Frank Witney, president of Packard Bioscience, has been named vice president for drug discovery at PerkinElmer, of Boston, which acquired Meridan, Conn.-based Packard on Tuesday.
Miguel Rios was elected the chairman of the board of the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), a nonprofit bioinformatics research institute based in Santa Fe, NM. Rios replaces Bruce Carp, who has served as the NCGR Chairman since its founding seven years ago.
Rios received a PhD in physics from the University of Maryland and conducted postdoctoral research at CalTech in nuclear astrophysics.
People wanted: The Environmental Protection Agencys National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, NC, is looking for two post-doctoral researchers to use microarrays to study the toxicogenomic effects of drinking water disinfection byproducts, haloacetic acids (HAA), in mouse and rat models, according to research biologist John Rockett of the Gamete and Early Embryo Research Branch in the Reproductive Toxicology Division. These acids, which are found in drinking water as a result of the chlorine disinfection process, have been shown to induce embryonic malformations such as craniofacial defects and heart outflow tract defects. Researchers at the lab are studying the gene expression mechanisms involved in these defects, and one post-doctoral researcher will look at mouse embryos to discern these effects. This position will include complete training in DNA microarray technology. The second position, which is open to both pre- and post-doctoral researchers, involves the use of high-density oligonucleotide arrays to test the hypotheses that altered gene expression in the testes can serve as a biomarker of exposure for risk assessment. For the first position, contact Sid Hunter, at hunter.sid @epa.gov. For the second, contact David Dix at [email protected].