National Institute of General Medical Sciences Strategic Plan 2008–2012
National Institute of General Medical Sciences Strategic Plan 2008–2012 articulates NIGMS' mission, core principles and strategic goals. The document will guide the Institute's decision-making over a 5-year period.
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Reflections of NIGMS Director Jeremy M. Berg and a list of the six NIGMS core principles. » more
NIGMS mission and an explanation of the value-in increased knowledge and economic benefits-of basic, biomedical research. » more
NIGMS authorizing language, a chart showing distribution of NIGMS funds, and a description of the Insitute's organizational structure. » more
Delineation of the four NIGMS main goals and the strategies to accomplish them. Also a list of recent NIGMS-supported Nobelists. » more
How NIGMS solicited input from the scientific community to inform its strategic plan. » more
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Top row (left to right)
Neural tube formation in a developing zebrafish, an organism commonly used
for genetic research. Courtesy of Alexander Schier, Harvard University.
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado studies tissue regeneration in aquatic flatworms.
Photo at the University of Utah by William K. Geiger.
Image created using computational biology to show differences between two
human brains. Courtesy of Arthur Toga, University of California, Los Angeles.
Fluorescent dyes highlight chromosomes and microtubules during cell division.
Courtesy of Edward Salmon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Second row (left to right)
Structure of a ribosome, the site of protein production. Image by Catherine
Lawson, Rutgers University and the Protein Data Bank.
White dots mark telomeres, which protect the tips of chromosomes. Courtesy
of Hesed Padilla-Nash and Thomas Ried, National Institutes of Health.
NMR expert Michael Summers studies HIV structure and leads an initiative to
maximize student diversity at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Courtesy of Michael Summers.
Third row
Structural biologist Mavis Agbandje-McKenna examines how influenza infects
cells. Photo at the University of Florida in Gainesville by David Blankenship.
Fourth row (left to right)
Image taken using a new technique called multicolor STORM, which shows individual
molecules within cells in unprecedented detail. Courtesy of Xiaowei Zhuang,
Harvard University.
Gene Robinson studies the molecular basis of honeybee behavior, which is controlled
by some of the same genes that regulate daily rhythms in humans. Photo at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by L. Brian Stauffer.
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