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2017 Research Festival: The Brain, Inflammation, Cancer, and More

The annual Research Festival is about the science we do at NIH as well as about the people who do that science. People from across NIH meet each other, get new ideas, talk about their research, and hear about other people’s work so collaborations can start.

2017 Research Festival: Plenary Sessions

The three plenary sessions featured the BRAIN initiative, inflammatory diseases, and the Cancer Moonshot.

2017 Research Festival: Selected Concurrent Symposia

Featuring cell-based therapies; genotyping and phenotyping; neuroscience and compulsive disorders; single-cell analysis; microbiome as primer of immune system.

Gisela Storz, Ph.D.: Discovering Big Secrets in Small Genes

BY JENNIFER PATTERSON-WEST, NIDDK

Her colleagues laughed at her “crazy idea” when she was a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1980s. Gisela Storz had predicted that a single protein (OxyR) could sense a destructive oxidant, hydrogen peroxide, bind to DNA, and turn on genes that would neutralize the threat. But Storz has gotten the last laugh. Turns out that her hypothesis was correct.

Newest Lasker Clinical Research Scholar: Anish Thomas, M.D.

BY LAURA STEPHENSON CARTER

Meet the newest NIH Lasker Clinical Research Scholar: Anish Thomas whose clinical research focuses on small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), one of the most aggressive human cancers.

Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Alleviate Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy

BY MOLLY H. FREIMUTH, CC

With motors, sensors, and electronic-technology-powered braces wrapped around their legs, several pediatric patients participating in a Rehabilitation Medicine clinical trial looked like characters from the Iron Man or Transformers movies–and more importantly, they felt like the superheroes they resembled.

Insights from Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

Rising Stress: Causes and Remedies

BY SUSAN CHACKO, CIT

Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (2014-2017) visited NIH on September 7, 2017, to talk about the public health consequences of stress in America.

History of the National Library of Medicine

A Photographic Recollection

BY ALIA SAJANI, NIAID

There have been many books and articles documenting the history of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The latest one—Images of America: US National Library of Medicine (Arcadia Publishing)—draws on the stories of the people who have worked there and helped to shape its 180 years of service to the nation and the world.