Archive for April 2011


Implementation Under Way for Training Strategic Plan

We have just posted the final version of Investing in the Future: National Institute of General Medical Sciences Strategic Plan for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training. Fifteen months in the making, the plan reflects our long-standing commitment to research training and the development of a highly capable, diverse scientific workforce. In an earlier post, I [...]

Filed under: Career Development, Director’s Messages, Training/Fellowships, Workforce Development and Diversity
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2011/04/28/implementation-under-way-for-training-strategic-plan/

Preview Our New Web Site Design

A new look and feel for the NIGMS Web site will launch in the next few weeks. The design incorporates feedback we received during usability testing with individuals representing key target audiences—scientists, administrators, educators, news media and the public—as well as from our recent user satisfaction survey and other data. The new design features a [...]

Filed under: Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2011/04/12/preview-our-new-web-site-design/

High-Resolution Excitement at the 25th AIDS-Related Structural Biology Meeting

Image copyright David S. Goodsell, RCSB PDB, www.pdb.org An exceptional array of structural biologists, cell biologists, virologists and other researchers gathered at NIH late last month to discuss achievements, applications and future directions in AIDS-related structural biology. The group was attending the 25th Annual Meeting of the Groups Studying the Structures of AIDS-Related Systems and [...]

Filed under: Meetings/Events
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2011/04/07/high-resolution-excitement-at-the-25th-aids-related-structural-biology-meeting/