(JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Eric Lander, a geneticist and professor at MIT and Harvard, as presidential science adviser and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Several women who worked with Lander complained that he had demeaned them. (JTA) — Eric Lander, the Jewish geneticist who served as President Joe Biden’s top science advisor and head of the ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Update (February 7): Eric Lander announced his resignation from his post as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Monday night, ...

First of all, we're all familiar with this thing. This shape is very familiar. Lander: Double helix, yes. Krulwich: Double helix. First of all, this is my version of a DNA molecule, but I'm just ...

Lander got a boost from his first round of matching funds, receiving $2.9 million after raising $1.1 million from donors. That gave him $3.2 million cash on hand as of Jan. 11, when the latest ...

There seems a huge gap between identifying a gene implicated in a disease and actually finding a way to prevent or treat that disease. Is this an efficient model for drug discovery? Absolutely ...

NEW YORK — The Campaign Finance Board awarded City Comptroller Brad Lander just under $3 million ... decision to run against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and rectified an embarrassing ...