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Progress Report on the NIGMS Strategic Plan

Friday, Jan 25, 2013 10:51 AM EST by Judith Greenberg | 0 Comments

In 2008, NIGMS issued a strategic plan, Investing in Discovery, that was intended to provide guidance for the Institute over the next 5 years. How well have we done in addressing the plan’s strategic goals? After a critical self-examination, we have produced a progress report that describes some of our accomplishments, strategic decisions and outcomes. [...]

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Blogging at NIH

Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 1:40 PM EST by Judith Greenberg | 1 Comments

Communication and transparency are core values of NIGMS, and the Feedback Loop is one way we put those values into practice. On the occasion of our 300th blog post, we take a moment to look back, look ahead, and look for your continued input. Our former director, Jeremy Berg, started the Feedback Loop in 2005 [...]

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Wanted: Director of the Office of Emergency Care Research

Monday, Oct 29, 2012 9:48 AM EST by Judith Greenberg | 0 Comments

As I told you in July, NIGMS houses the new NIH Office of Emergency Care Research (OECR), which was created to advance, coordinate and provide information about basic, clinical and translational biomedical research and research training within the emergency care setting. The search is now open for an outstanding physician and leader in emergency medicine [...]

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Watch Our 50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium Online

Monday, Oct 15, 2012 12:52 PM EST by Judith Greenberg | 0 Comments

We’re looking forward to a very special event this week—a symposium on the NIH campus marking our 50th anniversary. If you can’t join us in person, you can watch the talks online. The event is on Wednesday, October 17, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. NIH Director Francis Collins will lead things off by [...]

Filed under: Director’s Messages, Meetings/Events
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Nobel Prizes Recognize NIGMS Grantee, Research Areas

Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 5:05 PM EST by Judith Greenberg | 3 Comments

We learned this morning that Brian K. Kobilka of Stanford University School of Medicine, whose research is supported by NIGMS and other parts of NIH, will share the 2012 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Robert J. Lefkowitz of Duke University Medical School, a long-time grantee of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. They are [...]

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End of Fiscal Year 2012 Summary

Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 4:19 PM EST by Judith Greenberg | 0 Comments

At the 150th meeting of our Advisory Council last week, I presented several budget slides that I’d like to share with you. They summarize funding allocations for this fiscal year, which ends on September 30. Figure 1 shows the $2.429 billion Fiscal Year 2012 NIGMS budget by major component. The biggest portion is for research [...]

Filed under: Budget, Director’s Messages, Funding Trends
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Honoring Basic Research

Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 11:41 AM EST by Judith Greenberg | 0 Comments

Especially because it’s our anniversary year, I’m very pleased that basic biomedical research supported by NIGMS is receiving important recognition. The 2012 Lasker Awards  honor five scientists whose research we have supported for decades: The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award is shared by Michael Sheetz of Columbia University, James Spudich of Stanford University School of [...]

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New Resource for Individual Development Plans

Monday, Sep 10, 2012 3:58 PM EST by Judith Greenberg | 0 Comments

Our Strategic Plan for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training stresses the importance of creating an individual development plan (IDP) for every graduate student and postdoctoral scholar, not just those supported on formal training grants. The plan’s implementation blueprint addresses this action item, and we’ve since posted more information and links to sample IDPs. The latest [...]

Filed under: Career Development, Director’s Messages, Workforce Development and Diversity
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NIGMS to House New, Trans-NIH Office of Emergency Care Research

Tuesday, Jul 31, 2012 10:25 AM EST by Judith Greenberg | 0 Comments

Many NIH components, including NIGMS, support research and training relevant to care in the emergency medical setting. To facilitate and coordinate its activities in this area, NIH has created an Office of Emergency Care Research (OECR) that is housed in NIGMS. Although OECR will not fund grants, it will serve as a focal point for [...]

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Workforce Development and Diversity Recommendations to NIH Resonate with NIGMS Training Strategic Plan

Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 11:52 AM EST by Judith Greenberg | 2 Comments

Last week, the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) of NIH released two reports that are very relevant to the NIGMS missions of supporting research training and promoting a diverse biomedical workforce. The reports, produced by working groups with impressive membership rosters, have many elements in common with our training strategic plan. For example, the [...]

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