I am pleased to join UC Davis and the Genome Center as the new director. First, a big thank you to Richard Michelmore for his many years of outstanding service to the Genome Center, stretching back to its founding. He and his lab members have also been helpful and accommodating to me and my lab members as we’ve moved into the Center and gotten settled. And what a move it has been! You might not have seen as much of me as you might want or expect, but that’s because there are so many tasks to check off the list, ranging from unpacking to new employee matters (for me), to our settling our home (how do you register a new, out-of-state, leased vehicle in California?), to authorizing a new lab on campus, and to even figuring out exactly what the day-to-day of my new job entails. I am thrilled to be back in Davis – it is my third time moving here, as I was at UC Davis both for graduate school and my second postdoc. I look forward to getting to know everyone at the Genome Center, and to building my network across campus so that I can promote the exciting science and technologies of the Genome Center, and continue to grow its impact. | 
