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Obama taps WU biologist for science council

September 16, 2009 | Becca Krock

Biology professor Barbara Schaal is one of 18 leaders President Obama appointed to the newly convened President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The council has already delivered a report on the H1N1 virus. President Obama and his team selected Schaal, vice president of the National Academy of Sciences and the Mary-Dell Chilton [...]

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