Catalytic Events
Don’t Miss the 2025 NIH Research Festival!
When: September 9–12
Where: NIH Bethesda Main Campus, Bldg. 10, Clinical Center
The annual NIH Research Festival, which highlights the work of the Intramural Research Program, will be held September 9–12, in Building 10 (the Clinical Center) on the Bethesda campus. View the NIH Research Festival agenda.
Highlights include:
Tuesday, Sept. 9 — four poster sessions through the course of the day on the FAES Terrace; morning lectures from Paule Joseph (NIAAA) and from Independent Research Scholars, and afternoon lectures from Staff Clinicians; and a multitude of tables highlighting NIH research services
Wednesday, Sept. 10 — the Victoria A. Harden Lecture in NIH History, by John Burklow; Anita B. Roberts Lecture, by Kelly Ten Hagen (NIDCR); FAES Dedication Lecture, by Elias Zerhouni, former NIH Director; and the G. Burroughs Mider Lecture, by Gisela Storz (NICHD); all lectures are in the Lipsett Amphitheater.
All week — NIH workshops will be held throughout Tuesday and Wednesday of the Festival in the FAES Classrooms and in the NIH Library. Biomedical vendors and vendor workshops also will be held Thursday and Friday.
Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) Kicks Off 2025–2026 Season
Join your colleagues each Wednesday afternoon in Lipsett Amphitheater in Building 10 for the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS).
Download the WALS 2025–2026 Calendar.
The first WALS presentation of the new season will be delivered by Gisela Storz (NICHD). Her talk, titled “A New Universe of Regulatory Microproteins,” is September 10, 3–4 p.m. The event will be held in the Lipsett Amphitheater and online via VideoCast.
Learn more about this season’s speakers at https://oir.nih.gov/wals.
CME credit available.
NINR: 40th Anniversary Scientific Symposium
When: September 17, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
Where: Masur Auditorium, Building 10
NINR’s 40th Anniversary Scientific Symposium celebrates four decades of excellence in nursing research and marks an important milestone in NINR’s history: The establishment in 1985 of the National Center for Nursing Research at NIH. The event will showcase scientific discoveries of innovative systems and models of care, breakthroughs in disease prevention and health promotion, and advances in population and community health that tackle the everyday challenges that matter most to people and their health.
CCDI Hosts Annual Symposium
“Collaborate. Innovate. Transform” is the theme of this year's Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) annual symposium
When: Monday, October 6, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Natcher Conference Center (Building 45) and on VideoCast
View the agenda or register to attend.
Agenda highlights include:
- Status of the Molecular Characterization Initiative (MCI)
- Impact of MCI findings on clinical trials and new therapeutic target discovery
- Updates on Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certification of solid tumor methylation classifiers
- Highlights from CCDI and other collaborative NCI childhood cancer research programs
- CCDI-funded data use project updates
- Ensuring molecular diagnostics in childhood cancer as part of standard of care
- Leveraging big data and real-world evidence in childhood cancer research
- Engaging industry, regulators, and advocates to drive transformation
Learn more about CCDI in this issue of the NIH Catalyst.
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