June 16, 2017

Mukherjee Provides Intimate Look at the Gene
By Dana Talesnik
The inaugural NIH Big Read featured Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee talking about his latest book "The Gene: An Intimate History."

Schiffman Inspires, Educates On Cervical Cancer
By Rich McManus
Dr. Mark Schiffman’s Robert S. Gordon Jr. Lecture might well have served as a primer on the meaning of an NIH career. It was heartfelt, impassioned, honest, funny, encouraging and offered good news about preventing cervical cancer via vaccination.
Warmth No Deterrent to Bike To Work Day
By Eric Bock
The heat didn’t deter NIH’s bicycle commuters from passing through three NIH-affiliated “pit stops" for this year’s Bike to Work Day.
Bardakci Readies for Martial Arts Championship
By Eric Bock
If all goes according to plan, Hakan Bardakci will be in Russia this November, competing for a martial arts championship. The 33-year-old, a project officer with the Office of Research Facilities, competed in his first-ever national sambo championship outside of Philadelphia.