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January 22, 2010, NIH Record, Vol. LXII, No. 2 JANUARY 22, 2010 The Second Best Thing About Payday VOL. LXII, NO. 2 King’s Lessons Are Not Past, but Present By Valerie Lambros ABOVE · The renovation of Bldg. 3 will retain ore than 40 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the some architectural features. See story country has surely come a long way. However, as the keynote speaker of the below. M NIH presentation to observe the civil rights leader’s birthday pointed out, there is features much work to be done. The NIH event celebrating King’s life and work was kicked off by a performance by 1 musicians from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and headlined by author and King’s Legacy Still Lives sociologist Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. 3 NIH director Dr. Francis Collins NHLBI Hosts Stem Cell Symposium opened the event by reflecting on 7 King’s message of service to others. NIH Recruits Management Interns Recalling a famous King quote, Collins said, “We all must decide whether we 12 will walk in the light of creative altru- Jackson Ends 62-Year NIH Career ism, or the darkness of destructive self- ishness.” Dr. Vivian Pinn, director of departments see king observance, page 6 Dr. Michael Eric Dyson gives the keynote lecture at NIH’s annual King celebration. Briefs 2 Digest 10 ‘Decommissioned’ Bldg. 3 Gets Ready to U.S.-India Research Collaboration Volunteers 11 Shine Again Addresses HIV, STDs By Valerie Lambros By David Taylor Facelifts aren’t common treatments at NIH. U.S. and Indian scientists gathered recent- Unless you’re talking about buildings. ly at NIH to review progress on internation- al research collaborations in the area of HIV/ Bldg. 3, a structure in what NIH considers one AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. of its two historic districts, is not only getting some cosmetic updates to its exterior, but also Asia, home to 60 percent of the world’s a full interior overhaul. Once used as laborato- population, is second only to sub-Saharan ry space, the building will soon be re-tasked as Africa in terms of the number of people liv- administrative offices. But making the build- ing with HIV, according to the latest U.N. ing ready for this shift in purpose hasn’t come statistics. India accounts for roughly half of without challenges. Asia’s HIV prevalence. “A building with so much rich architectural This session of the U.S.-India joint work- character, you can’t tear it down, although that ing group on prevention of sexually trans- would be much easier,” said Dexroy Chisim, an mitted diseases and HIV/AIDS was the first architect in ORF’s Capital Projects Branch who opportunity for researchers to report on will manage design and construction phases progress made under grants awarded since of the renovation. “So we have to modernize the program began in 2006. The initiative is the building’s interior and restore the exterior part of the implementation of the U.S.-Indo with the exact same features [it used to have].” joint statement on collaboration on preven- tion of sexually transmitted diseases and However, the job won’t be that simple. Decom- The NIH Record is recyclable HIV/AIDS signed by the HHS Secretary and as office white paper. missioned in 2002, Bldg. 3 and its renovation see bldg. 3, page 8 see u.s.-india, page 4 viding up-to-date scientifically based information in easy to understand language. The contract also provides for smoking cessation counseling via NCI’s Smoking Quitline (1-877-44U-QUIT). The Contact Center handles over 100,000 inquiries annually and briefs has responded to over 10 million callers since its inception in 1976. Orioles and Nationals Ticket Sale Facility Wins 2009 Excellence in Recycling Award The R&W will once again offer tickets to the Balti- more Orioles and Washington Nationals. Orioles 5635 Fishers Lane in Rockville, one of NIH’s satellite tickets go on sale Tuesday, Feb. 23 in Bldg. 31, facilities, recently received the Excellence in Recy- Rm. B1W30 (outside the R&W gift shop) at 8 a.m. cling Award for its 2008 recycling rates. It was one Available are two regular season tickets (2 seats of 26 sites to receive the honor, which is given to behind first base—section 14BBB seats 7-8) and businesses and organizations that recycle at least tickets for 13 Sunday games (4 seats behind 50 percent of their waste. third base—section 58MM). You may buy one set The achievement was due to full participation of tickets the first time through the line. After from employees, management and cleaning staff. the initial line ends you may come back through Each year, large and medium-sized businesses again to purchase additional tickets. Arrive early within the county are required to fill out a report on to join the queue if you have a particular game the weight of each recyclable material collected. in mind. Recycling of mixed paper, cardboard, commingled Nationals tickets go on sale on Thursday, Feb. materials, yard trim, Christmas trees and scrap 25 in the Bldg. 31 R&W gift shop, also at 8 a.m. metal is required for both residents and businesses R&W has 4 seats in section 219, row D. The in Montgomery County. process to purchase tickets will be the same Within the Fishers Lane offices, employees have as for Orioles tickets. You must be a 2010 R&W separate small bins for trash and recyclables. The member to buy tickets. Membership is $7 for the cleaning staff takes the materials to the loading The NIH Record is published biweekly at year and can be purchased at the same time you dock and sorts them into paper and commingled Bethesda, MD by the Editorial Operations get tickets. Branch, Office of Communications and Public bins. There are also containers located throughout Liaison, for the information of employees of the building, including the cafeteria, for paper and the National Institutes of Health, Department String Quartet Series Continues commingled materials. For recycling information at of Health and Human Services. The content is NIH, call (301) 496-7990. reprintable without permission. Pictures may The Manchester String Quartet Concert Series be available upon request. Use of funds for continues this winter and spring at NIH. Con- printing this periodical has been approved by Grease Is Coming to National Theatre the director of the Office of Management and certs are free and begin at 12:30 p.m. in Masur Budget through September 30, 2010. Auditorium, Bldg. 10. Future concert dates, all on Grease, Time magazine’s 2007 pick for “#1 Mondays, are: Feb. 8, Mar. 8, Apr. 5 and May 10. To receive alerts to our latest issue, send an musical of the year,” is traveling the country in email to [email protected] with the words The series is made possible by the Foundation a new production direct from Broadway, starring “Subscribe NIHRECORD” in the message body. for Advanced Education in the Sciences. For American Idol winner Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel. NIH Record Office Bldg. 31, Rm. 5B41 reasonable accommodation needs, contact Tickets for the Thursday, Feb. 11 show at 7:30 p.m. Phone (301) 496-2125 Fax (301) 402-1485 Sharon Greenwell at (301) 496-4713 or email are on sale at all NIH/NOAA R&W stores for $71 Web address http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov [email protected]. (reg. $76.50) and will be located in the orchestra and mezzanine levels. Editor Richard McManus ‘Hutch’ To Run NCI Contact Center Marquez To Be SACNAS President [email protected] The National Cancer Institute recently an- NIGMS contractor Dr. Assistant Editor nounced the selection of a single organization Ernest D. Marquez Carla Garnett for a multiple-year contract award to operate its [email protected] was recently named Cancer Information Service (CIS) Contact Center. president-elect of the Staff Writers The program will be located at Fred Hutchinson 20,000-member Society Jan Ehrman Cancer Research Center in Seattle and will for the Advancement [email protected] serve the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. of Chicanos and Native Valerie Lambros Virgin Islands and the U.S.-associated Pacific Americans in Science. He [email protected] Territories. retired from NIH in 2007 The Contact Center provides information to the after working at NINR, NIGMS and later NIMH. The NIH Record reserves the right to make public through a toll-free telephone number, corrections, changes or deletions in submitted 1-800-4CANCER, and by email in English and copy in conformity with the policies of the Spanish and through LiveHelp instant messag- paper and HHS. ing on NCI’s web site, www.cancer.gov. NCI’s CIS is the federal government’s source for the latest, most accurate cancer information for the public, patients and their families and health profes- sionals. For more than 30 years it has been pro- 2 2 JANUARY 22, 2010 JANUARY 22, 2010 VOL. LXII, NO. 2 NHLBI Hosts Stem Cell Symposium Left: Dr. Kenneth R. Chien of An international array of more than 500 stem Massachusetts General cell experts gathered on the NIH campus last Hospital and Harvard Uni- fall to participate in the third Symposium on versity discusses the potential Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, an event for induced pluripotent stem cells to help repair the heart hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood during the recent Symposium Institute. on Regenerative Cardiovascular During the symposium held at Natcher Audito- Medicine. rium, scientists discussed the latest advances in cardiovascular stem cell research and consid- ered which questions still need to be answered.
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