Happy New Year, everyone! A new year often brings new ideas, new hope, and resolutions for turning over a new leaf. Newness augers change in so many dimensions, and change marks both opportunity and fear. How do we leverage the former and overcome the latter?
AstroKate Inspires Young Scientists During STEM Panel, NCATS Tour
NCATS landed NASA Astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins for an inspiring day of scientific career discussions and a firsthand look at NCATS’ earthbound and space-tested biotechnologies.
Read about scientific advances and discoveries by NIH intramural scientists: CAR T cells target solid tumors; CRISPR deletion scanning reveals protein function; stress influences social behavior; high-resolution thymic map added to Human Cell Atlas; and how living neurons and artificial intelligence systems filter input in similar ways.
A World of Clinical Regulatory Information at Your Fingertips
NIAID’s ClinRegs website is a free, online database designed to save intramural and other clinical research professionals time by providing a central resource for country-specific clinical research regulatory information.
Jacqueline Whang-Peng Visits Clinical Center Display Featuring Her Work
Jacqueline Jia-Kang Whang-Peng returned to the NIH this October to claim her slice of NIH history. Accompanied by family members, former colleagues, NIH scientists, and the curatorial staff of the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum, Whang-Peng visited a new display in the Clinical Center featuring her work and life.
Gary Felsenfeld (1929–2024), scientist emeritus in NIDDK’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology, displayed correspondence he received throughout his 62-year NIH career on his office door.
Congratulations to NIHers honored with Norman P. Salzman Memorial and Meritorious Presidential Rank Awards, the NIH Clinical Center for earning a Magnet with Distinction recognition, and Parinaz Fathi who was selected for the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 North America List.