NIGMS recently bid fond farewells to a number of long-time employees. Combined, this group of retirees put in more than 117 years at the institute. Among the retirees are scientific staff members Dr. Janna Wehrle, Dr. Hinda Zlotnik and Dr. Richard Okita.

It’s a good bet that the countless number of people who have given blood at the NIH Blood Bank over the last 22 years under the skillful hand of Gladys Sanders had no idea they were making a trip to the dentist.

Four NIH scientists named AAAS fellows

NICHD's Dr. Juan Bonifacino named ASCB fellow

NIDDK director Dr. Griffin Rodgers honored by American Society of Nephrology

Dr. Karyl Swartz led CSR’s Early Career Reviewer (ECR) program. ECR has developed more than 3,000 qualified scientists without NIH review experience to participate in CSR study sections.

Carole Kemm Regan, former laboratory manager of NCI’s Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, suddenly passed away at the age of 72 on Jan. 7.

Ron Hunt, who retired recently as an administrative officer in the Center for Scientific Review, describes NIH as the biggest influence on his life. Not only did he see first-hand the value of NIH research, he said, but also he learned “not to sweat the small stuff.”

Dr. Robert Carter has been named acting director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.

Dr. Lance Optican, chief of the section on neural modeling in NEI’s Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, will be retiring this spring.