A Nobel Prize for Natural Products Discovery

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A Nobel for Natural Products Discovery

NCCIH Program Director, Dr. Craig Hopp blogs about recent news of researchers receiving the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their seminal discoveries of the natural products avermectin and artemisinin. The announcement underscored something that NCCIH has been saying for many years, that natural products research is very important. Read and comment on the blog: https://nccih.nih.gov/research/blog.

 

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NIH Digital Summit

The National Institutes of Health will present its first digital summit on October 19 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ET. The summit will explore how patients, health professionals, and researchers are getting and sharing health and science information in today’s technology-driven world.

 

While in-person seating for the summit is full, researchers, health professionals, and communications professionals interested in digital health are all encouraged to register for the free Web cast here: http://www.nih.gov/news/events/digital-summit.htmThe summit is designed to encourage discussion, so ask questions virtually during the numerous Q&A sessions and use the hashtag #NIHDigital to join the conversation online.

 

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Fibromyalgia Studied Within the Context of a Large National Health Survey

 


Resources for Researchers

Webinar: Phased Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions in NCCIH High Priority Research Topics

October 28, 2015, from 2-4 p.m. Related opportunities are:

Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions in NCCIH High Priority Research Topics RFA-AT-16-006 (R33)

Phased Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions in NCCIH High Priority Research Topics RFA-AT-16-005 (R61/R33)


Webinars for Applicants and Grant Administrators: What You Need to Know About NIH Application Submission and Review--Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-154

November 5, 2015 8:00 a.m. ET

 



Upcoming Events

NCCIH Exhibits for Society for Neuroscience

October 17, 2015; Chicago, IL

 

Phased Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions in NCCIH High Priority Research Topics

October 28, 2015, from 2-4 p.m. ET

 

Optogenetics, Eletrophysiology, and Behavior: A Combined Approach to Study the Neural Circuits of Pain and Itch

November 3, 2015

 

Webinars for Applicants and Grant Administrators: What You Need to Know About NIH Application Submission and Review

Two dates: November 5 and 6, 2015; from 2-4  p.m. ET

 

 


In case you missed it...

Video Lecture - Towards Psychobiotics: The Microbiome as a Key Regulator of Brain and Behavior 

Did you miss Dr. John Cryan's Oct. 6 talk? You can access the video at https://nccih.nih.gov/news/events/IMlectures/past.