Gene D. Block (born 1948) is the current provost and Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia. On December 21, 2006 Block was named the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles. He will take office on or before August 1, 2007, succeeding acting chancellor Norman Abrams. Block, 58, is an accomplished biologist whose research is involved in the cellular basis of circadian rhythms. He received the A.B. from Stanford University in 1970, … Wikipedia
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