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INTERINSTITUTE INTEREST GROUP DIRECTORY


MAJOR INTEREST GROUPS

Cell Biology Interest Group
Meeting time: Varies, meetings restricted to NIH scientists
Meeting place: Building 18T, Room 101
Contact: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
Phone: 402-1010; 402-1009
E-mail: jlippin@helix.nih.gov
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Clinical Research Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: Cliff Lane
Phone: 496-7196
E-mail: clane@atlas.niaid.nih.gov
Contact 2: Harry Keiser
Phone: 496-1518
E-mail: keiserh@fido.nhlbi.nih.gov

Genetics Interest Group
Meeting time: Usually second Tuesday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room A and B
Contact 1: Lynn Hudson
Phone: 496-9660
E-mail: hudson@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Beverly Mock
Phone: 496-2360
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Immunology Interest Group
Meeting time: Each Wednesday (except summer), 4:15 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium
Contact: David Margulies
Phone: 496-6429
E-mail: dhm@helix.nih.gov
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Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Interest Group
Meeting time: Yearly to consider speakers
Meeting place: Building 8, Room 122
Contact: Reed Wickner
Phone: 496-3452
E-mail: wickner@helix.nih.gov

Neurobiology Interest Group
Meeting time: To be announced
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B13
Contact 1: Chip Gerfen
Phone: 496-4341
E-mail: gerfen@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Chris McBain
Phone: 402-4778
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Structural Biology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Announced to members by e-mail and regular mail
Contact: Adrian Parsegian
Phone: 496-6561
E-mail: aparsegi@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Marius Clore
Phone: 496-0782
To register for e-mail announcements:
E-mail cch@discus.niams.nih.gov

OTHER INTEREST GROUPS

AIDS Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Fulvia Veronese
Phone: 496-3677
E-mail: fv10X@nih.gov
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Alzheimer’s Interest Group
Meeting time: First Thursday (except summer), 9:00 am
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B13
Contact: Gerald Ehrenstein
Phone: 496-3206
E-mail: gerry@helix.nih.gov

Apoptosis Interest Group
Meeting time: First Monday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 30, Conference Room 117
Contact: Yves Pommier
Phone: 496-5944
E-mail: pommier@nih.gov

Behavioral and Social Sciences Interest Group
Meeting time: Varies
Meeting place: See NIH Calendar of Events
Contact 1: Jaylan Turkkan
Phone: 443-1263
E-mail: jaylan@nih.gov
Contact 2: Ronald Abeles
Phone: 594-5943
E-mail: rabeles@box-r.nih.gov

BSSR Methodology and Measurement Interest Group
Meeting time: Quarterly, 8:30 am
Meeting place: Gateway, Room 525
Contact: Jared Jobe
Phone: 496-3137
E-mail: Jared_Jobe@nih.gov

Bioethics Interest Group
Meeting time: First Monday (except August), 3:00 pm
Meeting place: Natcher, Room D
Contact: Miriam Kelty
Phone: 496-9322
E-mail: mk46u@nih.gov

Bioinstrumentation Interest Group
Meeting time: First Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 13, Room 3W54
Contact: Paul Smith
Phone: 435-1945
E-mail: pdsmith@helix.nih.gov

Biophysics Interest Group
Meeting time: Varies
Meeting place: Varies, mostly Building 10, Bunim Room
Contact: Peter Basser
Phone: 435-1949
E-mail: pjbasser@helix.nih.gov

Birth Defects and Teratology Interest Group
Meeting time: Varies
Meeting place: Natcher, NIEHS
Contact 1: Kenneth Warren
Phone: 593-4375
E-mail: kwarren@willco.niaaa.nih.gov
Contact 2: Harold Slavkin
Phone: 496-3571

Breast Biology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: JoAnne Zujewski
Phone: 402-0985
E-mail: zujewski@nih.gov
Contact 2: Patricia Steeg
Phone: 496-9753

Calcium Interest Group
Meeting time: Usually Tuesday, 3:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 49, Room 1A50
Contact 1: Arthur Sherman
Phone: 496-4325
E-mail: asherman@nih.gov
Contact 2: Indu Ambudkar
Phone: 496-1478
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Cell Motility Interest Group
Meeting time: First Monday (except July and August), 4:00 p.m.
Meeting place: Building 10, Bunim Room (9S235)
Contact: Jim Sellers
Phone: 496-6887
E-mail: jsellers@helix.nih.gov

Chemistry Interest Group
Meeting time: Monthly seminars
Meeting place: Varies
Contact 1: John Schwab
Phone: 594-1338
E-mail: schwabj@nigms.nih.gov
Contact 2: Kenneth Kirk
Phone: 496-2619

Chromatin and Chromosomes Interest Group
Meeting time: Every other Thursday, 11:00 am
Meeting place: Building 32T, Conference Room
Contact: David Clark
Phone: 496-6966
E-mail: djclark@helix.nih.gov

Clinical Pharmacology Interest Group
Meeting time: Quarterly, 7:00 pm
Meeting place: Varies
Contact 1: William D. Figg
Phone: 402-3622
Contact 2: Art Atkinson

Cornea Interest Group
Meeting time: First Monday, 8:30 am
Meeting place: Building 6, Room 412
Contact: Christina Sax
Phone: 402-4342
E-mail: sax@helix.nih.gov

Cytokine Interest Group
Meeting time: Quarterly symposia
Meeting place: Varies
Contact 1: Sharon Wahl
Phone: 496-9218
E-mail: smwahl@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
Contact 2: electronic, Marco Schito
E-mail: mschito@atlas.niaid.nih.gov

Developmental Biology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: Igor Dawid
Phone: 496-4448
E-mail: idawid@nih.gov
Contact 2: Joram Piatigorsky
Phone: 496-9467

DNA Repair Interest Group
Meeting time: Third Tuesday, 12:30 pm
Meeting/Videoconference Locations: Natcher Building Room H; GRC (Baltimore) Room 1E03; FCRDC Building 549, Conference Room A;
NIEHS (Research Triangle Park, NC) Building 101, Room B200
Contact 1: Kenneth Kraemer
Phone: 496-9033
E-mail: kraemerk@nih.gov
Contact 2: Vilhelm Bohr
Phone 410-558-8162

Domestic Violence Research Interest Group
Meeting time and place: To be announced
Contact: John C. Umhau
Phone: 496-7515
E-mail: umhau@nih.gov

Drosophila Interest Group
Meeting time: Third Tuesday, 1:15 pm
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 4B429
Contact: Sue Haynes
Phone: 496-7879
E-mail: sh4i@nih.gov

Drug Discovery Interest Group
Meeting time: Usually one Thursday a month, 3:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 37, Room 6B25
Contact: John Weinstein
Phone: 496-9571
E-mail: weinstein@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov

Economics Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: James A. Schuttinga
Phone: 496-2229
E-mail: js4lz@nih.gov
Contact 2: Agnes Rupp
E-mail: ar24f@nih.gov

Endocrinology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: George Chrousos
Phone: 496-4686
E-mail: George_Chrousos@nih.gov
Contact 2: Phil Gold
Phone: 496-1945

Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: Bob Hoover
Phone: 496-1691
E-mail: rh62m@nih.gov
Contact 2: Martina Vogel-Taylor
Phone: 496-6614
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Extracellular Matrix Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Friday, 11:00 am
Meeting place: Natcher or Building 30
Contact 1: William Stetler-Stevenson
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: typically second and fourth Friday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, usually Room 5N264
Contact: Jay Knutson
Phone: 496-2557
E-mail: jaysan@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Dan Sackett
Phone: 496-4033

Gene Therapy Interest Group
Meeting time: Second and fourth Thursday, 2:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium
Contact 1: Richard Morgan
Phone: 402-1833
E-mail: rmorgan@nhgri.nih.gov
Contact 2: Fabio Candotti
Phone: 402-1833

Genomics and Bioinformatics Interest Group
Meeting time: Usually one Thursday a month, 3:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 37, Room 6B25
Contact: John Weinstein, NCI
Phone: 496-9571
E-mail: weinstein@dtpax2.ncifcrf.gov

Glia Club
Meeting time: Bimonthly, second Tuesday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B13
Contact 1: Vittorio Gallo
Phone: 402-4776
E-mail: vgallo@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Joan Schwartz
Phone: 496-4049

Glycobiology Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Diana Blithe
Phone: 496-1661
E-mail: blithed@exchange.nih.gov
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GTP Binding Proteins Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Friday, 2:00 pm
Meeting place: FAES Social & Academic Center
Contact: R. Victor Rebois
Phone: 496-2007
E-mail: rebois@box-r.nih.gov

Hard Tissue Disorders Interest Group
Meeting time: Day varies, 9:30 am
Meeting place: Building 30, Room 106
Contact: Pamela Robey
Phone: 496-4563
E-mail: probey@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
Contact 2: Michael Collins
Phone: 496-4913

Head and Neck Biology Interest Group
Meeting time: bimonthly, second Monday, 3:30 pm
Meeting place: Building. 10, Room. 9C401
Contact: Frank G. Ondrey
Phone: 435-2072
E-mail: fondrey@pop.nidcd.nih.gov

Head and Neck Cancer Interest Group
Meeting time: To be announced
Meeting place: Building 30, Room 211
Contact: Wendy Weinberg
Phone: 594-5270
E-mail: wweinberg@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
Contact 2: Adrian Senderowicz
Phone: 496-4119

Human Development Across the Lifespan Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact: Kim Roberts
Phone: 496-0420
E-mail: roberts@ssed.nichd.nih.gov
Contact 2: Kimberly Kendziora
Phone: 496-4407

Image Processing Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: Bennes Trus
Phone: 496-2250
E-mail: trus@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Calvin Johnson
Phone: 402-3045

Integrative Neuroscience Interest Group
Meeting time: Alternate Thursdays, 3:30 pm
Meeting Place: Building 49, first floor Conference Room
Contact 1: Michael Goldberg
Phone: 496-9375
E-mail: meg@lsr.nei.nih.gov
Contact 2: Robert Wurtz
Phone: 496-9375
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In Vivo NMR Interest Group
Meeting time: Varies
Meeting place: Building 10, Room B1N256
Contact: Jeff Duyn
Phone: 402-1981
E-mail: jhd@helix.nih.gov
Website: http://mri.info.nih.gov

Java Interest Group
Meeting Time: Second Thursday, 11:30 pm
Meeting place: Building 12B, second floor Conference Room
Contact: Ronald Taylor
Phone: 496-4051
E-mail: rtaylor@helix.nih.gov

Lambda Lunch (Bacterial and Phage Genetics)
Meeting time: Each Thursday, 11:00 am
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B13
Contact: Susan Gottesman
Phone: 496-3524
E-mail: susang@helix.nih.gov
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Lymphoma and Leukemia Interest Group
Meeting time: Third Thursday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 13S235A
Contact 1: Larry Kwak
Phone: 301-846-1607
E-mail: kwak@mail.ncifcrf.gov
Contact 2: Charles Zacharchuk
Phone: 496-4514

Mass Spectrometry Interest Group
Meeting time: First and third Thursday, 11:00 am
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 7C101
Contact 1: Lewis Pannell
Phone: 402-2196
E-mail: L_Pannell@nih.gov
Contact 2: Jack Simpson
Phone: 496-7544

Microtubule Interest Group
Meeting time: Every other Friday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 9S235 (Bunim Room)
Contact: Dan Sackett
Phone: 496-4033
E-mail: dsackett@helix.nih.gov

Mitochondria Interest Group
Meeting time: First Monday, 3:00 pm
Meeting place: Natcher, Room J/H; NIEHS; GRC
Contact: Steve Zullo
Phone: 435-3576
E-mail: zullo@helix.nih.gov

Molecular Modeling Interest Group
Meeting time: See
http://cmm.info.nih.gov/MMIGnet/events
Meeting place: Building 12A, conference rooms
Contact: Peter Steinbach
Phone: 496-1100
E-mail: steinbac@helix.nih.gov

Molecular Psychiatry Interest Group
Meeting time: Monthly, Thursday (with summer break), 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Varies
Contact: Julio Licinio
Phone: 496-6885
E-mail: licinio@nih.gov

Mouse Club
Meeting time: First Tuesday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 31, Room 2A52, or Building 6A, Room 405
Contact: Heiner Westphal
Phone: 402-0545
E-mail: hw@helix.nih.gov

Multisensory Interest Group
Meeting time: Alternate Thursdays, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 15K, ground-floor conference room
Contact 1: Peter Grossenbacher
Phone: 496-7672
E-mail: Peter_Grossenbacher@nih.gov
Contact 2: Scott Adams
Phone: 496-7874
URL: http://www.nih.gov/sigs/mig/

Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Club
Meeting time: First Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 49, Room 1A59 (lecture) and Room 5A46 (discussion)
Contact: Gordon Guroff
Phone: 496-4751
E-mail: gordong@helix.nih.gov

Nerve-Muscle Interest Group
Meeting time: Alternate Wednesdays, 8:45 am
Meeting place: Building 36, Room 1B07
Contact 1: Matt Daniels
Phone: 496-2898
E-mail: mdaniels@codon.nih.gov
Contact 2: Zuhang Sheng
Phone: 435-4596

Neuroimmune Interactions Interest Group
Meeting time: Usually one Tuesday a month, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 11S235
Contact: Esther Sternberg
Phone: 402-2773
E-mail: ems@codon.nih.gov

Pain Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Monday, 3:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room A
Contact: M. A. Ruda
Phone: 402-4980
E-mail: ruda@yoda.nidr.nih.gov
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PET Interest Group
Meeting time: Each Friday, 2:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 1C520.
Contact: Peter Herscovitch
Phone: 402-4297
E-mail: herscovitch@nih.gov

Pigment Cell Research Interest Group
Meeting time: Third Monday, 3:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room A
Contact: Vincent Hearing
Phone: 496-1564
E-mail: hearingv@nih.gov

Prostate Cancer Interest Group
Meeting time: Usually one Tuesday a month, 4:30 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, 2 East Conference Room
Contact 1: Marston Linehan
Phone: 496-6353
E-mail: wml@nih.gov
Contact 2: Michael Emmert-Buck
Phone: 496-2912

Protein Folding Journal Club
Meeting time: Each Thursday (usually October—June), 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 12A, Room 3026
Contact: Joe Bryngelson
Phone: 496-1135
E-mail: jdb@helix.nih.gov

Protein Trafficking Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Tuesday, 3:30 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Room 9S235
Contact 1: Harris Bernstein
Phone: 402-4770
E-mail: harris_bernstein@nih.gov
Contact 2: Peng Loh
Phone: 496-3239

Reactive Oxygen Species Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Friday (Sept.-May), 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference 1A-B
Contact: C. C. "Mike" Chiueh
Phone: 402-2369
E-mail: chiueh@helix.nih.gov

RNA Club
Meeting time: First Tuesday (except August), 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 41, Room C509
Contact 1: Carl Baker
Phone:496-2078
E-mail: ccb@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Susan Haynes
Phone: 496-7879

Signal Transduction Interest Group
Meeting time: Second and fourth Friday, 4:30 pm
Meeting place: 5 Research Court, Conference
Contact 1: John Northup
Phone: 496-9167
E-mail: drjohn@codon.nih.gov
Contact 2: James Battey
Phone: 402-0900

Social Structure & Demographic Issues in Health Interest Group
Meeting time and place: Varies
Contact 1: Laura E. Montgomery
Phone: 436-3650, ext 177
E-mail: lem3@cdc.gov

Therapeutic Oligonucleotides Interest Group
Meeting time: Last Thursday, 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 30, Room 117
Contact : Yoon Cho-Chung,
Phone: 496-4020
E-mail: chochung@helix.nih.gov

Transcription Factors Interest Group
Meeting time: First Thursday (except July-Sept.), 2:15 pm
Meeting place: Building 49, Conference Room B
Contact 1: Stoney Simons,
Phone: 496-6796
E-mail: steroids@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Uli Siebenlist
Phone 496-7662
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Viral Hepatitis Interest Group
Meeting time: One Monday a month, 3:30 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Bunim Room (9S235)
Contact: T. Jake Liang
Phone: 496-1721
E-mail: jliang@nih.gov

Virology Interest Group
Meeting time: Third or fourth Thursday, 3:30 pm
Meeting place: Building 4, Room 433
Contact 1: Jeffrey Cohen
Phone: 496-5221
Contact 2: Peter Collins
Phone: 496-4205
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Washington Area Yeast Club
Meeting time: Second Wednesday, 5:15 pm
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 4A05
Contact 1: Reed Wickner
Phone: 496-3452
E-mail: wickner@helix.nih.gov
Contact 2: Alan Hinnebusch
Phone: 496-4480
E-mail: ahinnebusch@nih.gov

World Wide Web Interest Group
Meeting time: Second Tuesday, 2:30 pm
Meeting place: Building 10, Lipsett Auditorium
Contact: Dale Graham, DCRT
Phone: 402-1805
E-mail: degraham@helix.nih.gov

Xenopus/Zebrafish Interest Group
Meeting time: Last Friday (except summer), 4:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 6B, Room 429
Contact: Tom Sargent
Phone: 496-0369
E-mail: tsargent@nih.gov

X-ray Crystallography Interest Group
Meeting time: Quarterly, announced by e-mail, 2:00 pm
Meeting place: Building 5, Room 127
Contact 1: James Hurley
Phone: 402-4703
E-mail: hurley@tove.niddk.nih.gov
Contact 2: Peter Sun
Phone: 496-3792


To make additions or changes, contact Celia Hooper (fax: 435-2919; e-mail: hooperc@nih.gov)

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