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Executive Director leaves INCF Secretariat January 2009
Message from the INCF Governing Board: The board is profoundly impressed by the way in which Jan Bjaalie has successfully built up the operations of the INCF since the beginning in 2006. Jan Bjaalie has informed the board that he will leave his position in January 2009 to pursue new challenges as Head of the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Oslo. The search for a successor has been initiated by the INCF Search Committee and the position is now advertised in major scientific media, including Nature and Science.
Professor Jan Bjaalie took up the position as INCF Executive Director in September 2006 and has been in charge of the establishment of the new Secretariat at Karolinska Institutet. He will continue in a full time position as Executive Director throughout 2008 and continue to be a consultant for the INCF in 2009.
“It is not an easy decision to leave this unique position with its many interesting opportunities for the future development of neuroinformatics and a promising momentum created together with our global network. But the new organization is now stable and productive and I feel confident in passing the torch on” says Jan Bjaalie.
Sten Grillner, Chair of the Governing Board
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