Europe Research Patriarch Stepping Down

by Martin Enserink on 25 January 2010, 4:08 PM | 0 Comments

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Fotis Kafatos, the molecular biologist who co-founded the European Research Council (ERC), is stepping down. After 3 years as the ERC's first President and chair of its Scientific Council, "I would like now to devote more time to my research laboratory at Imperial College," Kafatos said in a statement released today. Kafatos will remain a member of the council, which will elect a new president from its midst, an ERC press release says.

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