for commercial activity.

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