The NIH Catalyst Newsletter | NIH Intramural Research Program

Calling All Creators and Innovators to the BETA Center Makerspace

Looking to build a camera mount, a mouse maze, or a custom polymerase chain reaction rack—or just want an excuse to use a laser cutter? The NIH has you covered.

From ToxPipe to FAIRkit

NIH-built AI chatbots are helping scientists sift through mountains of data, ensure Section 508 compliance on webpages, and even book travel for your next conference!

From the Deputy Director for Intramural Research

DDIR Nina Schor writes about a new requirement that all NIH-funded research appearing in scientific journals must be made freely and publicly accessible as soon as it is published.

The Reservoir Within: How Nitrate Secures Our Nitric Oxide Supply

Read about an NIH team of researchers that did not stop at NO.

Catalytic Research

Read about scientific advances and discoveries by NIH intramural scientists.

News You Can Use

How do we come to know what causes cancer? A new handbook explains the rigorous and transparent processes used to assess substances for inclusion in the Report on Carcinogens.

WSA Hosts Annual Anita B. Roberts Lecture

Kelly Ten Hagen’s legacy of scientific discovery, mentorship, and advocacy is on tap at the annual Anita B. Roberts Lecture.

The annual Margaret Pittman Lecture, part of the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS), featured a talk by Carolyn Bertozzi titled “Bio-orthogonal Chemistry: The Journey from Basic Science to Clinical Translation.”

Colleagues: Recently Tenured

Meet your recently tenured colleagues: Eli Boritz, NIAID-VRC; Maria Constanza Camargo, NCI-DCEG; Natasha Caplen, NCI-CCR; Peter Grayson, NIAMS; Katherine McJunkin, NIDDK; Richard Scheuermann, NLM; and Joshua Tan, NIAID

The SIG Beat

The NIH Intramural Research Program has created three new Scientific Interest Groups (SIGs): the Rare Endocrine Tumors Scientific Interest Group, the Sarcoma Interest Group, and the Veterinary Medicine Interest Group.