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NIH Research Festival: Celebrating 30 Years

A Taste of NIH Intramural Research and More

BY NIH CATALYST WRITERS

A taste of NIH research. That’s what the Research Festival is all about. And for the past 30 years, the festival has provided a lively venue for intramural scientists to share their work with their peers.

NIH Research Festival: Concurrent Symposia

Highlights of the concurrent symposia on bench-to-bedside homeruns; microbiota; long-term effects of early exposure to environmental toxins; inflammation and chronic disease; precision medicine; and computational biology.

NIH Research Festival: Into the Future and Out of the Past

Festival Goers Discover More Than Scientific Lectures

BY LESLEY EARL, NCI

A Walk in the Future to Explore Virtual Reality and Innovative Technologies; A Walk in the Past to NLM's History of Medicine Collections

Medicine Rocks

“Minerals in Medicine” Exhibit at Clinical Center

The “Minerals in Medicine” exhibition, at the NIH Clinical Center, features crystals and minerals on loan from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit showcases more than 40 minerals that enable the creation of life-saving medicines and cutting-edge medical equipment used in health-care facilities worldwide.