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Green branches around a large purple circle: the blood vessels are in purple; the lymph vessels are in green.

January 3, 2025

  • Astronaut Rubins Visits NIH

    By Amber Snyder

    Astronaut and microbiologist Dr. Kate Rubins visited NIH recently, participating in a series of events with NHGRI and NCATS, including a leadership panel on women in science.

  • EDI Forum Seeks to Build Stronger, More Unified NIH

    The inaugural EDI forum featured two days of in-person trainings and presentations to foster a deeper understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion programs and principles.
  • Bertagnolli and Gilman hold Give Happy CFC sign.

    CC Cornhole Throwdown Helps Promote CFC

    NIH institute and center directors recently battled it out in the Clinical Center (CC) atrium in a spirited cornhole competition. The event was the CC’s chosen Directors’ Challenge to raise awareness and promote the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).

  • NIDA Hosts Film Screening to Highlight Tribe’s Healing

    To honor Native American Heritage Month, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes of Health’s Tribal Health Research Office co-hosted a documentary screening on Nov. 13.
Green branches around a large purple circle: the blood vessels are in purple; the lymph vessels are in green.

On the Cover

This image, taken using a powerful microscope that uses lasers to illuminate the fish, shows blood vessels (magenta) and lymphatic vessels (green) in the eye and head of an anesthetized, 6-week-old, transgenic zebrafish.

Dan Castranova/NICHD

The NIH Record

The NIH Record, founded in 1949, is the biweekly newsletter for employees of the National Institutes of Health.

Published 25 times each year, it comes out on payday Fridays.

Editor: Dana Talesnik
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Associate Editor: Patrick Smith
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Assistant Editor: Eric Bock
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Staff Writer: Amber Snyder
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