Argus goo-eater feeds on red-eyed treefrog eggs
An Argus goo-eater (Sibon argus) feeds on red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas) eggs, a main staple of their diet. In a National Science Foundation-supported study, researchers found that with the loss of amphibians, the Argus goo-eater declined in both occurrence rate and ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - February 27, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: video
Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Prizes
NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Marc Abrahams founded the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, in 1991. He is editor of the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, and former editor of the Journal of Irreproducible Research. He has written 24 mini-operas (about heart repair, bacterial space exploration, atomic/human romance, species mixing, coffee chemistry, the Atkins Diet, human/sheep cloning, cockroaches, incompetence, and much else). He invents ways to make people curious about things they might otherwise avoid.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/wals/2019-2020/improbable-research-ig-nobel-prizes...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NBBTP Certificate of Completion Awards Ceremony
National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training program, NBBTP Certificate of Award Ceremony on January 17, 2020. Certificates will be awarded to Sr. Fellows: Jennifer Diethelm, MPH and Zhong Qian, Ph.D.Air date: 1/17/2020 12:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Director's Seminar - Asthma and Pregnancy: Adverse outcomes and susceptibility to air pollution
NIH Director's Seminar Series
Dr. Mendola is a reproductive epidemiologist with a long-standing interest in environmental influences on reproductive health. She came to NICHD in 2011 after serving as a researcher and branch chief at the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Center for Health Statistics. Dr. Mendola ’ s research is designed to answer clinically relevant questions related to poor pregnancy outcomes for women with chronic disease, with a particular focus on maternal asthma and ambient air pollution exposure. She built on her past work on air pollution and pregnancy outcomes, developing an intramu...
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Cassedy Lecture in the History of Medicine: " Savages cry easily and are afraid of the dark ” What it means to talk about race and African American health
12th annual Cassedy Lecture in the History of Medicine:
This lecture will examine the impact of racism on African American health, looking at pervasive inequities that drive higher rates of morbidity and death in the United States. Where once explicitly racist theories of African American bodies and minds dominated public and scientific discourse, contemporary understandings of racial inequities in health tend to use less incendiary language, but still conceive of poor health as fundamentally a problem of individuals. Such framing centers health behaviors including diet and visits to the doctor, and leaves the role of soci...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Metabolic Barriers to Effective Cancer Immunotherapy
NCI ’ s Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Grand Rounds
Dr. Delgoffe is a tenured Associate Professor of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Delgoffe graduated summa cum laude from Western Michigan University in 2004 before completing doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2010. His Ph.D research, under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Powell, made seminal discoveries regarding the role of nutrient sensing in T cell function and fate, resulting in several first-author contributions in high impact journals...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 2, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIMHD Director's Seminar: Genetic Research with Alaska Native People: Lessons and Future Possibilities
The objectives of Dr. Dillard ’ s presentation will include the following:• Lessons learned over a decade of engagement with the Alaska Native community about ethical, legal and social implications of genetic research.• Findings from recent and ongoing genetic research by Southcentral Foundation, a tribal health organization in Anchorage, Alaska.• Ideas to increase participation of individuals from groups typically underrepresented in genetic research.
Dr. Dillard is of Inupiaq Eskimo descent, born and raised in Alaska. She is the director of research for Southcentral Foundation, a tribal health organization which ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
We are what we eat: nutrition, genes, cognition & deep learning in age-related macular degeneration
NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the United States and in the developed world. Two NIH-supported randomized clinical trials with 10 years of follow-up in nearly 10,000 participants demonstrated that nutritional supplements with antioxidant vitamins and minerals reduces the risk of progression to late AMD. Dietary data suggest the importance of the Mediterranean diet in reducing the risk of AMD, particularly fish consumption. The analyses of the genetic interaction with nutrition challenges the idea that you can eat away your geneti...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 10, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIAAA Jack Mendelson Lecture: Is Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder?
Jack Mendelson, M.D. Honorary Lecture 2019
NIAAA established the Jack Mendelson, M.D., Honorary Lecture Series commemorating Dr. Mendelson ’ s remarkable contributions to the field of clinical alcohol research. In 2019 NIAAA selected Carlo C. DiClemente, PhD, to deliver NIAAA ’ s 11th Annual Mendelson Lecture.
Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D., is an internationally distinguished scientist whose research has revolutionized the behavioral treatment and prevention of addiction and other health-related disorders. He has made groundbreaking contributions to understanding the process of human intentional behavior change. Dr. DiCle...
Source: Videocast - All Events - July 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Neuroscience Seminar: Time to Wake Up: Regulation of Neural Stem Cell Quiescence and Reactivation
NIH Neuroscience Series Seminar
Stem cell populations in tissues as varied as blood, gut and brain spend much of their time in a mitotically dormant, quiescent, state. A key point of regulation is the decision between quiescence and proliferation. The ability to reactivate neural stem cells in situ raises the prospect of potential future therapies for brain repair after damage or neurodegenerative disease.
Understanding the molecular basis for stem cell reactivation is an essential first step in this quest. In Drosophila, quiescent neural stem cells are easily identifiable and amenable to genetic manipulation, making them ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Demystifying Medicine 2019 - Premature and Unusual Causes of Coronary Heart Disease
Demystifying Medicine 2019
Coronary heart disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, comprising nearly 16 percent of all deaths annual. While many risk factors are known — aging, smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise — in some cases, the etiology often remains a mystery. More worrisome is the increasing presence of the disease in younger populations, with injury to the inner layer of a coronary artery sometimes manifesting itself as early as childhood.
For this Demystifying Medicine lecture, we bring you two speakers who are providing new insights into Coronary heart disease by studying unique patient populati...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NCCIH Integrative Medicine Research Lecture: Gut Microbes in a Disruptive Age
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) presents the Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series. The series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary health approaches and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine.
Dr. Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello is a Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and Anthropology
Interim Director, NJ Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The speaker will discuss about microbiota and ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Director's Seminar: Imaging the nanoscale structure of endocytosis with correlative super-resolution light and electron microscopy
NIH Director's Seminar Series
The plasma membrane separates the cell ’ s interior from the outside world. The exchange of signals and material across this barrier is regulated by a multitude of channels, transporters, receptors, and trafficking organelles. Mapping the molecular structure and dynamics of the plasma membrane is key to understanding how human cells function in health and malfunction in disease. Electron microscopy can produce high resolution images of the membrane. Historically, it has been challenging to locate and identify proteins within these images. Recently-developed super-resolution localization micr...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 28, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
CC Grand Rounds: Contemporary Clinical Medicine Great Teachers: Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Nutrition, Genes and Beyond
CC Grand Rounds: Contemporary Clinical Medicine Great Teachers: Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Nutrition, Genes and BeyondFor more information go tohttp://www.cc.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.htmlAir date: 2/13/2019 12:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - January 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture: Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Characteristics and Correlates
NIAAA Mark Keller Honorary Lecture
Phil A. May, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), with a distinguished career spanning nearly 50 years. By studying the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, his work has advanced greatly our understanding of the prevalence, characteristics, etiology, diagnosis, and prevention of FAS and FASD. Dr. May is Professor in the Department of Nutrition of the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the Nutrition Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Emer...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
