The National Institutes of Health has appointed Alan Guttmacher to serve as director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Guttmacher started working with NIH as a special assistant to the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, then Francis Collins, and he became NHGRI's deputy director in 2002 and acting director in 2008. While at the NHGRI, Dr. Guttmacher also oversaw the NIH's involvement in the Surgeon General's Family History Initiative, an effort to encourage Americans to learn about and use their families' health histories to promote personal health and prevent disease.

Didier Hirsch has been named CFO and senior VP at Agilent Technologies. Hirsch has been acting CFO and VP of corporate controllership and tax at the company since April. Before joining Agilent, he was director of finance and administration for Hewlett-Packard Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and before that he held a similar post in HP's Asia Pacific business.

Nicholas Naclerio has been named VP of corporate development at Illumina. Naclerio formerly was co-founder and executive chairman of Quanterix. In the new role, he will be responsible for licensing, strategic planning, and acquisitions. He also previously raised money for Boreal Genomics, O-Link Bioscience, and Fluxion Bioscience, and he served as president and CEO of ParAllele BioScience.