Announcements
NIH INDUSTRY DAY 2024
- Thursday, Jan. 18, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Virtual event, register by Jan. 8
- Website: https://web.cvent.com/event/0d77ff52-0b22-4bcf-ad27-4b8e5a72ccb4/summary
NIH is holding its first conference designed to encourage greater public-private collaboration. This conference is an opportunity to learn about the NIH’s laboratories carrying out cutting edge research.
The 2024 scientific conference will focus on six subject areas:
- Vaccines
- Therapeutics (including gene therapy)
- Novel target identification/validation
- Drug repurposing
- Diagnostics
- Biomarkers
Registration is required by Monday, Jan. 8. The event is virtual only.
2023-2024 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LECTURE SERIES (WALS)
- Most Wednesdays through June; 2–3 p.m.
- VideoCast: https://videocast.nih.gov
- WALS website: https://oir.nih.gov/wals
- Join the WALS mailing list: https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=WALS&A=1
The NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) is the highest-profile lecture program at the NIH.
All lectures are held in Lipsett Amphitheater (Building 10) and broadcast via NIH VideoCast.
January Events:
Jan. 10: Neuron-Glial Interactions Health and Disease: From Cognition to Cancer; Michelle Monje, Stanford University **Virtual only** https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=51182
Jan. 17: NIH Director’s Lecture. Reducing Firearm Violence: A Public Health Approach; David Hemenway, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jan. 31: Leveraging Genetics and Cell Signaling to Decipher Disorders of Excitability; Richard Tsien, New York University
February Events:
Feb. 7: Prioritizing Genetics to Reduce Existing Health Disparities; Nancy J. Cox, Vanderbilt University
Feb. 14: The Structure and Mechanism of Cell Surface Signalling Complexes; E. Yvonne Jones, University of Oxford
Feb. 21: Tale of Two Cities: Disease Based Research or Geroscience?; Laura Niedernhofer, University of Minnesota
Feb. 28: Rolla E. Dyer Lecture. Influenza Pathogenesis and Therapeutics in Vulnerable Populations; Stacey Shultz-Cherry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2024 DEMYSTIFYING MEDICINE LECTURE SERIES
- Tuesdays, Jan. 9 through May 7, 4–6 p.m.
- In person and VideoCast live at https://videocast.nih.gov/
- To sign up and for more information, go to https://demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov/
The Demystifying Medicine Series, now in its 22nd year, is jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, and includes presentations on pathology, diagnosis, and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research.
Primarily directed toward Ph.D. students, clinicians and program managers, this series is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases. Each session includes clinical and basic science components presented by NIH staff and invitees. All students, trainees, fellows, and staff are welcome to participate.
January Events
Jan. 9: “Primary Immunodeficiency: Mechanism and Management” Jennifer Puck (UCSF) and Luigi Notarangelo (NIAID)
Jan. 16: “Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: An Update” Anthony Fauci (Georgetown University) and Atul Gawande (USAID)
Jan. 23: “Progeria: A Genetic and Therapeutic Adventure” Francis Collins (NHGRI) and Leslie Gordon (Brown University)
Jan. 30: “The Prospect of Precision Medicine for All of Us” Joshua Denny (All of Us Research Program) and Leslie Biesecker (NHGRI)
February Events
Feb. 6: “Drug Resistance: Mechanisms and Progress in Infection and Cancer” Michael Gottesman (NCI) and John Dekker (NIAID)
Feb. 13: “Hepatitis D and E: New challenges and Progress” Theo Heller (NIDDK) and Marc Ghani (NIDDK)
Feb. 20 “Sickle Cell Anemia: A Global Perspective” Ambroise Wonkam (Johns Hopkins University) and Courtney Fitzhugh (NHLBI)
Feb. 27 “Global Warming and Human Adaptation” Gabriel Vecchi (Princeton University) and Michael Sawka (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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