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From the Deputy Director for Intramural Research

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Conduct of Research in NIH’s Intramural Program

BY MICHAEL GOTTESMAN, DDIR

New Methods

OSIRIS Prolonging Life

Homegrown Forensics

BY KATHRYN MCKAY, NLM

A software tool named after the god of the dead in Egyptian mythology and that began as a way to identify the dead is now, ironically, helping to prolong life.

NIDDK scientist Alan Schechter. who's been at NIH for 50 years, has trained a number of postdocs who have gone on to have successful careers. Here's a few of them and what they had to say about their beloved mentor.

Colleagues: Recently Tenured

Meet your recently tenured colleagues: Charles Bradberry (NIDA); Jennifer Lee (NHLBI); Matthias Machner (NICHD); Helen Su (NIAID); Carmen Williams (pictured, NIEHS)

News Briefs

New institute directors: Joshua Gordon (pictured) at NIMH and Diana Bianchi at NICHD; changes at the NIH Clinical Center

The Training Page

Lasker Lessons in Leadership

Experts Advise Graduate Students Not to Try to Lead Too Soon

BY LAURA STEPHENSON CARTER

“I never intended to be running an academic hospital and research institute like Sloan Kettering,” said Craig Thompson, who has been the president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York since 2010. Thompson was one of several professionals sharing leadership secrets with NIH graduate students during the Lasker Lessons in Leadership Program.

Research Briefs

Intramural research highlights: Promising news for Zika vaccine; genetic mutation leads to loss of motor function; new potential treatment for Gaucher and Parkinson diseases; high concentrations of acetaminophen associated with decreased male fertility; new principle in chemotherapy resistance; new medication shows promise against liver fibrosis; how cell-signaling molecules regulate the mammary genome; and new standardized guidelines for brown-fat research.

From the Annals of NIH History

It Came from Beneath the Dental Chair

BY ALANNA NATANSON, OFFICE OF NIH HISTORY

If someone thought a visit to the dentist was torture, one glance at this corkscrew-like wisdom-tooth extractor would likely confirm those fears.

The SIG Beat

NEWS FROM AND ABOUT THE SCIENTIC INTEREST GROUPS

Learn about the Pancreatic Cancer Scientific Interest Group and the Special Populations Research Forum.

Announcements: Kudos

NIAAA Director Receives French Legion of Honor

BY JOHN BOWERSOX, NIAAA

George F. Koob, recognized as one of the founders of the field of addiction research, became a Knight of the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his leadership in developing scientific collaborations between France and the United States.

Announcements

Vounteers needed for special panel on research-misconduct inquiries; sign up for the Clinical Center focus groups; don't miss the NIH Research Festival (Sept 14-16); WALS starts on September 21; History of Medicine Lectures; Minerals in Medicine Exhibition at the Clinical Center; and more.