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Stephen Kingsmore Joins the National Center for Genome Resources as President SANTA FE, N.M. --(Business Wire)-- May 4, 2004 -- The National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) today announced the appointment of Stephen F. Kingsmore as president.Kingsmore is a physician-scientist with significant experience in senior leadership roles in the biotechnology industry. Kingsmore's previous roles included chief operating officer of Molecular Staging Inc. and vice president of Research of CuraGen Corp., both of New Haven, Conn. Prior to that, he was assistant professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he positionally cloned five disease genes and published more than 70 peer-reviewed research papers. Kingsmore received a B.Sc. in medical microbiology with first class honors and graduated in medicine (M.B., Ch.B., B.A.O.) from the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He completed internship and residency in internal medicine, and a fellowship in rheumatology, at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. "We are delighted that Dr. Kingsmore has accepted our invitation to join NCGR in the role of president," said Dr. Miguel Rios, chairman of NCGR's board of directors and chief executive officer, ORION International Technologies Inc., Albuquerque, N.M. "Stephen's experience at the forefront of applications of novel biotechnologies to genomics, drug discovery and diagnostic development will be invaluable as we expand and leverage our leadership positions in translational, collaborative and computational research in human health and nutrition." Founded in 1994, NCGR is a non-profit research institute dedicated to translating research at intersections between bioscience, computing and mathematics into improvements in global health, and nutrition, and abolition of infectious disease. NCGR addresses the growing need to integrate and analyze research results generated at different locations, different times, and with disparate technologies by provision of integrated, Internet-based biological information resources and development of innovative bioscience software. Additional information about the National Center for Genome Resources can be found at www.ncgr.org. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |
