In 2021, Dianne Nicol retired from her positions as Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Genetics at the University of Tasmania in Australia. In the same year, she commenced her role as co-lead of the Regulatory and Ethics Work Stream of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health. She continues her involvement in academia as a Distinguished Professor Emerita. Dianne has a background in science as well as law, with a PhD in cell biology. She was elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2016 and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2020. She recently completed her tenure as Chair of the Australian Embryo Research Licensing Committee. Dianne’s current research focuses primarily on the regulation and governance of personalized medicine, genomic data sharing, stem cell technology, biobanking, genome editing and other emerging health technologies, together with commercialisation of biotechnology and patenting of biotechnological inventions.