Biologist Picked to Lead Salk Institute
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An internationally known cell biologist has been chosen to head the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, ending a search that began last year when ill health unexpectedly forced Nobel laureate Francis Crick to step down.
Salk officials announced Monday that Dr. Thomas Dean Pollard, who has directed the department of cell biology and anatomy at Johns Hopkins University for 19 years, will become the institute’s ninth president and chief executive officer, effective July 1.
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