Fall 2024

In This Issue:

• Upcoming Events
• NIGMS in the News
• New in Science Education and Outreach
• Meet Our MOSAIC Scholars
• Featured Blog Posts
• NIGMS-Funded Work?on the?NIH Director's Blog

Upcoming Events

October 7, 2024: Judith H. Greenberg Early Career Investigator Lecture

Saad Bhamla, Ph.D. , an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will present his talk "Fast and Frugal: Cells That Move Without ATP and Life-Saving Tools That Cost Pennies" at the 2024 Judith H. Greenberg Early Career Investigator Lecture .

The event will take place from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET and consist of a 30-minute lecture followed by a 30-minute Q&A session. It will be geared toward undergraduate students. The lecture will be held on the NIH campus and will also be broadcast via Zoom. Register to attend .

November 20, 2024: DeWitt Stetten Jr. Lecture?

Sudha Chakrapani, Ph.D. , the John H. Lord Professor, chair of the department of pharmacology, and director of the Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology at Case Western Reserve University, will present her talk "Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Glycinergic Neurotransmission" at the 2024 DeWitt Stetten Jr. Lecture . The event will take place from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET.

As part of the NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series , this event will be held in Building 10's Lipsett Amphitheater and will also be broadcast via NIH Videocast .

NIGMS in the News

• Don’t Be Afraid to Take a Different Path (September 11?– ASBMB Today)
• Clarkson STEM Ed Programs Reach 250+ K-12 Students in Summer 2024 (August 8 – Clarkson University News)
• Can a Tiny Fish Help Us Cure Cancer? (July 24 – Van Andel Institute)
• MOSAIC Scholar Navigates a Nontraditional Path (June 5 – ASBMB Today)
• Feinberg Names 2024 Mentors of the Year (May 31 – Northwestern Medicine News Center)
• A Bright Future Lies Ahead in the Next Generation of LGBTQ+ Healthcare Providers (May 30 – Lavender Media, Inc.)
• MSTP Student Explores Medical Research Frontiers in Uganda (May 24 – Indiana University MD Student News)

New in Science Education and Outreach

NIGMS Hits the Road

If you're attending any of the following conferences, we encourage you visit us at the NIGMS exhibit booth:

• National Diversity in STEM Conference (October 31 - November 2)
• National Science Teaching Association Conference (November 6-9)
• Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (November 13-16)

Cell Coloring Pages

Coloring enthusiasts of all ages can get creative while learning about organelles, stem cells, mitosis, membranes, and immune cells.

If you missed our first set of coloring pages featuring research organisms, be sure to check those out, too.

?Download the Cell Coloring Pages

Meet Our MOSAIC Scholars

Did you know NIGMS has a new 2024 cohort of scholars in the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program? Check out the bios on the MOSAIC scholars webpage to learn all about these talented scientists and their research.

Featured Blog Posts

Feedback Loop

• IDeA States Need Basic Science Too! (September 12)
• Sharing NIGMS T32 Grants Training and Career Outcomes (September 11)
• Which Mentored Research Career Development Award Is Right for Me? (August 27)
• Request for Information: Expanding the Technology Scope of NIGMS Resource and Centers Programs (August 22)
• APS Consortium Study Materials Publicly Available (August 21)
• Early Stage Investigators and Multi-PI R01 Grants (July 31)
• Funding Opportunity: Research on Behavioral Interventions That Promote Careers in the Biomedical Research Enterprise (July 15)
• New NIGMS Resource: Trainee Feedback Form (July 1)

NIGMS Job Vacancies

• Wanted: Training and Workforce Development Program Director (September 19)
• Wanted: Tribal Health Research Strategy Coordinator (September 10)
• Wanted: Biomedical Technology Branch Chief (September 9)
• Wanted: Research Capacity Building Program Director (September 9)

Biomedical Beat

• Membranes, Malaria, and the Mosaic of Science: Q&A With John Jimah (September 4)
• From Fireflies to Physiology: Q&A With Yvon Woappi (August 14)
• Trainee Colton Pelletier Builds a Rotifer-Studying Robot (August 7)
• Where the Sugars and the Proteins Play: Q&A With Mia Huang (July 24)
• Exploring Ribosome Assembly and RNA Modification: Q&A With Eda Koculi (July 10)
• The Third Product of Cell Division: Q&A With Ahna Skop (June 26)
• Glenn Gilyot: Molecular Sensors and STEM Education (June 12)
• Bryan Dickinson Designs Molecules to Solve Biological Mysteries (May 29)

NIGMS-Funded Work?on the?NIH Director's Blog

Energy-Producing Enzyme Fuels the Brain with Promise for Treating Parkinson’s Disease (September 12)

Maternal Brain Hormone Key to Strengthening Bones Could Help Treat Osteoporosis, Bone Fractures (August 1)

Molecular Portrait of Key Driver of Pancreatic Cancer Offers Hope for Continued Treatment Advances (June 27)

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