Research & Training
Scientific Interest Groups
Intramural Organizations
- Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Transplantation Center
- Lab Managers Interest Group
- Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians Organization
- Women Scientist Advisors Committee
Scientific Interest Groups
- 14-3-3 Protein Interest Group
- Acetyltransferase Interest Group
- Adherence Research Network
- Advanced Pharmaceutical Screening Interest Group
- AIDS Interest Group
- Animal Well-Being Interest Group
- Antibody Interest Group
- Apoptosis Interest Group
- Behavioral and Social Science Research Interest Group
- Bioethics Interest Group
- Bioinstrumentation Interest Group
- Biological Visualization Interest Group
- Biomedical Computing Interest Group
- Biomedical Research History Interest Group
- Biophysics Interest Group
- Biosciences Business Interest Group
- Biospecimens Interest Group
- Calcium Interest Group
- Cell Biology Interest Group
- Cell and Molecular Neuroscience Interest Group
- Cell Cycle Interest Group
- Chemistry Interest Group
- Childhood Autoimmune Diseases Interest Group
- Chromatin and Chromosomes Interest Group
- Chronobiology Interest Group
- Clinical Applications of Stem Cells Interest Group
- Clinical Pharmacology Interest Group
- Clinical Research
- Cognitive Neuroscience Consortium
- Critical Illness and Injury Interest Group
- Cultural and Qualitative Research Interest Group (reforming soon)
- Cytokine Interest Group
- Data and Research Resources Sharing Interest Group
- DNA Repair Group
- Domestic Violence Research Group
- Drosophila Interest Group
- Drosophila Neurobiology Interest Group
- Economics Interest Group
- Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense Interest Group
- End-of-Life / Palliative Care Interest Group
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Interest Group
- Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Interest Group
- Epigenetics Interest Group
- Epilepsy Interest Group
- Epithelial Transport Biology Interest Group
- Exercise Interest Group
- Flow Cytometry Interest Group
- Fluorescence Interest Group
- Free Radical Interest Group
- Genetics Interest Group
- Genomics and Bioinformatics Interest Group (status uncertain)
- Geroscience Interest Group
- Glycobiology Interest Group
- Handheld Users Group
- Head and Neck Cancer Interest Group
- Health Disparities Research Interest Group
- HTS Assay Development Interest Group
- Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) Interest Group
- Image Processing Interest Group
- Immunology Interest Group
- In Vivo NMR Interest Group
- Infectious Disease Imaging Interest Group
- Infectious Diseases Interest Group (coming soon)
- Integrative Neural Immune Interest Group
- Integrative Neuroscience Interest Group
- Lambda Lunch (Bacterial and Phage Genetics)
- Light Microscopy Interest Group
- Liver Biology Interest Group
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Interest Group
- Mass Spectrometry Interest Group
- Membrane Protein Interest Group
- Metabolomics Scientific Interest Group
- Microarray Users Scientific Interest Group
- Mitochondria Interest Group
- Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Interest Group
- Molecular and Functional Biophotonics Interest Group
- Molecular Modeling Interest Group
- Motility Interest Group
- Mouse Club
- Mucosal Immunology and Microbiome Interest Group
- Muscle Interest Group
- Mycobacterial Interest Group (status uncertain)
- Nanomedicine/Nanotechnology Interest Group
- Neural Cell Function Interest Group
- Neurobiology Interest Group
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders Interest Group
- Neuroinformatics Interest Group
- Neuromuscular Diseases Interest Group
- Nonhuman Primate Neurobiology Research Interest Group
- Nurse Practitioner Special Interest Group
- Optical Imaging Interest Group (status uncertain)
- Pain Interest Group
- Patent Law and Technology Transfer Interest Group
- Pediatric Clinical Research and Outcomes Interest Group
- Pediatric Imaging Scientific Interest Group
- Pediatric Neuroimaging Interest Group
- PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Interest Group
- Phage-Tech Interest Group
- Pharmacogenetics Interest Group
- Pigment Cell Research Interest Group
- Polyunsaturated Lipid Function Interest Group
- Probiotic and Prebiotic Working Group
- Prostate Cancer Interest Group
- Protein Trafficking Interest Group
- Proteomics Interest Group
- Regulatory Affairs for Clinical Development Interest Group
- Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology Interest Group
- Retinal Disease Interest Group
- RNA Club
- RNA Sequencing Scientific Interest Group
- Stem Cell Interest Group
- Stroke Branch Interest Group
- Structural Biology Interest Group
- Synaptic and Developmental Plasticity Interest Group
- Systems Biology Special Interest Group
- TGF-beta Superfamily Interest Group
- Tissue Microdissection Interest Group
- Tobacco and Nicotine Research Interest Group
- Transcription Factors Interest Group
- Trans-Institute Angiogenesis Research Program
- Translational Research Interest Group
- Viral Hepatitis Interest Group
- Virology Interest Group
- Washington Area NMR Group
- Washington Area Yeast Club
- Wnt Working Group
- Women's Health Scientific Interest Group
- X-ray Diffraction
- Zebrafish-Frog Interest Group
About Scientific Interest Groups at NIH
NIH Inter-Institute Interest Groups are assemblies of scientists with common research interests. These groups are divided into seven broad, process-oriented parent groups, or faculties, and more than 30 smaller, more focused groups centered on particular research models, subjects or techniques. The latter groups are initiated and run by scientists in the Intramural and Extramural Research Programs at NIH.
The interest groups sponsor symposia, poster sessions and lectures; offer mentoring and career guidance for junior scientists; help researchers share the latest techniques and information; act as informal advisors to the Deputy Director of Intramural Research (DDIR); provide advice for the annual NIH Research Festival; and serve as hosts for the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series. Many of these groups are cosponsored by neighboring academic and government institutions and welcome interested non-NIH scientists.
Information about group activities or new groups is published in The NIH Catalyst and on the DDIR Web Board (NIH staff only). Some central coordination for the groups is provided by the Office of Intramural Research.
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