Styling Our Big Hairy Audacious Goals: A Blue Ribbon Panel Progress Report

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NLM has completed or made progress on all recommendations made by the Blue Ribbon Panel to call attention to the excellent research being done by NLM’s 17 investigators and to foster dialogue across the branches. Here are some examples of how NLM is implementing these recommendations...

Meet the NLM Investigators: Dr. Nash Rochman Explores Host-Pathogen Interactions

As part of our ongoing Meet the NLM Investigators series, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Nash Rochman, PhD, an Independent Research Scholar in NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Computational Biology Branch and member of the NLM Intramural Research Program.

Meet the Next Generation of Leaders Advancing Data Science and Informatics at NLM

Guest post by Virginia Meyer, PhD, Training Director for the Intramural Research Program, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Working at NLM means being at the forefront of innovation in the rapidly evolving fields of data science and informatics. Within that environment, the NLM Intramural Research Program (IRP) is dedicated to supporting individuals … Continue reading Meet the Next Generation of Leaders Advancing Data Science and Informatics at NLM

Meet the NLM Investigators: For Sameer Antani, PhD, Seeing is More Than Meets the Eye

It’s time for another round of introductions! Many of you may already know Sameer Antani, PhD—one of NLM’s most decorated and prestigious investigators—from his many awards and accolades. In March 2022, he was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows, an impressive group that represents the top two percent … Continue reading Meet the NLM Investigators: For Sameer Antani, PhD, Seeing is More Than Meets the Eye

Meet NLM’s Newest Investigator: Lauren Porter, PhD, Researches “Transformer-Like” Proteins

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Recently, I introduced you to Xiaofang Jiang, PhD, one of NLM’s new tenure-track investigators, who is developing computational methods to advance our understanding of the human microbiome, which plays a very important role in our health. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing you to Lauren Porter, PhD, a Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator in the NLM’s … Continue reading Meet NLM’s Newest Investigator: Lauren Porter, PhD, Researches “Transformer-Like” Proteins