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David Stewart has an extensive background in genetics, biochemistry, organic chemistry, and biotechnology. Before he joined the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory staff, he worked for eight years at Cambridge University and then at a small, private company in the UK on developing affinity methods for purifying proteins on a small and large scale. He also has used rational drug-design techniques to develop synthetic ligands that interact specifically with proteins of commercial interest. He currently serves as the executive director of Meetings and Courses at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he orchestrates at least 25 scientific meetings and 26 post-graduate level residential laboratory/lecture courses each year. In recent years, his interests have focused on the dissemination and exchange of scientific ideas and techniques and on the increasing impact of electronic communications in these areas. He also continues to develop an international program in Europe and Asia that builds on the strengths of the Laboratory’s existing education program.