Danforth Plant Science Center Announces Next President
November 12, 2010| |
Dr. William H. Danforth, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has announced that the next president of the Center is Dr. James C. Carrington starting on 11 May 2011. Dr. Carrington is currently the Director of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing (CGRB), the Stewart Professor for Gene Research, and Distinguished Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.
Dr. Carrington is famous for his research on gene silencing, functions of the small ribonucleic acid (RNA), and virus-host interactions. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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