General Schedule of Events

Workshops NIH Library and FAES Classroom 1&2 combined– one- to four-hour workshops held concurrently from: Stigma Interest Group; Bioinformatics Training Group day 1 of 2; Cohort Analytics Core; Single Cell Omics; Molecular Graphics in Blender, and Patent Interest Group.

NIH Resource Information Fair, South Lobby – Representatives from numerous NIH groups will staff information tables. Make sure to stop by and take a look.

Lecture Session I, Lipsett– Will highlight the work of NIH Independent Research Scholars. This two-hour session will feature six speakers. 

Get a Virtual Postcard from the NIH Research Festival, NIH Library

September 18-20, 11 am-1 pm in the NIH Library Recording Studio: Reserve a time to visit the NIH Library’s Recording Studio and strike a pose in front of the green screen. You will have the option to use 3D printed props, select from a variety of fun backgrounds, and have your image transported into a virtual environment, giving you a souvenir of your experience at the 2023 NIH Research Festival. Use our bookings form to reserve your spot today. Contact Alicia Lillich, alicia.lillich@nih.gov with any questions.

Poster Session I, FAES Terrace– ACI/IRS, Clinical, Health Disparities , Micro/Infectious Disease, Molecular Pharma, Research Support

Lecture Session II, Lipsett– Will highlight the work of NIH Assistant Clinical Investigators. This two-hour session will feature four speakers. 

Animal Care and Use Tribute ceremony (South Lawn)

Join us for the 7th Animal Tribute Ceremony, organized by the NIH Office of Animal Care and Use. This special event aims to honor and recognize the invaluable contribution of research animals in advancing scientific discoveries at the NIH. The ceremony will feature engaging speakers who will share stories highlighting the significant role animals play in medical research. Attendees will also participate in a touching flower ceremony to pay homage to these remarkable creatures. Following the service, there will be an opportunity to mingle and enjoy light refreshments.

Poster Session II, FAES Terrace– Biomedical Engineering/Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Immunology, RNA Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Structural Biology

Workshops NIH Library and FAES Classroom 5– one- to four-hour workshops held concurrently from: Stigma Interest Group; Bioinformatics Training Group day 2 of 2; Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI); Reverse Phenotyping Core, and Religion, Spirituality, and Health Scientific Interest Group. 

Green Labs Fair, South Lobby- The Green Labs Fair features a variety of information on green products, green practices and environmental initiatives that you can use to make your lab green.

Lecture Session III, Lipsett– Will highlight the work of NIH Assistant Clinical Investigators. This two-hour session will feature four speakers. 

Get a Virtual Postcard from the NIH Research Festival, NIH Library

September 18-20, 11 am-1 pm in the NIH Library Recording Studio: Reserve a time to visit the NIH Library’s Recording Studio and strike a pose in front of the green screen. You will have the option to use 3D printed props, select from a variety of fun backgrounds, and have your image transported into a virtual environment, giving you a souvenir of your experience at the 2023 NIH Research Festival. Use our bookings form to reserve your spot today. Contact Alicia Lillich, alicia.lillich@nih.gov with any questions.

Poster Session III, FAES Terrace – Cancer , Developmental Biology, Epidemiology, Neuroscience, Systems Biology

Lecture Session IV , Lipsett– Will highlight the work of NIH Independent Research Scholars. This two-hour session will feature six speakers. 

Poster Session IV, FAES Terrace– Cell Biology, Chromosome Biology, Genetics/Genomics, Molecular Biology, Social & Behavioral, Virology

Workshops, NIH Library– NIH Office of AIDS Research Innovation Program Symposium

Vendor Exhibit Show Day 1 – We will host 80 technical vendors in the South Lobby and the FAES Terrace of Bldg. 10. 

Vendor Workshops Day 1 – We will host several vendor–organized technology talks in the FAES classrooms 3 & 4 in Bldg. 10. More details to come from the TVA soon.

Get a Virtual Postcard from the NIH Research Festival, NIH Library 

September 18-20, 11 am-1 pm in the NIH Library Recording Studio: Reserve a time to visit the NIH Library’s Recording Studio and strike a pose in front of the green screen. You will have the option to use 3D printed props, select from a variety of fun backgrounds, and have your image transported into a virtual environment, giving you a souvenir of your experience at the 2023 NIH Research Festival. Use our bookings form to reserve your spot today. Contact Alicia Lillich, alicia.lillich@nih.gov with any questions.

Poster Session V, Virtual

This session will feature posters from our NIH colleagues in North Carolina (NIEHS), Montana (NIAID RML), and Arizona (NIDDK Phoenix). All presenters from sessions I–IV are welcome to additionally present their poster virtually in this session, too. 

Register here to view presentations: https://event.fourwaves.com/efa2e004-a6ed-4a02-bf0b-1a406a8fbc38/pages

NIH WALS– G. Burroughs Mider Lecture, Lipsett

Speaker: Dale Sandler, Ph.D, NIEHS 

Established in 1968 in honor of the first NIH director of laboratories and clinics, the G. Burroughs Mider Lecture is presented by an NIH intramural scientist to recognize and appreciate outstanding contributions to biomedical research.

Nominated by Women Scientists Advisors (WSA)

Women Scientists Advisors (WSA) Author Event: 

Bldg 35 Rm 640

"The Power of Allyship and Gender Partnership" presented by David Smith and Brad Johnson

https://sigs.nih.gov/wsa.

Vendor Exhibit Show Day 2 – We will host 80 technical vendors in the South Lobby and the FAES Terrace of Bldg. 10. 

Vendor Workshops Day 2– We will host several vendor–organized technology talks in the FAES classrooms 1 & 2 in Bldg. 10. More details to come from the TVA soon.

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Mini-Symposium, Lipsett

The celebration of NIH intramural research continues on Thursday, September 21, with our annual National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Mini-Symposium. Each year, we strive to recognize our NIH investigators recently elected to the NAS. The pandemic prevented us from meeting last year, so this year we will feature five NIH PIs elected over the past two years. We will present five 30-minute talks. The speakers will be, in order of appearance, Julie Segre, Ph.D. (NHGRI), Michael Lichten, Ph.D. (NCI/CCR), Andre Nussenzweig, Ph.D. (NCI/CCR), John O’Shea, M.D. (NIAMS), and Deborah Morrison, Ph.D. (NCI/CCR). Come hear them speak about their extraordinary and inspiring research journey and career.

16^th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr. Ph.D. Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer, Lipsett

Speaker: Carlos Zarate, M.D., NIMH

Established in 2006, the Philip S. Chen Jr. Ph.D. Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer honors Dr. Chen's 41-year NIH career and his remarkable, diverse, and creative contributions to the NIH, especially to its Intramural Research Program and to the field of technology transfer.

National Postdoc Appreciation Week Celebration, Southside Building 10