Research highlights: Soft palate may be key breeding ground for flu; new method of measuring the impact of scientific publications; new way for killer T cells to communicate; natural compound prevents obesity in mice; and more.
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Lattice Pattern in Tooth Enamel
Enamel is the hardest substance in the body and protects the surface of teeth. This scanning-electron-microscopy image shows the lattice pattern formed by enamel rods, an arrangement that confers strength and flexibility.
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Meet some of your recently tenured colleagues: Deborah Citrin (pictured, NCI-CCR), Tim F. Greten (NCI-CCR), Raja Jothi (NIEHS), Zheng Li (NIMH), Irini Sereti (NIAID), and Swee Lay Thein (NHLBI).
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An Intramural Gem
BEPS: Technical Help When and Where You Need It
BY CHRISTOPHER WANJEK, OD
Beset by poorly quantified analyte concentrations in your micro-immunoaffinity capillary electrophoresis results? Annoyed by what should have been passive microwave thermometry? Has your Quansys enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) array gone awry?
Relax. BEPS has got your back.
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Former NIH scientists and others who died in the past year.
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SPECIAL REPORT FROM FORMER FELLOWS
So You Want to Be a Science Policy Wonk?
BY SARAH RHODES AND KRISTOFOR LANGLAIS, OD
Considering making the jump from the lab to a career in science policy? As two NIH postdocs who successfully made this leap of faith, we wanted to share a few tips we learned along the way.
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FROM THE FELLOWS COMMITTEE
FARE Awards Recognize IRP Research Excellence
BY CRAIG MYRUM, NIA
The results are in and more than 200 NIH trainees will be receiving $1,000 travel grants. They are winners of the Fellows’ Award for Research Excellence (FARE), which recognizes the outstanding scientific research performed by graduate students, postdocs, and clinical fellows in the NIH intramural research program.
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NEWS FROM AND ABOUT THE NIH SCIENTIFIC INTEREST GROUPS
NIH Global Health Interest Group: How Climate Change Affects Health
BY HEBA DIAB (NHLBI) AND AMY KULLAS (NIGMS AND NIAID)
Climate change affects general and mental health, the spread of infectious diseases, and health security.
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NEWS FROM AND ABOUT THE NIH SCIENTIFIC INTEREST GROUPS
NEW SIG: VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY INTEREST GROUP
The Virtual and Augmented Reality Interest Group (VARIG) will be examining the role of virtual and augmented reality (VAR) in medical research.
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Events at NIH and other important announcements.
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