NICHD Summer Intern Austin Gable Featured in IRP Blog
Austin Gable
NICHD summer intern Austin Gable (Le Pichon laboratory), plus several other NIH summer interns, were featured by the Intramural Research Program (IRP) in an article about this year’s Summer Presentation Week. Learn about Austin’s love of English and science, plus his ongoing investigation into traumatic brain injury, in the “I am Intramural” blog post feature.
NCI Technology Transfer Ambassadors Program Accepting Applications
Deadline to apply is Monday, November 1
The NCI Technology Transfer Ambassadors Program (TTAP) is open to NIH postdoctoral trainees, staff scientists, and staff clinicians, and *NEW* for 2022, NIH postbacs and graduate students can also apply!
TTAP is a hybrid training/mentoring program that offers participants the opportunity to augment their current research activities with 5–8 hours/week hands-on training in biomedical invention development, commercialization, and entrepreneurship. Find more information for the program at https://techtransfer.cancer.gov/aboutttc/ambassadors.
Application & Deadline:
If you are interested in joining TTAP, download the application from the website and return with the requested materials to TT_Ambassadors@mail.nih.gov by Monday, November 1, 2021 . Questions and inquiries can also be sent to this address.
New Date for DIPHR & DIR Joint Scientific Retreat: November 5
Please join us for the annual DIPHR & DIR Joint Scientific Retreat, which will be held virtually this year. We strongly encourage all NICHD intramural researchers, PIs, and lab members to attend as we celebrate our research achievements and try to spark new ideas and collaborations.
You are invited to submit your poster registration at https://dir.nichd.nih.gov. The deadline for poster registration is Friday, October 22. For questions about posters or the retreat, please contact Ms. Amaressa Abiodun at amaressa.abiodun@nih.gov.