Andrew Leach, formerly global head of biomolecular sciences at GlaxoSmithKline Plc, is to join the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) as head of chemistry services. Dr Leach, who holds a PhD in chemistry from Oxford University, spent more than two decades at GSK during which time he also was a trustee of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre and editor of the Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. He will take up his new post on 1 September and be based at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
The appointment was announced on 10 March 2016.
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