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12/19/2024 | Press release | Archived content

NIAMS Update, Issue 6, 2024

Letter From the Director: Recognizing Contributions From Influential NIAMS Leadership

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NIAMS Director Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc., honors the work and contributions of Deputy Director Robert Carter, M.D., and Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives Susana Serrate-Sztein, M.D., who will retire soon. Read more.

News

White House Initiative on Women's Health Research Workshop: Harnessing Innovation to Power Interdisciplinary Research (NIH Office of Research on Women's Health [ORWH])

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a workshop on October 29, 2024, at the White House to showcase how NIH is harnessing interdisciplinary research and innovation to accelerate and improve health for all women. NIAMS Deputy Director Dr. Robert Carter presented "State of the Science and Opportunities in Osteoporosis and Post-Menopausal Bone Health." NIAMS presented along with eight other institutes and centers. Sundeep Khosla, M.D., an osteoporosis researcher and NIAMS grantee from the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, also spoke at the event. Read the workshop summary [PDF-323KB].

Resources

NIAMS Multimedia Library Showcase: Fusing Fibroblast Cells

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Immature muscle cells fuse together during development to form long muscle fibers with many nuclei. To identify factors involved in the fusion process, scientists studied fibroblasts-cells that don't normally fuse. As shown in the microscopic image, adding a gene that makes a protein named myomerger to fibroblasts causes them to fuse together in flower-like clumps of fluorescently stained cell nuclei. By gaining a better understanding of the processes involved in muscle development and regeneration, the research may help lead to new therapies for muscle disorders.

Photo Credit: Malgorzata Quinn, Ph.D., and Douglas Millay, Ph.D., Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Heart Institute

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Funding Plan

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including NIH, operates under the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 118-83) signed by President Biden on September 26, 2024. This Act (CR) continues government operations through December 20, 2024, at the FY 2024 enacted level, with no reduction.

Stay Updated About Funding Announcements

To get timely information about grants and funding opportunities, subscribe to funding-dedicated email newsletters, including periodic NIAMS Funding Alerts and a monthly NIAMS Funding News email. Also check out the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, the primary source for information about NIH funding opportunities, and request a weekly Table of Contents from the NIH Guide. In addition, the NIAMS website provides comprehensive information on NIAMS-related grants and processes.

Events

NIAMS Advisory Council

Watch the videocast of the NIAMS Advisory Council Meeting from September 17, 2024. The next NIAMS Advisory Council Meeting will be held virtually on January 28, 2025.

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NIH Science Lectures and Events

FDA-NIH Rare Disease Day 2025
February 27-28, 2025
NIH Campus/Natcher Conference Center
In-person registration - coming soon
Preliminary Agenda
Videocast: Day 1 and Day 2

In addition, look for past videocasts, including:

NIH Disability Research Roundtable Events

Summaries are available for the following recent virtual Community Roundtables.

For additional online science seminars and events hosted by the NIH, view the NIH VideoCast Future Events and the NIH calendar.