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COVID-19 and Brexit disruption offer chance to build stronger system, says new U.K. research funding head
Cathleen O’GradyOn 29 June, Ottoline Leyser, a plant biologist from the University of Cambridge, started her new role as the director of the United Kingdom's main research funding agency, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). She is only the second director of the young agency; her predecessor, Mark Walport, oversaw the union of discipline-specific research councils into UKRI in 2018.Leyser steps into the job at a turbulent time.