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Dr. Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Jan. 16, 2021. A White House review found credible evidence that Lander, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and science adviser to President Joe Biden, bullied staffers and treated them disrespectfully, in violation of its “Safe and Respectful Workplace Policy,&quot; but the administration plans to keep him on the job after giving him counseling. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

White House: Top scientist mistreated staff, apologizes

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Dr. Eric Lander, listens as President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Biden not firing science advisor after ‘inappropriate’ behavior

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Dr. Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Jan. 16, 2021. A White House review found credible evidence that Lander, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and science adviser to President Joe Biden, bullied staffers and treated them disrespectfully, in violation of its “Safe and Respectful Workplace Policy,&quot; but the administration plans to keep him on the job after giving him counseling. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

White House science adviser resigns after internal probe finds demeaning behavior

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 16, 2021 file photo, Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ** FILE **

Science chief wants next pandemic vaccine ready in 100 days

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden, right, listens as his nominee for the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and adviser on science Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Biden says his advisers will lead with ‘science and truth’

By BILL BARROW and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2010, file photo, Eric Steven Lander, head of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, gestures as he delivers a speech during the forum Mexico XXI Century, organized by the Telmex Foundation, in Mexico City. President-elect Joe Biden picked a pioneering geneticist to be his science advisor and elevated the job to his Cabinet. Friday's announcement of Lander won wide praise (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz, File)

Biden picks geneticist as science adviser, puts in Cabinet

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press