Joe Biden names scientific advisers and seeks to bring Eric Lander into cabinet

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Source: The Guardian

Joe Biden has named the geneticist Eric Lander as his top scientific adviser and will elevate the position to the cabinet for the first time, a move meant to indicate a decisive break from Donald Trump’s treatment of science.

The US president-elect vowed that “science will always be at the forefront of my administration” as he unveiled a science team headed by Lander as the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed by the Senate, he will sit in Biden’s cabinet.

A mathematician turned molecular biologist, Lander will be the first biologist in the role and would be the first in the cabinet.

A high-profile figure, he co-led the Human Genome Project and, since 2003, has headed the Broad Institute, which works on genome sequencing. He is a former adviser to former president Barack Obama, whose former top science official John Holdren said the “science polymath” was a “fabulous choice” to advise Biden.

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1. Joe Biden, "We will be guided by truth and science and believe in both."

Grown ups!

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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will introduce key members of their White House science team on Saturday afternoon at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, according to the transition team.
Joe Biden wearing a suit and tie: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks on the coronavirus pandemic during a campaign event in September 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Eric Lander is Biden's nominee for director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and will serve as a presidential science adviser. Biden is elevating the role of presidential science adviser to be a member of the Cabinet for the first time.

Biden will introduce Alondra Nelson as the OSTP deputy director for science and society. He has also chosen Maria Zuber and Frances H. Arnold to serve as co-chairs of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. Kei Koizumi will be OSTP chief of staff, while Narda Jones will serve as OSTP legislative affairs director.

Dr. Francis Collins will stay on as director of the National Institutes of Health.

"Science will always be at the forefront of my administration — and these world-renowned scientists will ensure everything we do is grounded in science, facts, and the truth," Biden said in a statement.

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2. It's refreshing to have qualified people in the

cabinet and not grifters and other criminals.

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3. I might have miss heard it but I think one of his appointees is head of a genome project that ....

... combines Harvard and M.I.T.. Is that all? Do I need to add this?

BTW you can tell how much Joe enjoys being around smart people.

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4. Joe was very excited to name these scientists

Science will return to our government. trump was too stupid to understand science

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5. +++ agree. nt

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6. yes

OUTSTANDING

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7. If John Holdren thinks this guy is great, he must be great!

Another good pick for getting science and reality back into the White House and Cabinet.

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8. I watched a class taught by Lander. He is a super great science explainer

The only better science explainer I ever saw was Richard Feynman. I think Lander can be extremely useful in getting people to understand important scientific facts. Many understand science. But Lander can explain it in a way everyone can understand.