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The NIH Catalyst: A Publication About NIH Intramural Research

National Institutes of Health • Office of the Director | Volume 23 Issue 4 • July–August 2015

Departments

From the Deputy Director for Intramural Research

Long-term Planning at the NIH: The End of the Beginning

BY MICHAEL GOTTESMAN, DDIR

Two years ago, the NIH intramural program began the long process of long-term planning, with a 5-10 year event horizon. This activity was driven by the reality of a 30 percent decline in the purchasing power of intramural funds over the past 10 years, a change in the way in which we conduct science, the need for much more workforce diversity, and a need to provide appropriate funds to maintain the NIH Clinical Center as the preeminent clinical research facility in the world.

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Colleagues: Recently Tenured

Meet your recently tenured colleagues, several of whom have leadership positions in other institutes: Philip Bourne (NLM-NCBI and OD), pictured; George Koob (NIDA and NIAAA); Xiaoling Li (NIEHS); Jon Lorsch (NICHD and NIGMS); Hannah Valantine (NHLBI and OD).

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New Methods

“Voicing My Choices”: Terminally Ill Teens and Young Adults Express Their Wishes

BY LIAM EMMART, SPECIAL VOLUNTEER

More than 11,000 adolescents and young adults (15 to 34 years old) die each year from cancer and other terminal illnesses. But they usually are not involved in planning their own end-of-life care. Decisions are often left up to grief-stricken parents who have no idea what their children want. And the adolescents and young adults are afraid of hurting their parents, so they may refrain from expressing their wishes.

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Photographic Moment

From Biospecimens to Hard Hats

The team of Diane Poole (NCI) and Amanda Vandeveer (NCI) won first and second places in the fourth annual “In-Focus Safe Workplaces for All” photography contest. First place honored their photo depicting a scientist making a careful inventory of biospecimens (shown); second place went to their photograph of a crew of workers demonstrating hard-hat safety. Dale Lewis (NCI) took third place with his photo of a fireman wearing safety gear.

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Research Briefs

NIH research highlights: zebrafish role in accelerating the discovery of disease genes in humans; appetite-regulating neural pathway identified; alcohol-use disorder on the rise; potential biomarker for predicting treatment response in vasculitis patients, unraveling the mystery of the tubulin code (shown); and potential treatment for melanoma.

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News You Can Use

NEW SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDELINES

There’s Much You Can Do

BY THE NIH CATALYST EDITORS

You may know that federal workers are allowed to have personal social-media accounts. But you may not realize that activities associated with your personal account have to comply with certain guidelines. Here's what you need to know.

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News Briefs

Building 4 was dedicated recently to honor former U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker Jr.; Alan Alda of M*A*S*H fame uses improvisational theater games to coach scientists on how to become better at communicating about their work.

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The Training Page

FROM THE OFFICE OF INTRAMURAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION

2015 Career Symposium

BY REBECCA MESEROLL, NIDDK

There is no such thing as an “alternative career,” a term that is sometimes applied in a derogatory way to any career outside of academia, Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) Director Sharon Milgram reminded the audience that had gathered for the eighth annual NIH Career Symposium on May 15.

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The SIG Beat

NEWS FROM AND ABOUT THE NIH SCIENTIFIC INTEREST GROUPS

Read about three new SIGs—Extracellular Vesicles, Hispanic Health Research, and Inflammatory Disease—and the Natural Products SIG’s summary of lecture by German researcher Ruth Brack-Werner (pictured) on natural products as weapons against lethal viruses.

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