Dr Pierre Coulombe has been appointed to the governing council of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Coulombe has a wide range of expertise in the public and private sectors. Currently a business strategy and financing consultant, he was president and CEO of Infectio Diagnostic Inc from 1996 to 2002. In the public sphere, he was president and CEO of the Centre de recherche industrielle du Quebec and assistant DM (technology) in the Quebec government from 1981 to 1988. He currently serves as a member of the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee and the Association for Investment Management Research....