Cell Biology Interest Group

Meeting time: Varies, meetings restricted to NIH scientists
Meeting place: Building 18T, Room 101

Contact: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, NICHD
Phone: 402-1010; 402-1009
E-mail: jlippin@helix.nih.gov
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Clinical Research

Meeting time, place: Varies

Contact: Cliff Lane, NIAID
Phone: 496-7196
E-mail: cl17d@nih.gov

Genetics Interest Group

Meeting time: Last Tuesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room A and B

Contact: Robert Nussbaum, NCHGR
Phone: 402-2146
E-mail: rlnuss@nchgr.nih.gov
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Immunology

Meeting time: Wednesdays, 4:15 p.m. (see NIH Calendar of Events)
Meeting place: Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium

Contact: Pierre Henkart, NCI
Phone: 496-1554
E-mail: henkartp@dc10a.nci.nih.gov
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Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Interest Group

Meeting time, place: Varies

Contact: Reed Wickner, NIDDK
Phone: 496-3452
E-mail: wickner@helix.nih.gov

Neurobiology

Meeting time: Not available
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room

Contact: Ron McKay, NINDS
Phone: 496-6574
E-mail: mckay@codon.nih.gov
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Structural Biology Interest Group

Meeting time, place: Announced by e-mail and regular mail

Contact: Alasdair Steven, NIAMS
Phone: 402-3418 Fax: 402-3417
E-mail: steven@calvin.niams.nih.gov

To register for e-mail announcements:
E-mail: cch@discus.niams.nih.gov

Alzheimer's Interest Group

Meeting time: First or second Thursday

Contact: Gerald Ehrenstein, NINDS
Phone: 496-3206
E-mail: gerry@helix.nih.gov

Antisense Interest Group

Umbrella Group: Clinical Research
Meeting time: Last Thursday, 4:00 p.m
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 4B36
Contact : Yoon Cho-Chung, NCI
Phone: 496-4020
E-mail: yc12b@nih.gov

Apoptosis Interest Group (AIG)

Meeting time: Once a month on Monday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 30, Conference Room 117

Contact: Yves Pommier, NCI
Phone: 496-5944
E-mail: pommiery@dc37a.nci.nih.gov

Behavioral and Social Sciences Interest Group

Meeting time: Monthly
Meeting place: See Calendar of Events

Contact 1: Jaylan Turkkan, NIDA
Phone: 443-1263
E-mail: jaylan@nih.gov

Contact 2: Ron Abeles, NIA
Phone: 594-5943
E-mail: abelesr@gw.nia.nih.gov

BSSR Methodology and Measurement Interest Group

Umbrella Group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time: First or second Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.
Meeting place: Building 45, Room 3AS10

Contact: Jared Jobe, NIA
Phone: 496-3137
E-mail: Jared_Jobe@nih.gov

Bioinstrumentation Interest Group

Meeting time: First Tuesday, 2:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 13, Room 3W54

Contact: Steve Leighton, NCRR
Phone: 435-1948
E-mail: leighton@helix.nih.gov

Birth Defects and Teratology Group

Meeting time, place: Varies

Contact 1: Kenneth Warren, NIAAA
Phone: 443-4375

Contact 2: James Hanson, NICHD
Phone: 496-5099

Breast Biology Interest Group

Meeting time: Fourth Monday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 13S235B

Contact: JoAnne Zujewski, NCI
E-mail: zujewski@nih.gov

[Carcinogenesis Interest Group]

Contact: Umberto Saffiotti

Cell and Molecular Neuroscience Interest Group

Umbrella group: Neurobiology
Meeting time, place: Varies

Contact: Ron McKay, NINDS
Phone: 496-6574
E-mail: mckay@codon.nih.gov

Cell Cycle Interest Group

Umbrella group: Cell Biology
Meeting time: First Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 37, Room 6B23

Contact: Patrick M. O'Connor, NCI
Phone: 435-2848
E-mail: oconnorp@dc37a.nci.nih.gov

Cellular and Molecular Biotherapy Interest Group

Meeting time: Quarterly half-day symposia

Contact 1: John R. Ortaldo, NCI-FCRF
Phone: 301 846-1323; Fax: 301 846-1673
E-mail: ortaldo@ncifcrf.gov

Contact 2: Jack Greiner, NCI
Fax: 496-2756
E-mail: greinerj@ltiblp.nci.nih.gov

Chaos and Biocomplexity Interest Group

Meeting time: Once a month on Thursday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Rose Room

Contact: Julio Licinio, NIMH
Phone: 496-6885
E-mail: licinio@codon.nih.gov
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Cytokine Interest Group

Meeting time, place: Varies

Contact 1: Howard Young, NCI
Phone: 301 846-5700

Contact 2: Alan Sher, NIAID
Phone: 496-3535

Developmental Biology Interest Group

Umbrella group: Cell Biology
Meeting time, place: Varies (see NIH Calendar of Events)

Contact 1: Igor Dawid, NICHD
Phone: 496-4448
E-mail: idawid@nih.gov

Contact 2: Joram Piatigorsky, NEI
Phone: 496-9467
E-mail: joram@helix.nih.gov

DNA Repair Group

Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: Third Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.
Meeting/Videoconference Locations:
Natcher Bldg.,Room H;
GRC (Baltimore), Room 1E03;
FCRDC Building 549, Conference Room A

Contact 1: Kenneth Kraemer, NCI
Phone: 496-9033
E-mail: kraemerk@nih.gov

Drosophila Interest Group

Umbrella group: Developmental Biology
Meeting time: Third Tuesday, 1:15-2:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 4B429

Contact: Sue Haynes, NICHD
Phone: 496-7879
E-mail: sh4i@nih.gov

Drug Discovery

Meeting time: Once a month on Thursday, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 37, Room 6B25

Contact: John Weinstein, NCI
Phone: 496-9571
E-mail: weinstein@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov

Economics Interest Group

Umbrella Group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time: Second Tuesday or announced
Meeting place: Announced

Contact 1: James A. Schuttinga, OD
Phone: 496-1454
E-mail: schuttij@od1tm1.od.nih.gov

Contact 2: Agnes Rupp, NIMH
E-mail: ar24f@nih.gov

Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Interest Group

Meeting time: Monthly
Meeting place: See Calendar of Events

Contact 1: Martina Vogel, OD
Phone: 496-6614
E-mail: MartinaV@nih.gov

Contact 2: Dick Havlik, NIA
Phone: 496-1178
E-mail: HavlikR@gw.nia.nih.gov

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Extracellular Matrix Interest Group

Meeting time, place: Varies

Contact 1: W. Stetler-Stevenson, NCI
Phone: 496-2687
E-mail: stetler1@helix.nih.gov

Contact 2: Larry Wahl
E-mail: wahl@yoda.nidr.nih.gov

Fluorescence Interest Group

Meeting time: Fridays, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 5D21

Contact: Jay Knutson, NHLBI
Phone: 496-2557
E-mail: jaysan@helix.nih.gov

Gene Therapy Interest Group

Meeting time: Second and fourth Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Lipsett Auditorium

Contact: R. Michael Blaese, NCHGR
Phone: 496-5396
E-mail: mblaese@nchgr.nih.gov

Glia Club

Meeting time: Bimonthly on second Wednesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B

Contact 1: Vittorio Gallo, NICHD
Phone: 402-4776
E-mail: vgallo@helix.nih.gov

Contact 2: Joan Schwartz, NINDS
Phone: 496-4049
E-mail: jps@helix.nih.gov

Glycobiology Interest Group

Meeting time: Once a month on Thursday, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 30, Room 117

Contact: Diana Blithe, NICHD
Phone: 496-6437
E-mail: blithed@cc1.nichd.nih.gov

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Hard Tissue Disorders Interest Group

Umbrella group: Clinical Research
Meeting time: First Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Varies

Contact: Pamela Robey, NIDR
Phone: 496-4563
E-mail: probey@yoda.nidr.nih.gov

Image Processing

Meeting time, place: Varies

Contact: Bonnie Douglas, DCRT
Phone: 496-2847
E-mail: douglasb@magic.dcrt.nih.gov

Integrative Neuroscience Interest Group

Umbrella group: NeurobiologyMeeting time: Alternate Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: Building 49, Conference Room

Contact: James Olds, NINDS
Phone: 402-6079
E-mail: olds@bernard.ninds.nih.gov

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Lambda Lunch (Bacterial and Phage Genetics)

Meeting time: Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B13

Contact: Susan Gottesman, NCI
Phone: 496-3524
E-mail: susang@helix.nih.gov

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Lymphoma and Leukemia Interest Group

Meeting time: Second Monday, 2:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 9S-235

Contact: Ivan Horak, NCI
Phone: 594-1127
E-mail: idhorak@helix.nih.gov

Mass Spectrometry

Umbrella group: Structural Biology
Meeting time: First and third Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 7C101

Contact: Lewis Pannell, NIDDK
Phone: 402-2196
E-mail: pannell@nih.gov

[Molecular Modeling Interest Group]

Meeting time: To be decided
Meeting place: Building 12, Room B51

Contact: Robert Pearlstein, DCRT
Phone: 402-3043
E-mail: staff@cmm.dcrt.nih.gov

Motility Interest Group

Meeting time: First Monday (except July and August)
Meeting place: Building 10, Bunim Room

Contact: Leepo Yu, NIAMS
Phone: 496-5415
E-mail: lcyu@helix.nih.gov

Mouse Club

Umbrella group: Developmental Biology
Meeting time: Once a month on Tuesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 31, Room 2A-52

Contact: Heiner Westphal, NICHD
Phone: 402-0545
E-mail: hw@helix.nih.gov

Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Club

Meeting time: First Tuesday (see NIH Calendar of Events)
Meeting place: Building 49

Contact: Gordon Guroff, NICHD
Phone: 496-4751
E-mail: gordong@helix.nih.gov

Nerve-Muscle Interest Group

Meeting time: Every other Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B07

Contact: Matt Daniels, NHLBI
Phone: 496-2898
E-mail: mdaniels@codon.nih.gov

Neuroimmune Interactions Interest Group

Meeting time: Once a month on Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 11S-235

Contact: Esther Sternberg, NIMH
Phone: 402-2773
E-mail: ems@codon.nih.gov

Nucleic Acid Biochemistry Interest Group

Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: Third Friday
Meeting place: Building 5, Room 127

Contact: Janet Yancey-Wrona, NIDDK
Phone: 496-2038
E-mail: janety@bdg10.niddk.nih.gov

Pigment Cell Research Interest Group

Meeting time: Third Monday, 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 37, Room 6B23

Contact: Vincent Hearing, NCI
Phone: 496-1564
E-mail: hearingv@dc37a.nci.nih.gov

Postdoctoral Structural Biology Interest Group

Meeting time: Once a month on Tuesday, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 31, no room give

Contact: Teresa Strzelecka, NIDDK
Phone: 496-2815
E-mail: strzel@speck.niddk.nih.gov

[Prostate Cancer Interest Group]

Contact: W. Marston Linehan, NCI
Phone: 496-6353

Protein Folding

Meeting time: Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 12A, Room 3026

Contact: Joe Bryngelson, NCI/DCRT
Phone: 496-1135
E-mail: jdb@helix.nih.gov

Protein Trafficking Interest Group

Umbrella group: Cell Biology
Meeting time: Second Tuesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 9S-235 (Bunim Room)

Contact: Harris Bernstein, NIDDK
Phone: 402-4770
E-mail: harris_bernstein@nih.gov

Human Retrovirus Interest Group

Meeting time: Third Wednesday, noon-1:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Natcher Conference Center, Room B

Contact: Fatah Kashanchi, NCI
Phone: 496-0987
E-mail: kanshancf@dce41.nci.nih.gov

RNA Club

Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: First Tuesday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 41, Room C509

Contact 1: Carl Baker, NCI
Phone: 496-2078
E-mail: ccb@helix.nih.gov

Contact 2: Susan Haynes, NICHD
Phone: 496-7879
E-mail: sh4i@nih.gov

Signal Transduction Interest Group

Meeting time, place: Not available

Contact 1: John Northup, NIMH
Phone: 496-9167
E-mail: JKNGTP@helix

Contact 2: Jim Battey, NIDCD
Phone: 402-2829
E-mail: jbattey@pop.nidcd.nih.gov

Social Structure & Demographic Issues in Health Interest Group

Umbrella group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time, place: To be announced.

Contact 1: Laura E. Montgomery, NCHS/CDC
Phone: 436-3650 x 177
E-mail: lem3@nch07a.em.cdc.gov

Contact 2: Julie Reid, NHLBI
Phone: 435-0410
E-mail: Julie_Reid@nih.gov

Transcription Factors

Meeting time: First Thursday (except July-Sept.), 2:15 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 49, First Floor Conference Room

Contact 1: Stoney Simons, NIDDK
Phone: 496-6796
E-mail: steroids@helix.nih.gov

Contact 2: U. Siebenlist, NIAID
Phone 496-7662
E-mail: us3n@nih.gov

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Virology Interest Group

Meeting time: Third or fourth Thursday, 3:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 4, Room 433

Contact: Edward Berger, NIAID
Phone: 402-2481

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Washington Area Yeast Club

Umbrella group: Molecular Biology
Meeting time: Second Wednesday, 5:15-7:15 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 4A-05

Contact 1: Reed Wickner, NIDDK
Phone: 496-3452
E-mail: wickner@helix.nih.gov

Contact 2: Alan Hinnebusch, NICHD
Phone: 496-4480
E-mail: ah8j@nih.gov

WorldWideWeb Interest Group

Meeting time: Second Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.
Meeting place: Bldg. 10, Lipsett Auditorium
Contact : Dale Graham, DCRT
Phone: 402-1805
E-mail: degraham@helix.nih.gov

Xenopus/Zebrafish Interest Group

Umbrella group: Developmental Biology
Meeting time: Last Friday (except summer), 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 429

Contact: Tom Sargent, NICHD
Phone: 496-0369
E-mail: tsargent@nih.gov

X-ray Crystallography

Umbrella group: Structural Biology
Meeting time: Sporadically announced to members via e-mail
Meeting place: Building 5, Room 231

Contact 1: James Hurley, NIDDK
Phone: 402-4703
E-mail: hurley@tove.niddk.nih.gov

Youth and Family Interest Group

Umbrella group: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meeting time: Third Tuesday; time to be set
Meeting place: Building 31, 6A23

Contact: Carmen Moten, NEI
Phone: 496-4308
E-mail: cpm@b31.nei.nih.gov

Wanted: Grad-School Director

If shaping a curriculum interests you as much as designing an experiment, the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) may have the perfect job for you. FAES is seeking a scientist to serve as the new director for its Graduate School at NIH, a 37-year-old education program that has an enrollment of more than 2,500 students and offers nearly 100 courses. The part-time position is being vacated by NIDDK's Louis Cohen, who is stepping down after leading the school for the past 35 years. FAES says the new director must be a scientist who is familiar with NIH and its science-education needs, but he or she does not need to be employed by NIH. Among the director's responsibilities will be developing a new curriculum for the school, including courses that use a modern molecular biology teaching lab. For more information on the directorship, contact Lois Kochanski at FAES (phone: 496-7975; e-mail: KochanskiL@FAES.OD.NIH.Gov).