The Directors of Biotron Limited announced the appointment of Professor Stephen Locarnini as a Director of the Company. Professor Locarnini, BSc(Hons), PhD, MBBS, FRC(Path), is currently a director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Reference Laboratory for Hepatitis B and D. His current major research interests include viral hepatitis, hepatitis vaccines and antiviral chemotherapy with an emphasis on the basic virology of the various agents of hepatitis, the molecular pathogenesis of hepatitis, as well as prevention and public health control measures.