EBICS External Advisory Committee member Mahendra S. Rao has been appointed director of the NIH Intramural Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH-CRM), a new center that will focus on stem cell technologies for use in therapeutics and serve as a resource for materials and protocols to develop stem cell technologies. The center will be administered by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Rao has worked in the stem cell field for more than two decades, with stints in academia, government affairs and industry.