https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/mission-goals NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. The goals of the agency are: to foster...

Short Biography Caroline (Carrie) Harwood received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Massachusetts and completed postdoctoral work at Yale University. She held academic appointments at Cornell University and the University of Iowa before moving to the University of Washington in 2005...

PerCon SFA, Co-Investigator Vivian Lin earned her PhD in organic chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley with Professor Chris Chang, developing fluorescent probes for imaging redox active small molecules. Afterward, she traveled to Switzerland for a postdoctoral fellowship in the...

Dr. Katrina Waters is the division director for Biological Sciences at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Waters has a Ph.D. in biochemistry and more than 15 years of experience in microarray and proteomics data analysis. Her research interests are focused on the integration of genomics...