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[1/6] President-elect Biden announced top picks for his "science team" today, including geneticist Eric Lander ( @eric_lander) as director of @WHOSTP and his science adviser: https://buildbackbetter.gov/press-releases/president-elect-biden-announces-key-members-of-his-white-house-science-team/
[2/6] Lander will be the first biologist to serve in the role, which historically has most often been held by physicists, and Biden has elevated it to be a cabinet level-position.
[3/6] Biden also sent a letter to Lander today outlining five overarching questions he would like him to address: https://buildbackbetter.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/OSTP-Appointment.pdf
[4/6] Alondra Nelson ( @alondra), president of the Social Science Research Council, will serve as OSTP's deputy director for "science and society," and OSTP's chief of staff will be Kei Koizumi ( @Keiindc), who worked in the office for the duration of the Obama administration.
[5/6] Chemist Frances Arnold ( @francesarnold) and planetary scientist Maria Zuber ( @maria_zuber) will co-chair the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, an external advisory group.
[6/6] Biden also announced today that he will retain Francis Collins as @NIH director, a role he was first appointed to by President Obama in 2009.
