Games Proving Useful as Tools for Teaching Bioinformatics Concepts, Engaging Broad Communities

Epic Sciences has appointed Greg Lucier as chairman of its board of directors. Lucier was previously chairman and CEO of Life Technologies.

Illumina said this week it has appointed Google Senior Vice President Jeff Huber to serve on its board of directors. Huber, who works with the Google X research branch, joined Google in 2003 and led development of Google Maps, Google Apps, and Google Ads. He also formerly was VP of architecture and systems development at eBay, and senior VP of engineering at Excite@Home.

Peter Dansky, formerly the president of the molecular and cell biology division at Life Technologies, has joined Agena Bioscience as its CEO and a member of its board of directors. He will lead Agena's expansion of its genetic analysis business into new application areas including clinical diagnostics. Previously, he held management positions at Arcturus Bioscience, Affymetrix, Molecular Dynamics, PerSeptive BioSystems and Millipore.

Mark Guyer has retired from his post as deputy director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. Guyer joined the Office of Human Genome Research, the institute's precursor, in 1998, and he helped guide NHGRI's research activities from the earliest days of the Human Genome Project. He became director of the NHGRI Division of Extramural Research, now the Extramural Research Program, and he has had a hand in establishing programs such as the 1,000 Genomes Project; the Large-Scale Genome Sequencing and Analysis Centers; the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications research program; and The Cancer Genome Atlas project, among others.

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Games Proving Useful as Tools for Teaching Bioinformatics Concepts, Engaging Broad Communities