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From the Deputy Director for Intramural Research

What Is Leadership? (I'm Glad You Asked)

Being a leader is not something one learns to do overnight; nor is it something that only comes with a high rank and an official title. Leadership is a philosophy, a way of life, and a method through which one mentors and inspires people, shapes and develops complex programs, and implements a vision for a project or organization.

The Training Page

From the Fellows Committee

NIH’s National Library of Medicine Offers a Wealth of Resources

The NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM) boasts a multitude of products and services and a globally admired collection spanning ten centuries, reflecting remarkable depth and breadth. These resources and collections are available to researchers, healthcare professionals, librarians, publishers, and the public. What you might not know, however, is that the NLM has many offerings that are curated to serve the intramural research community at NIH.

News Brief

NIH Selects Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting NIH Director, has named Jeanne M. Marrazzo as Director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Marrazzo is currently Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, Alabama) and is expected to begin her role as NIAID Director in the fall.

Technology Transfer

Making the Transfer from Bench to Bedside a Reality

The NIH Catalyst is commemorating 30 years of publishing with a series of updates to past coverage. In this issue, we highlight the exceptional evolution of technology transfer at NIH and celebrate how brilliant ideas can be translated to clinical breakthroughs.

Colleagues: Recently Tenured

Meet your recently tenured colleagues: Shanshan Zhao (NIEHS), Jinwei Zhang (NIDDK), and Katherine L. Grantz (NICHD).

What We’re Reading

Articles That Capture the NIH’s Role in History or Society

Research Briefs

Read about scientific advances and discoveries by NIH intramural scientists: weaker immune response in children with mitochondrial disorders; tumor cell’s location and environment affect its identity; primitive sea creature provides clues to aging and healing; proteins in plasma portend risk of dementia; women treated for breast cancer may age faster; cells preparing for mitosis can reverse their decision to divide.

Announcements

News about lectures, symposia, and more.

Photographic Moment

NIH Zebrafish Research Included in U.S. Postal Service’s “Life Magnified” Stamps

A microscopy image created by NIH researchers is part of the “Life Magnified” stamp panel issued on August 10 by the United States Postal Service.