NIH Fellows Handbook
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Interest Groups
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Cell Biology Interest Group
Meeting time: Varies, meetings restricted to NIH scientists
Meeting place: Building 18T, Room 101
Contact: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, NICHD
Phone: 301-402-1010; 301-402-1009
E-mail: jlippin@helix.nih.gov
ListServ: subscribe to CELBIO-L
Clinical Research Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact #1: Cliff Lane, NIAID
Phone: 301-496-7196
Fax: 301-480-5560
E-mail: clane@atlas.niaid.nih.gov
Contact #2: Harry Keiser, NHLBI
Phone: 301-496-1518
Fax: 301-402-1679
E-mail: keiserh@fido.nhlbi.nih.gov
Genetics Interest Group
Meeting time: First or second Tuesday each month; 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room A and B
Contact: Elliot Gershon
Phone: 301-496-3465
E-mail: elliotg@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Lynn Hudson
Phone: 301-496-9660
E-mail: hudson@helix.nih.gov
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post to gig@nchgr.nih.gov
Immunology Interest Group
Meeting time: Wednesdays, 4:15 p.m. (see NIH Calendar of Events)
Meeting place: Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium
Contact: Larry Samelson
Phone: 301-402-1400
E-mail: ls@nih.gov
ListServ: subscribe to IMMUNI-L at Listserv@LIST.NIH.GOV
URL: http://tango01.cit.nih.gov/sig/home.taf?_function=main&SIGInfo_SIGID=51
Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Reed Wickner, NIDDK
Phone: 301-496-3452
E-mail: wickner@helix.nih.gov
Neurobiology Interest Group
Meeting time: Not available
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room
Contact: Ron McKay, NINDS
Phone: 301-496-6574
E-mail: mckay@codon.nih.gov
ListServ: jls@lsr.nei.nih.gov
Structural Biology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Announced to members by
E-mail and regular mail
Contact: Alasdair Steven, NIAMS
Phone: 301-496-0132
Fax: 301-402-3417
E-mail: steven@calvin.niams.nih.gov
To register for E-mail announcements: E-mail cch@discus.niams.nih.gov
OTHER INTEREST GROUPS
Acetyltransferase Interest Group
Contact: David Klein
Phone: 301-496-6915
E-mail: klein@helix.nih.gov
AIDS Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Fulvia Veronese, OD/OAR
Phone: 301-496-3677
E-mail: fv10X@nih.gov
ListServ: subscribe to AIDSINTG-L
Alternative Medicine Interest Group
Contact: Richard Nahin
Phone: 301-496-4792
E-mail: nahinr@od31em1.od.nih.gov
Alzheimer's Interest Group
Meeting time: First or second Thursday
Contact: Gerald Ehrenstein, NINDS
Phone: 301-496-3206
E-mail: gerry@helix.nih.gov
Apoptosis Interest Group
Meeting time: Once a month on Monday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 30, Conference Room 117
Contact: Yves Pommier, NCI
Phone: 301-496-5944
E-mail: pommiery@box-p.nih.gov
Behavioral and Social Sciences Interest Group
Meeting time: Does not meet regularly
Meeting place: See Calendar of Events
Contact 1: Jaylan Turkkan, NIDA
Phone: 301-443-1263
E-mail: jaylan@nih.gov
Contact 2: Ron Abeles, NIA
Phone: 301-594-5943
E-mail: abelesr@gw.nia.nih.gov
BSSR Methodology and Measurement Interest Group
Umbrella Group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time: Irregular, often First or second Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.
Meeting place: Gateway Building, 525; or Natcher
Contact: Jared Jobe, NIA
Phone: 301-496-3137
E-mail: Jared_Jobe@nih.gov
Bioethics Interest Group
Meeting time: First Monday each month, except August, 3-5 p.m
Meeting place: Natcher, lower lobby Room G1 & G2
Contact: Miriam Kelty
Phone: 301-496-9322
Fax: 301-402-2945
E-mail: keltym@gw.nia.nih.gov
E-mail: mk46u@nih.gov
Bioinformatics Inter-institute Interest Group
Meeting date: Sept. 9 (first meeting)
Meeting time: 3:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 37, Room 6B25
Contact: John N. Weinstein, NCI
Phone: 301-496-9571
Fax: 301-402-0752
E-mail: weinstein@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov
Bioinstrumentation Interest Group
Meeting time: First Tuesday, 2:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 13, Room 3W54
Contact: Paul D. Smith, NCRR
Phone: 301-435-1945
E-mail: pdsmith@helix.nih.gov
Biophysics Interest Group
Contact:Peter J Basser
Phone: 301-435 1949
E-mail: pb12q@nih.gov
Biotechnology Interest Group
Meeting Time: Second Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: Building 10, Room 11S235
Contact: Daniel M. Sullivan
Phone: 301-435-4570
E-mail: dsul@helix.nih.gov
Birth Defects and Teratology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Dorothea de Zafra
Phone: 301-593-6516
E-mail: dd128a@nih.gov
Breast Biology Interest Group
Meeting time: Fourth Monday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 13S235B
Contact: JoAnne Zujewski, NCI
E-mail: Zujewski@nih.gov
Calcium Interest Group
Meeting time: Last Tuesday, 3:00 PM
Meeting Place: Building 30, Room 117, or Building 49, Room 1A/B.
Contact 1: Arthur Sherman
E-mail: asherman@nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-4325
Contact 2: Indu Ambudkar
E-mail: ambudkar@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-1478
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Cancer Genetics Special Interest Group
Contact: Ruthann M. Giusti
Phone: 301-496-1611
Fax: 301-402-3256
E-mail: giustir@epndce.nci.gov
Carcinogenesis Interest Group
Contact: Umberto Saffioti
Cell and Molecular Neuroscience Interest Group
Umbrella group: Neurobiology
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Chip Gerfen, NIMH
Phone: 301-496-4341
E-mail: gerfen@helix.nih.gov
Cell Cycle Interest Group
Umbrella Group: Cell Biology
Meeting Time: First Wednesday each month at 12:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Building 37, Room 6B23
Contact: Patrick M. O'Connor, NCI/DBS
Phone: 301-435-2848
E-mail: oconnorp@dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Chemistry Interest Group
Meeting time:
Meeting place:
Contact 1: Ken Kirk, NIDDK
Phone: 301-496-2619
E-mail: kennethk@bdg8.niddk.nih.gov
Contact 2: Ken Jacobson, NIDDK
Phone: 301-496-9024
E-mail: kajacobs@helix.nih.gov
Contact 3: John Schwab, NIGMS
Phone: 301-594-5560
E-mail: schwabj@gml.nigms.nih.gov
Chromatin and Chromosomes Interest Group
Meeting time: Thursday, every other week, 11:00 a.m.
Meeting place: Building 32 Conf. Rm.
Contact: David Clark
Phone: 301-496-6966
E-mail: djclark@helix.nih.gov
Clinical Pharmacology Interest Group
Meeting time: Quarterly
Meeting place: TBA
Contact: William D. Figg, NCI
Phone: 301-402-3622
E-mail: wdfigg@helix.nih.gov
Cytokine Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: Howard Young, NCI
Phone: 301-846-5700
Contact 2: electric secretary Mark Doherty, NIAID
E-mail: Mdoherty@Atlas.niaid.nih.gov
Developmental Biology Interest Group
Umbrella group: Cell Biology
Meeting time and place: Varies (see NIH Calendar of Events)
Contact 1: Igor Dawid, NICHD
Phone: 301-496-4448
E-mail: idawid@nih.gov
Contact 2: Joram Piatigorsky, NEI
Phone: 301-496-9467
E-mail: joram@helix.nih.gov
DNA Repair Interest Group
Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: Third Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.
Meeting/Videoconference Locations: Natcher Building Room H;
GRC (Baltimore) Room 1E03; FCRDC Building 549, Conference Room A;
NIEHS (Research Triangle Park, NC) Building 101, Room B200
Contact 1: Kenneth Kraemer, NCI
Phone: 301-496-9033
E-mail: kraemerk@nih.gov
Contact 2: Vilhelm Bohr, NIA
Phone 410-558-8162
E-mail: vbohr@nih.gov
Domestic Violence Research Interest Group
Contact: John Umhau
Phone 301-496-7515
E-mail: JohnU@LCS.NIAAA.nih.gov
Drosophila Interest Group
Umbrella group: Developmental Biology
Meeting time: Third Tuesday, 1:15-2:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 4B429
Contact: Sue Haynes, NICHD
Phone: 301-496-7879
E-mail: sh4i@nih.gov
Drug Discovery Interest Group
Meeting time: Once a month on Thursday, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 37, Room 6B25
Contact: John Weinstein, NCI/DCT
Phone: 301-496-9571
E-mail: weinstein@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov
Economics Interest Group
Umbrella Group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time: Second Tuesday of the month or announced
Meeting place: Announced
Contact 1: James A. Schuttinga
Phone: 301-496-1454
E-mail: schuttij@od1tm1.od.nih.gov
Contact 2: Agnes Rupp
E-mail: ar24f@nih.gov
Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Interest Group
Meeting time: Monthly
Meeting place: See Calendar of Events
Contact 1: Martina Vogel-Taylor, OD
Phone: 301-496-6614
E-mail: MartinaV@nih.gov
Contact 2: Bob Hoover, NCI, or Tricia Hartge, NCI
Phone: 301-496-8153
ListServ: subscribe to Epidem-L at listserv@list.nih.gov
Extracellular Matrix Interest Group
Meeting time and place: As announced
Contact 1: W. Stetler-Stevenson, NCI/DCBDC
Phone: 301-496-2687
E-mail: stetler1@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Larry Wahl
E-mail: wahl@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
Fluorescence Interest Group
Meeting time: Fridays, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 5D21
Contact: Jay Knutson, NHLBI
Phone: 301-496-2557
E-mail: jaysan@helix.nih.gov
Gene Therapy Interest Group
Meeting time: Second and fourth Thursdays, 2:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Lipsett Auditorium
Contact: R. Michael Blaese, NCHGR
Phone: 301-496-5396
E-mail: mblaese@nchgr.nih.gov
Glia Club
Meeting time: Bimonthly on second Wednesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B
Contact 1: Vittorio Gallo, NICHD
Phone: 301-402-4776
E-mail: vgallo@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Joan Schwartz, NINDS
Phone: 301-496-4049
E-mail: jps@helix.nih.gov
Glycobiology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Diana Blithe, NICHD
Phone: 301-496-1661
E-mail: blithed@hd01.nichd.nih.gov
ListServ: subscribe to glyco-l@list.nih.gov
Hard Tissue Disorders Interest Group
Umbrella group: Clinical Research
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Pamela Robey, NIDR
Phone: 301-496-4563
E-mail: probey@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
Head and Neck Biology Interest Group
Meeting time: 3:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 9C401
Contact: Frank G. Ondrey, NIDCD
Phone: 301-435-2072
E-mail: fondrey@pop.nidcd.nih.gov
Human Development Across the Lifespan Interest Group
Umbrella Group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time and place: As announced
Contact: Vacant
Phone: 301-496-0420
E-mail: roberts@ssed.nichd.nih.gov
Image Processing Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Bonnie Douglas, DCRT
Phone: 301-496-2847
E-mail: douglasb@magic.dcrt.nih.gov
Integrative Neuroscience Interest Group
Umbrella group: Neurobiology
Meeting time: Alternate Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: Building 49, Conference Room
Contact: Robert Desimone
Phone: 301-496-5625
E-mail: jcg@cu.nih.gov
ListServ: subscribe to jls@lsr.nei.nih.gov
Lambda Lunch (Bacterial and Phage Genetics)
Meeting time: Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B13
Contact: Susan Gottesman, NCI/DCBDC
Phone: 301-496-3524
E-mail: susang@helix.nih.gov
Anonymous FTP site: ftp.cu.nih.gov
directory "LAMBDA_LUNCH"
Lymphoma and Leukemia Interest Group
Meeting time: Third Thursday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, 13S235A/B
Contact 1: Larry W. Kwak
Phone: 301-846-1607
E-mail: kwak@ncifcrf.gov
Contact 2: Charles Zacharchuk
Phone: 301-496-4514
E-mail: cmz@box-c.nih.gov
ListServ: llig-l
Mass Spectrometry Interest Group
Umbrella group: Structural Biology
Meeting time: First and third Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 7C101
Contact: Lewis Pannell, NIDDK
Phone: 301-402-2196
E-mail: Pannell@nih.gov
Mitochondria Interest Group (MIG)
Meeting time: First Monday of month; 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Varies
Contact: Dr. Steve Zullo
Phone: 301-435-3576
E-mail: zullo@helix.nih.gov
Molecular Modeling Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Once a month
See http://mmignet.nih.gov/
Contact: Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) staff
E-mail: cmm@mmignet.nih.gov
Molecular Psychiatry Interest Group
Meeting time: Varies
Meeting place: Building 10, Medical Board. Room
Contact person: Julio Licinio
Phone: 301-496-6885
E-mail: licinio@nih.gov
Motility Interest Group
Meeting time: First Monday (except July and August)
Meeting place: Building 10, Bunim Room
Contact: Leepo Yu, NIAMS
Phone: 301-496-5415
E-mail: lcyu@helix.nih.gov
Mouse Club
Umbrella group: Developmental Biology
Meeting time: Once a month on Tuesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 31, Room 2A-52
Contact: Heiner Westphal, NICHD
Phone: 301-402-0545
E-mail: hw@helix.nih.gov
Multisensory Interest Group
Meeting time: Alternate Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Meeting place: 15K, Ground-floor Conference Room
Contact: Peter Grossenbacher
Phone: 301-496-7672
E-mail: pc99s@nih.gov
URL: http://www.nih.gov/sigs/mig
Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Club
Meeting time: First Tuesday (see NIH Calendar of Events)
Meeting place: Building 49
Contact: Gordon Guroff, NICHD
Phone: 301-496-4751
E-mail: gordong@helix.nih.gov
Nerve-Muscle Interest Group
Meeting time: Every other Wednesday, 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B07
Contact: Matt Daniels, NHLBI
Phone: 301-496-2898
E-mail: mdaniels@codon.nih.gov
Neuroimmune Interactions Interest Group
Meeting time: Once a month on Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 11S-235
Contact: Esther Sternberg, NIMH
Phone: 301-402-2773
E-mail: ems@codon.nih.gov
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry Interest Group
Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: Third Friday
Meeting place: Building 5, Room 127
Contact: Janet Yancey-Wrona, NIDDK
Phone: 301-496-2038
E-mail: janety@bdg10.niddk.nih.gov
Pain Interest Group
Umbrella Group: Neuroscience
Meeting time: Second Monday, 3:00 p..m.
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room A
Contact: Maryann Ruda, NIDR
Phone: 301-402-4980
E-mail: ruda@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
ListServ: subscribe to: paingroup-l@list.nih.gov
PET Interest Group
Umbrella group: Neurobiology
Meeting time: Fridays, 2:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 1C520.
Contact: Peter Herscovitch, CC
Phone: 301-402-4297
E-mail: peter@nmdhst.cc.nih.gov
Pigment Cell Research Interest Group
Meeting time: Third Monday, 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room. A
Contact: Vincent Hearing, NCI/DBS
Phone: 301-496-1564
E-mail: hearingv@dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Postdoctoral Structural Biology Interest Group
Meeting time: Once a month on Tuesdays, 3:00-5 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 31, no room given
Contact: Teresa Strzelecka, NIDDK
Phone: 301-496-2815
E-mail: strzel@speck.niddk.nih.gov
Prostate Cancer Interest Group
Contact: W. Marston Linehan
Phone: 301-496-6353
Protein Folding Interest Group
Meeting time: Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 12A, Room 3026
Contact: Joe Bryngelson, NCI/DCRT
Phone: 301-496-1135
E-mail: jdb@helix.nih.gov
Protein Trafficking Interest Group
Umbrella group: Cell Biology
Meeting time: Second Tuesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 9S-235 (Bunim Room)
Contact: Harris Bernstein, NIDDK
Phone: 301-402-4770
E-mail: harris_bernstein@nih.gov
Reactive Oxygen Species Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Friday (Sept.-May), 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room A-B
Contact 1: Daniel Gilbert
E-mail: dangil@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Chuang C. Chiueh
E-mail: chiueh@helix.nih.gov
Human Retrovirus Interest Group
Meeting time: Third Wednesday, noon-1:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Natcher, Conference Room B
Contact: Fatah Kashanchi, NCI
Phone: 301-496-0987
E-mail: kanshancf@dce41.nci.nih.gov
Sensory Interest Group
Contact: Don Coling
E-mail: dcoling@pop.nidcd.nih.gov
RNA Club
Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: First Tuesday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 41, Room C509
Contact 1: Carl Baker, NCI/DBS
Phone: 301-496-2078
E-mail: ccb@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Susan Haynes, NICHD
Phone: 301-496-7879
E-mail: sh4i@nih.gov
Signal Transduction Interest Group
Meeting time: Not available
Meeting place: Not available
Contact 1: John Northup, NIMH
Phone: 301-496-9167
E-mail: JKNGTP@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Jim Battey, NIDCD
Phone: 301-402-2829
E-mail: jbattey@pop.nidcd.nih.gov
Social Structure & Demographic Issues in Health Interest Group
Umbrella Group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: Laura E. Montgomery, NCHS/CDC
Phone: 301-436-3650, ext 177
E-mail: lem3@nch07a.em.cdc.gov
Contact 2: Julie Reid, NHLBI
Phone: 301-435-0410
E-mail: Julie_Reid@nih.gov
Therapeutic Oliognucleotides Interest Group
Umbrella Group: Clinical Research
Meeting time: Last Thursday each month, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 30, Conference Room 117
Contact : Yoon Cho-Chung, NCI
Phone: 301-496-4020
E-mail: yc12b@nih.gov
Transcription Factors Interest Group
Meeting time: First Thursday (except July-Sept.), 2:15 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 49, First-floor Conference Room
Contact 1: Stoney Simons, NIDDK
Phone: 301-496-6796
E-mail: steroids@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: U. Siebenlist, NIAID
Phone 301-496-7662
E-mail: us3n@nih.gov
ListServ: subscribe to TFACTORS
Viral Hepatitis Interest Group
Meeting time: Third or second Monday, 3:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, 1C726
Contact: Jake Liang
E-mail: jliang@nih.gov
Virology Interest Group
Meeting time: Thursday (usually third or fourth), 3:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 4, Room 433
Contact: Peter Collins, NIAID
Phone: 301-496-4205
ListServ: CBuckler@nih.gov
Washington Area Yeast Club
Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: Second Wednesday, 5:15-7:15 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 4A-05
Contact 1: Reed Wickner, NIDDK
Phone: 301-496-3452
E-mail: wickner@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Alan Hinnebusch, NICHD
Phone: 301-496-4480
E-mail: ah8j@nih.gov
WorldWideWeb Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Tuesday each month, 2:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium
Contact : Dale Graham, DCRT
Phone: 301-402-1805
E-mail: degraham@helix.nih.gov
Xenopus/Zebrafish Interest Group
Umbrella group: Developmental Biology
Meeting time: Last Friday each month (except summer), 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 429
Contact: Tom Sargent, NICHD
Phone: 301-496-0369
E-mail: tsargent@nih.gov
X-ray Crystallography Interest Group
Umbrella group: Structural Biology
Meeting time: Sporadically; announced to members via E-mail
Meeting place: Building 5, Room 231
Contact: James Hurley, NIDDK
Phone: 301-402-4703
E-mail: hurley@tove.niddk.nih.gov
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