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Science 11 May 2001:
Vol. 292. no. 5519, p. 1039
DOI: 10.1126/science.292.5519.1039b
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France's science ministry has chosen a new research director. The government last week named Ketty Schwartz, a geneticist who specializes in the molecular biology of heart diseases, to replace geophysicist Vincent Courtillot, who is returning to his Paris laboratory (Science, 5 January, p. 27).

Schwartz told Science that it is "too early" to outline her agenda. But the appointment of a biomedical scientist, she says, is in line with the "accent and priority" that research minister Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg has put on beefing up life sciences research. Courtillot says that Schwartz's biggest challenges will include boosting research at universities--which lag behind France's public research agencies--and increasing the number of scholarships for doctoral students.

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