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Rod Dykehouse, CIO for UCLA Medical Sciences, has been named the 2008 chair of CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives). Elected by CHIME's board of trustees, Dykehouse took on the role after the resignation of the previous chair, Ron Strachan.... Chandrashekhar Khare, professor of mathematics, was awarded the prestigious 2007 Fermat Prize for his proof of Serre's modularity conjecture in number theory, in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Wintenberger. The Fermat Prize rewards research in fields where the contributions of Pierre de Fermat have been decisive, including number theory and analytical geometry.... Edward R.B. McCabe, a professor of pediatrics, human genetics and bioengineering, has been elected president of the American Society of Human Genetics. His term will include serving as president-elect this year and as president in 2009, followed by two years on the board of directors. McCabe is physician-in-chief of Mattel Children's Hospital and is the Mattel Endowed Executive Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine. He also founded the Center for Society and Genetics.... The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1-million Major Research Instrumentation grant to the Advanced Light Microscopy core laboratory at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.