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BIO5 Director Vicki Chandler Tapped for Major Opportunity to Direct Philanthropic Funds for Transformative Science

Dr. Vicki Chandler
A unique opportunity to direct philanthropic funding toward transformative scientific research has BIO5 Director Vicki L. Chandler on her way to the San Francisco Bay area next year. She has been tapped for the position of Chief Program Officer, Science for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Her work there begins Feb. 17, 2009.

Chandler will step down as director of the BIO5 Institute, but she will continue to devote about 20 percent of her time on her research program at The University of Arizona, including her involvement in the iPlant Collaborative, a project administered by BIO5 and funded through a $50 million grant from the National Science Foundation. ... ( Read more )