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Squids are common research organisms due to the largest nervous system of any invertebrate and complex behaviors like instantaneous camouflage, among other unique traits. Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory captured this real-time video of young squids with a polychromatic polarization microscope. The color is generated by the interaction of white polarized light with the squids’ transparent soft tissue. go.nih.gov/BS1WsMh #CoolScienceImage #BasicResearch #ResearchOrganism

When Dr. Bryan Dickinson, a professor at the University of Chicago first started his lab, he says he “wanted to build a lab full of fearless scientists: the brave enough and creative enough to answer difficult questions and the willing to take a step into the unknown.” Now his lab is designing inhibitor molecules that will help scientists better understand protein lipidation—the process by the cells add lipids to proteins. End of
Translation Cells use lipidation to regulate processes like signaling, and lipoproteins play important roles in conditions such as cancer, neurological disorders, and some inflammatory diseases. #Biochemistry #ChemicalBiology #Lipoproteins

From the basic light microscopes to the high-resolution magnification of electron microscopes, each unveils a unique perspective of our microscopic world. #Microscopy #BasicResearch #LabTechniques

Join us in celebrating #Juneteenth with Supporters of the NIH Eight Changes for Racial Equity from June 1-19! Uplift yourself, your family and friends, and your community through #19DaysOfWellness. Register for this free virtual event at bit.ly/19DaysOfWellness

Dr. Bryan Dickinson, an alum of the University of Maryland and the University of California, Berkeley, first fell in love with science as an undergraduate student, but he didn’t know what it meant to be a researcher until he worked in labs, including an analytical chemistry lab at the FDA Now, as a professor at University of Chicago Dr. Dickinson develops molecules that may help solve biological mysteries. Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley #Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemicalBiology

Get active for National Physical Fitness and Sports Month! Whether it’s walking the dog or riding a bike, the We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition) program encourages you and your family to move more (and have fun with it!) to maintain a healthy weight. The program offers articles, information, and tools that can help you take control of your habits and make healthy choices. Find it on the NIH STEM teaching resources website. https://lnkd.in/eeQM6fcQ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) National Cancer Institute (NCI) #GetActive #PhysicalActivity #HealthyHabits

Bacterial infections are often the culprit behind sepsis—a person’s overwhelming or impaired whole-body immune response to an infection, injury, or something else that provokes such a response. Escherichia coli, as shown here under the microscope, is one of the bacteria that can cause bacterial sepsis. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) #Sepsis #Ecoli #BasicResearch

Finding the right funding for your research can be challenging, but there are resources available that can help. Explore our interactive decision tree to help identify a potential fit to one or more of the four major research project grant types that NIGMS supports. This tool is designed for independent investigators who are new to the NIH grant process and are conducting research within our mission. Learn more in the #NIGMSFeedbackLoop blog: go.nih.gov/F5j9VXO. #FundingOpportunities

Join us for The National Institutes of Health #COSWD’s last #SWDSS of the season on 6/20 and explore how institutions foster cultures of inclusive excellence. Panelists will provide insights into strategies that create equity and inclusion within the scientific workforce at academic institutions. Panelists: Alison Gammie (National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)) Lea Michel (Rochester Institute of Technology) Dr. Elizabeth Ofili (Morehouse School of Medicine) Blanton Tolbert (Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)) Mark your calendars and RSVP below ⬇

Did you know that despite their simple body structures, jellyfish are good models for research on the evolution of embryonic tissue layers? By studying how their tissues are distributed, scientists can learn about the development of the shapes and features of diverse animals. This #CoolScienceImage, captured by researchers at Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona, shows the nervous system (green), musculature (red), and cell nuclei (blue) of a jellyfish. go.nih.gov/726sPUj #ResearchOrganisms #Jellyfish #BasicResearch