Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
Long-time National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) grantees Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. David Baker, also an NIGMS grantee, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in computational protein design.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced it is accepting applications for the position of Director at NIGMS, underscoring its ongoing commitment to research and training in biomedical sciences.