Dr Reno Pontarollo

Dr Reno Pontarollo has been appointed president and CEO of Genome Prairie, succeeding Dr David Gauthier effective April 1st. Pontarollo, who is currently Genome Prairie's chief scientific officer, will work will Gauthier over the next two months developing the organization's long-term strategy. Prior to joining Genome Prairie in 2005, Pontarollo was research director for Pyxis Genomics leading a research program on innate immunity. He holds a PhD in veterinary microbiology from the Univ of Saskatchewan and an MBA from Athabasca Univ. Gauthier remains on Genome Prairie's board of directors….