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Investing in Discovery: National Institute of General Medical Sciences Strategic Plan 2008–2012

Abnormal protein deposits look like balls of steel wool in a micrograph of brain tissue from a person with Alzheimer’s disease. Courtesy of Neil Kowall, Boston University School of Medicine. Three-dimensional view of a cell’s Golgi apparatus. Courtesy of Kathryn Howell, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Organic chemist Amir Hoveyda develops catalysts for chemical reactions that produce biologically active compounds. Courtesy of the Office of Public Affairs, Boston College.
A DNA-repair enzyme encircling a strand of DNA. Courtesy of Tom Ellenberger, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
A budding yeast cell frozen in time in an X-ray microscopy image. Courtesy of Carolyn Larabell, University of California, San Francisco, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Lung damage like that shown here is a focus of teams of critical care specialists and genomic researchers. Courtesy of Hamid Rabb, Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Biophysicist Margaret Gardel studies how the cystoskeleton helps the cell move and change shape. Photo at the University of Chicago by Lloyd DeGrane.
Scanning electron micrograph showing two types of bacteria. Courtesy of Tina Carvalho, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Bioinformatician Atul Butte analyzes the genomic relationships between diseases and investigates new uses for existing medicines. Courtesy of Atul Butte, Stanford University.
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
January 2008

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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.

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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.

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Structural biologist Mavis Agbandje-McKenna examines how influenza infects cells. Photo at the University of Florida in Gainesville by David Blankenship.

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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.