Dr Gerhard Gerber, McMaster Univ's VP research and international affairs, has announced that he does not intend to renew his five-year term when it expires at the end of June 2001. The university has struck a search committee to secure a replacement. Gerber has not announced what he intends to do once he has left McMaster. The VP research and international affairs position also oversees the Office of Research Services, Office of Research Contracts and Intellectual Properties and Office of International Affairs....