| | FOCUS | April 6, 2007 | LEADERSHIP: Van Vactor Named Head of BBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | David Van Vactor, HMS professor of cell biology, has been named the new head of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences graduate program at HMS, effective immediately. |
 | | He replaces Robert Kingston, HMS professor of genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital, who has completed his service as head of the program. |
 | | Kingston headed the program for three years and has played a leading role in the study of the way chromosomal proteins control and maintain stable patterns of gene activity. |
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