Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 SIMB election for board of directors. The new board members will begin their terms of office with the annual business meeting to be held Wednesday, August 15, during the SIMB Annual Meeting at the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC

President-Elect:
Leonard Katz, Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, University of California

Secretary:
Robert Donofrio, NSF International

Director:
Jonathan Mielenz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Many thanks to all of the nominees for their support of SIMB.