In this second installment of a series on inspiring women leaders at NIH, the Record caught up with two administrators, a veterinarian and a staff scientist. They shared their backgrounds and some challenges they continue to face in their careers and also offered sound advice.
At the latest “Gratitude Tour” stop, NIH leadership thanked ORS’s Division of Radiation Safety (DRS) staff for ensuring radiation sources and radioactive materials used in biomedical research were handled safely during the pandemic.
You may be painfully aware of the lymph nodes in your neck when you are sick. But did you know that they are just some of the roughly 600 lymph nodes found throughout the human body? Researchers have limited options for studying lymph nodes in the lab. UVA's Dr. Rebecca Pompano is working to change that.
A delegation of NINDS and FIC staff recently traveled to Zambia to conduct a site visit, meet with NINDS- and FIC-funded investigators and trainees and discuss research gaps, capacity needs and potential opportunities.
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Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) reconstructions of femurs of 9-week-old male mice. Images are mid-bone sagittal sections with gradient colors corresponding to bone mineral density.
Photo: Maria Morasso/NIAMS Laboratory of Skin Biology