Tom Maniatis

Tom Maniatis has become scientific director and CEO of the New York Genome Center. He is the Isidore S. Edelman Professor of Biochemistry and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University. He replaces Bob Darnell, who stepped down as CEO of the NYGC last year but remains a faculty member of the center. Maniatis had already served on the board of directors and in other leadership capacities at the NYGC since its inception.