The 12th EMBL Alumni Association board meeting on Monday 3rd November was the last to be attended by Angus Lamond, Chair of the Association since 2002. Angus welcomed newly elected board members and provided guidelines in selecting the next Chair and Deputy.

After the meeting, board members voted by e-mail for Giulio Superti-Furga as Chair and Niovi Santama as Deputy. Angus was delighted with this news and congratulated Giulio and Niovi, wishing them and the board good luck in taking the Alumni Association forward in future: “It was a privilege for me to have had the opportunity to work with the Alumni Association and many thanks again to everyone who helped with all of our activities over the past years,” he wrote.