Announcements

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.

SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE DIVERSITY SEMINAR SERIES
How Does Diversity Impact Innovation in Team Science?

• Wednesday, March 13, 10:30 a.m. to noon
• Register on Zoom: https://nih.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/2717056879150/WN_ZbP6RiG_Q6qdh6uVEVHC2w#/registration

This seminar will be held in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation and will offer perspectives on diversity in team science-related data findings from the United States and the United Kingdom. The panelists will describe approaches to improve training, foster inclusive teamwork, and impact leadership in the scientific workforce and the outcomes of this work. 

NIH LABORATORY MANAGERS WORKING GROUP WEBINAR SERIES

NIH FreeStuff Website Demonstration

• Thursday, March 14, 12–1 p.m.
• Virtual at this Teams meeting link.

Government Scientific Source, Qiagen and Agilent

• Thursday, March 28, 12-1 p.m.

• Virtual at this Teams meeting link.

NIH FELLOWS AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (FARE) COMPETITION

The competition is open and currently accepting applications.

• Deadline: Friday, March 15, by noon

• Scientists, clinicians, tenure-track and tenured scientists, and clinicians may register to participate as a judge of abstracts. Register online at http://www2.training.nih.gov/transfer/FAREJudgeRegistration
• Trainees may submit an abstract to FARE online at https://www2.training.nih.gov/transfer/fareapp

FARE recognizes outstanding scientific research by intramural NIH fellows and graduate students, and the winners receive a $1,500 travel award to be used for travel to a scientific meeting during the 2025 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2024 through Sept. 30, 2025). Please check with your training director (the money from FARE comes from your IC, not centrally).

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) unless noted otherwise, and broadcast via NIH VideoCast.

March events

March 13: Generative Biology: Learning to Program Cellular Machines, Wendell Lim, University of California, San Francisco

March 19, *Tuesday: J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture: The Promises and Perils of AI in Biomedical Research and Health Care Delivery, Vint Cerf, Google
(This is a ticketed event.)

March 20: You Contain Multitudes: Somatic Mutation and Genomic Diversity in Human Brain, Christopher A. Walsh, Harvard Medical School

March 21, *Thursday: Transposons, a Selfish Friend in Mammalian Preimplantation Development, Lin He, University of California, Berkeley

April Events

April 3: NIH Director’s Lecture: Dynamic Interplay of Circadian Rhythms and Sleep on Health, Phyllis C. Zee, Northwestern University

April 15, *Monday, Masur Auditorium*: NIH Director’s Lecture: The Future of CRISPR: What’s Ahead for Genome Editing, Jennifer A. Doudna, University of California, Berkely

April 17: Cardiovascular Disease Disparities in Rural America: Can This House of Cards Be Saved?, Debra Moser, University of Kentucky College of Nursing

April 24: Not Your Father’s Heart Disease: The 'Herstory' and the NHLBI WISE, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Cedars-Sinai

NIH CATALYST INTEREST MEETING

• Wednesday, April 3, 11:30 a.m.
• Building 10 in the FAES Student-Faculty Academic Center, classroom 1

The NIH Catalyst is seeking volunteer photographers and writers to join our team. If you are interested in science writing or photography and would like to learn more about working with the Catalyst, please join us for an informal, informational meeting.
All are welcome!

MINORITY HEALTH 5K WALK/RUN/ROLL

• Thursday, April 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the NIH Bethesda Campus
• Register online: https://forms.office.com/g/7ygV0ANUDs.

30TH ANNUAL NIH TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY AND EARTH DAY

• Thursday, April 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Preregistration opens March 12.
• For more information: https://takeyourchildtowork.nih.gov

2024 WSA SCHOLAR SYMPOSIUM

This event hosted by the Women Scientists Advisors will feature three FARE awardees: Chaido Stathopoulou, NCI; Jennifer Ish, NIEHS; and Jennifer Zink, NCI.

• Monday, April 29, 2–4 p.m.
• Zoom link: https://nih.zoomgov.com/j/1609806867?pwd=T1JNVTE4WUdVbXBMQXBTZWxTRFBZQT09