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But Cambridge bioscientist will face multiple issues as CEO of funder
Ottoline Leyser, newly announced as the second ever head of UK Research and Innovation, has a sterling scientific career to draw on as she leads the huge government funding agency.Her appointment has been welcomed by policy watchers, but they have also cautioned that leading UKRI through the coronavirus response is just one of the challenges awaiting the eminent plant biologist when she takes the reins in June.
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