Welcome to Theral’s Picks, a regular newsletter covering a few current news items in the world of biology and biotech. Here goes: Illumina will have a new face at the helm. Jacob Thaysen, former senior Vice President at Agilent Technologies and President of its Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group will be the new CEO of Illumina. At 48, he leads a company now celebrating 25 years of stunning success but showing signs of its age.