I received an email from Dr. Eric Lander today about his appointment as co-chair to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology today. Then I noticed it on CNN as well. As an employee at the Broad Institute, I’m both thrilled and proud of his achievement. I still remember one of the first “Broad 101″ lectures I attended – and I had not met Dr. Lander yet. I kept thinking, ‘who is this strange guy asking all these questions?’ I’ve learned a lot from those questions and I’m thankful to him, his questions, and the poor presenters who tried to answer them.