Laboratory Information:
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
45 Center Drive MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Website: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/Mechanisms/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Health and Human Services
Region: Mid-Atlantic
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Kevin Lauderdale
Phone: (301) 594-4499
Fax: (301) 480-2802
Email: lauderdk@nigms.nih.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The National Institute of General Medical
Sciences (NIGMS) primarily supports basic biomedical research that
lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The Institute's training
programs help provide the most critical element of good research: well-prepared scientists. NIGMS is
one of
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the principal biomedical research agency of the Federal Government.
NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Each year, NIGMS-supported
scientists make major advances in understanding fundamental life processes. In the course of answering
basic research questions, these investigators also increase our knowledge about the mechanisms and
pathways involved in certain diseases. Other grantees develop important new tools and techniques, many
of
which have medical applications. In recognition of the significance of their work, a number of NIGMS
grantees
have received the Nobel Prize and other high scientific honors. NIGMS is organized into divisions and
a center
that support research and research training in basic biomedical science fields. One division has the
specific
mission of increasing the number of underrepresented minority biomedical and behavioral scientists.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Minority Student Research Initiatives
- Grants
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Biochemistry
- Biotechnology
- Spectroscopic techniques
- Synthetic chemistry
- Trauma and burn injury
- Wound healing
- Extrachromosomal inheritance
- Genetics and Developmental Biology
- Glycoconjugates and glycobiology
- High-throughput data analysis
- Chromosome organization and mechanics
- Computational genomics
- Control of gene expression
- Control of the cell cycle
- Database design and enhancement
- Molecular biophysics
- Molecular immunobiology
- Neurogenetics and the genetics of behavior
- Pharmacogenetics
- Pharmacology and clinical pharmacology
- Pharmacology, Physiology and Biological Chemistry
- Physiology
- Population genetics, evolution, and the genetics of complex traits
- Protein synthesis
- Replication, recombination, and repair of genes
- RNA processing and transcription
