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2002

• NIGMS-Funded RNA Research Named Breakthrough of the Year
  December 20, 2002
   
• "Knot" to be Undone, Researchers Discover Unusual Protein Structure
  November 27, 2002
   
• NIGMS Center Grants Will Spice Up Chemical Libraries
  October 10, 2002
   
• NIGMS Grantee John Fenn Wins Nobel Prize for Refining Mass Spectrometry Technique to Analyze Large Molecules
  October 9, 2002
   
• NIH Grantee H. Robert Horvitz Wins Nobel Prize for Deciphering Cell Death Genes
  October 7, 2002
   
• NIGMS and NSF Grants Join Math and Biology
  August 19, 2002
   
• NIGMS Funds Complex Biomedical Systems Research Centers
  August 2, 2002
   
• NIGMS Energizes NMR Research With World's Biggest Magnets
  July 1, 2002
   
• New Members Appointed to NAGMS Council
  May 9, 2002
   
• Greenberg Named NIGMS Acting Director
  March 4, 2002
   
• NIGMS Director Cassman to Lead California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research
  February 4, 2002
   
• Structural Genomics and Proteomics Technology Branch Created
  January 3, 2002

2001

• Pharmacogenetics Research Network Chooses Journal to Publish PharmGKB Data
  November 9, 2001
   
• NIH Funds Synchrotron Beamlines to Advance Studies of Molecular Structures
  November 5, 2001
   
• NIGMS Grantee K. Barry Sharpless Wins Nobel Prize for Advances in Mirror-Image Chemistry
  October 10, 2001
   
• NIH Grantee Leland Hartwell Wins Nobel Prize for Breakthroughs in Understanding the Cell Cycle
  October 8, 2001
   
• NIGMS Awards "Glue Grant" to Study Cell Talk
  October 5, 2001
   
• NIGMS Protein Structure Initiative Establishes Advisory Committee
  October 3, 2001
   
• NIGMS Awards "Glue Grant" to Probe Body's Response to Burn and Trauma Injury
  October 2, 2001
   
• NIGMS Protein Structure Initiative Announces New Members
  September 28, 2001
   
• NIGMS Awards "Glue Grant" to Study How Cells Move
  September 26, 2001
   
• $3 Million in Grants Awarded for American Indian and Alaska Native Research Centers
  September 20, 2001
   
• NIH Pharmacogenetics Research Network Announces New Members
  September 4, 2001
   
• Pharmacogenetics Research Network Seeks Journal Partnership
  June 1, 2001
   
• NIGMS Creates Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  May 14, 2001
   
• NIH Hosts First Annual Meeting of the Pharmacogenetics Research Network
  April 10, 2001
   
• New Members Appointed to NAGMS Council
  January 11, 2001

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2000

• NIGMS Structural Genomics Awards Scale Up Protein Structure Studies
  September 26, 2000
   
• Native American Research Centers for Health Program Launched
  September 8, 2000
   
• NIGMS Awards "Glue Grant" to Create Virtual Cell
  September 5, 2000
   
• Alcohol Researchers Suggest Specific Binding Site for Anesthetics and Alcohols
  July 24, 2000
   
• One-Two Punch Knocks Out Fly Genes
  June 15, 2000
   
• International Structural Genomics Initiative Advances
  May 17, 2000
   
• Researchers Link PKA to Voluntary Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Effects
  May 14, 2000
   
• Dr. Norka Ruiz Bravo Appointed NIGMS Associate Director for Extramural Activities
  May 8, 2000
   
• Advanced Photon Source Sector Development Contract Information
  April 18, 2000
   
• Conceptual Design Section from the Proposal for the GM/CA-CAT Sector
  April 7, 2000
   
• First Awards Made in NIH Effort to Understand How Genes Affect People's Responses to Medicines
  April 4, 2000
   
• Four New Members Appointed to NAGMS Council
  February 11, 2000
   
• Robots Eavesdrop on Cellular Discussions
  February 9, 2000

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1999

• NIH Grantee Günter Blobel Wins Nobel Prize for Protein Signaling Discovery
  October 11, 1999
   
• NIH Office of Dietary Supplements Announces Funding of Dietary Supplements Research Centers
  October 6, 1999
   
• Normal Cellular Enzyme Becomes Marker for Alzheimer's Disease
  October 1, 1999
   
• Historically Black and Research-Intensive Universities Partner Under Grants Aimed at Broadening U.S. Science Base
  September 22, 1999
   
• NIGMS Awards Contract to Continue Operating Cell Repository
  September 17, 1999
   
• Mini-Motor Models Nature, Advances Miniaturization Technology
  September 8, 1999
   
• Response to Cocaine Linked to Biological Clock Genes
  August 12, 1999
   
• Heavy Metal Research is Music to Biologists' Ears
  July 28, 1999
   
• NIGMS Announces Initiative on Structural Genomics
  June 23, 1999
   
• NIGMS "Glue Grants" for Integrative and Collaborative Approaches to Research
  May 26, 1999
   
• New Members Appointed to NAGMS Council
  February 11, 1999
   
• Criteria for the Evaluation of Structure Determination Proposals
  February 10, 1999
   
• Deposition of Atomic Coordinates into Structural Databases
  January 29, 1999
   
• NIGMS Interim Funding Policy
  January 6, 1999

1998

• It's About Time: Biological Clock Research Keeps Ticking
  December 23, 1998
   
• Compensation of Students Working on Research Grants
  December 4, 1998
   
• NIGMS Pharmacogenetics Research Network
  November 18, 1998
   
• Molecular Rescue Mission Unveils New Genetic Link to Common Birth Defect
  November 16, 1998
   
• Plants Get the Message, Too
  November 11, 1998
   
• Attribution of Support
  November 5, 1998
   
• Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins Program Reannounced
  October 21, 1998
   
• UV Skin Damage in a Different Light
  August 31, 1998
   
• NIGMS Ends Priority Score/Percentile Score Experiment
  June 29, 1998
   
• NIGMS Makes First Awards for "High Risk/High Impact" Studies
  March 31, 1998
   
• 3-D Structure of HIV Components May Pave the Way for New Anti-AIDS Drugs
  January 15, 1998 
   
• Fruit Flies May Shed Light on Cocaine Addiction
  January 13, 1998

1997

• Change in NIH Policy of Supporting New Investigators
  November 21, 1997
   
• Long-Time NIH Grantee Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  October 15, 1997
   
• Supplements for the Determination of High-Resolution Structures
  July 25, 1997
   
• Dr. W. Sue Shafer Named NIGMS Deputy Director
  July 7, 1997
   
• Advance in Understanding Microbial Membranes
  May 22, 1997
   
• Protein Fragments May Help Alleviate Cystic Fibrosis
  May 14, 1997 
   
• Substance from Grapefruit Juice May Make Medications Safer
  May 14, 1997
   
• How Light- and Temperature-Responsive Molecules Make the Biological Clock Run
  May 1, 1997 
   
• Novel Plastic Beads Enhance Drug Delivery
  March 26, 1997 
   
• Enzyme Research Targets Ras-Induced Cancers
  March 20, 1997

1996

• Dr. Marvin Cassman Named NIGMS Director
  August 22, 1996
   
• A Sensor, a Switch, a Zipper: Protein Engineers Design Potential Tool
  May 31, 1996 
   
• Enzyme's "Magic" May Hold Key to Anticancer and Antimicrobial Drugs
  April 29, 1996 
   
• Bacterial Toxin Surprises Scientists
  March 29, 1996

1995

• A Step Closer to Understanding How Proteins Fold
  June 1, 1995
   
• Metabolic Engineering: Beyond Recombinant DNA
  May 8, 1995