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Update (December 22): Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn will step down as president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies following a spate of lawsuits against the center for gender discrimination and accusations that Blackburn has not done enough to implement changes, Science reports. “Being named to lead the Salk Institute unquestionably has been an honor of my life and this decision did not come without a great deal of thought,” Blackburn says in a statement. “At this stage in my career and life, I’ve concluded that my energies will be best devoted to wider issues of science policy and ethics—issues in which I have had a deep and longstanding interest—and spent advocating for measures I feel are critical to supporting ongoing scientific research and discovery ...
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