Monday, September 9, 2019, 9:00 am to Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 2:30 pm (registration required)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Amphitheater
Martha Vaughan, former chief of the Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism at the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), died on September 10, 2018. She made seminal advances in our understanding of how cells respond to hormones and other cues through the action of G protein-coupled receptors. Please join us for a special two-day event that will bring together world experts on topics related to Dr. Vaughan's areas of research interest and of the interests of her former post-doctoral fellows and other trainees. Speakers will include Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad. Dr. Vaughan also had a long-standing interest in mentoring, and invitees will discuss how her mentoring affected their scientific and personal development. Please visit this website to register for the event.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10)
Come to the annual NIH Research Festival to learn about the many impressive scientific achievements made in the NIH Intramural Research Program and the cutting-edge tools IRP researchers are implementing in their work. This year's collection of events, which will all take place on one day, includes a talk by NIH alumnus and Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad; sessions on metabolic disorders, pain management, and emerging technologies; lightning talks; poster sessions; and food and music.
Monday, September 23, 2019, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (registration required)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Lipsett Amphitheater
On Monday, September 23, 2019, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) will host a research symposium to celebrate the Center’s 20th anniversary. This event will celebrate progress in complementary and integrative health research and look to the future of the field. The day will feature a Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies by Dr. Lorimer Moseley of the University of South Australia titled “Why We Need a Pain Revolution: From Science to Practice,” lightning round presentations with early-stage investigators, and two panel discussions on pain research in military and veteran populations as well as the future of natural products research.
Please register here for this event, whether you plan to attend in person or via videocast.
Thursday, September 26, 2019, 8:15 am to Friday, September 27, 2019, 5:15 pm (register by September 16)
NIH Natcher Conference Center (Building 45)
This two-day symposium will bring together experts from around the world to review advances in our understanding of how mitochondrial structure, function, and interactions within the cell contribute to diseases and aging and to highlight recent progress made with animal models and therapeutic interventions. While mitochondria have long been known for their energy-providing roles, researchers are uncovering more and more cellular processes in which these organelles are crucial. We have come to recognize just how deeply mitochondria can impact human health, but our understanding still has a long way to go. It is essential that we continue to advance our knowledge of mitochondria as part of the integrated cell as well as in animal and disease models. A better conception of the underlying regulatory mechanisms is critical to developing truly effective therapies.
The field of mitochondrial research is as fast-moving as it is promising. By attending the fifth-annual National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) symposium on mitochondrial biology, you are staying abreast of the latest advances in the field! The deadline to register online for this event is September 16, 2019.
Thursday, October 17, 2019 to Friday, October 18, 2019 (registration required)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute's Center of Excellence in Immunology, this two-day national symposium addresses recent advances in the scientific understanding of cancer and inflammation. Main topics include network science in cancer immunology; unconventional T cells and innate lymphocytes; antigen presentation and antigen presenting cells; and the relationship between the microbiome and cancer. Registration will close on October 4.
Follow the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #NCICancerInflamm2019.
Monday, October 28, 2019 to Tuesday, October 29, 2019 (registration required)
NIH Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium
This Special Conference on Tumor Metabolism, organized by the Liver Cancer Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Cancer Research (CCR), will bring together experts in the multidisciplinary field of liver cancer to update on research progress and future directions, with a focus on tumor metabolism. The meeting will also foster collaboration and team science among various disciplines of liver cancer research including epidemiology and translational science.
Abstracts for consideration as poster presentations are welcome and due by 11:59 p.m. on June 28, 2019.
Thursday, November 14, 2019 to Friday, November 15, 2019 (registration required)
NIH Natcher Conference Center (Building 45), Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium
The mission of the Center of Excellence in Chromosome Biology (CECB) is to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms involved in chromosome function; how aberrations in chromosomes and chromatin lead to disease; and how these defects can be corrected. Towards achieving that mission, this symposium brings together scientists in the fields of chromatin and chromosome biology, with the focus on stem cells, cell development, aging, and cancer. We hope this symposium offers you an opportunity to learn more about the current status of chromosome structure and function in development and disease, to share your research, and to discuss the use and implications of these advances for clinical applications.
The deadline to submit an abstract for poster presentations is October 18, 2019.
Online registration is free and open to all. The deadline to register is October 31, 2019.
