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Christian Anfinsen: Protein Folding and the Nobel Prize

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How are proteins made? How do they fold, and what role does structure play in their function? Chris Anfinsen's investigations answered these questions; they also led to a Nobel Prize.

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Michael Potter: The Work of Michael Potter

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Michael Potter investigated the twin questions of what causes cancer and how we produce the antibodies called immunoglobulins which protect us from disease.

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Marshall Nirenberg: Deciphering the Genetic Code

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Explore the Nobel Prize-winning work of Marshall Nirenberg, who deciphered the genetic code with the help of NIH colleagues, enabling genetics to become a central scientific field.

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About the NIH Stetten Museum and Its Exhibits

The DeWitt Stetten Jr. Museum of Medical Research, established in 1986, preserves and interprets the material culture of the scientific work of the NIH. In conjunction with the broader Office of NIH History, the Stetten Museum collects biomedical research instruments, photographs, videos, journals, or oral histories, as well as objects related to the general history of the NIH, including architectural artifacts, artwork, and clothing.

Through onsite and online exhibits, the Stetten Museum brings these materials to life to inform the public of the breadth and significance of research performed at the NIH, the world's largest research entity dedicated to biomedical and behavioral research and training.

Our exhibits are displayed across the NIH Bethesda campus.

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The Stadtman Way: A Tale of Two Biochemists at NIH

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The scientific power couple of Thressa and Earl Stadtman developed a unique way to train scientists; they each made significant scientific contributions too.

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal: The Beginnings of Modern Neuroscience

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Learn about the first person to describe the nervous system, including intricate neurons, in exquisite and artistic detail

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Biologics Regulation and Research: The People and Work of Buildings 29 & 29A

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Buildings 29 and 29A are nationally significant to the history of medicine and public health because within their laboratories National Institutes of Health (NIH) and then the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff helped to conquer some of the deadliest infectious diseases.

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Canyon Creek Schoolhouse Laboratory 100^thAnniversary

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The Canyon Creek Schoolhouse laboratory opened in 1921 to investigate how to treat or cure Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and how to prevent people from getting it in the first place.

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Early Women Scientists at NIH

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This page contains some resources about women scientists and researchers at the Hygienic Laboratory, later the National Institutes of Health.

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NIBIB: Improving Health Through Emerging Technologies

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Learn about cutting-edge research funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

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Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra

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Dr. Joseph Goldberger discovered the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed many poor Southerners in the early part of the 20th century. His finding that pellagra was caused by a diet deficient in vitamin B was met by political and social resistance.

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Margaret Pittman

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Margaret Pittman arrived at NIH in 1936, beginning a career that would span 57 years and make her an internationally renowned expert on vaccines and serums, as well as the first female laboratory chief at the NIH.

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Changing Times

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Who would think that coloring books would provide a glimpse at nearly 40 years of Clinical Center history, each reflecting changing times and telling their own stories about the people who created them?

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Pretty Patches

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Because employees designed these patches, they reveal how people thought about their work at the Clinical Center—sometimes as a heroic struggle and sometimes with humor.

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Harry Truman

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See photo albums from the 1948 Open House at NIH, which helped explain the Clinical Center concept to the public, and President Harry Truman's laying of the hospital's cornerstone in 1951.

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Microscopes

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Learn about the scientists behind their microscopes and the vast array of microscopes used at the NIH.

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Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration

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Bartner, an NIH medical illustrator, devoted 40 years to portraying human anatomy in his drawings.

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Roscoe Brady & Gaucher

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Is there a disease? What causes it? Can we prevent, treat, or cure it? Roscoe Brady's research into Gaucher's disease answered all three questions.

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Martin Rodbell: How Cells Respond to Signals

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Studying hormones, Martin Rodbell discovered how cells respond to signals

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, explaining how our body makes sense of the world. For his work, he was awarded a Nobel Prize.

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The AMINCO-Bowman Spectrophotofluorometer

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The colorful glow of fluorescent chemicals can

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Scientific and Biomedical Instruments and other "Things"

This spectrophotofluorometer invented by Robert Bowman did just that.

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A Thin Blue Line: The

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History of the Pregnancy Test Kit

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Discover the history of the home pregnancy

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Drugs as Opiates, Drugs as Research Tools: Synthetic Opiates & Opioids

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Learn how the NIH Total Opiate Synthesis freed us from dependence upon flowers for painkillers and opened the door to new ones.

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Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope

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All sorts of viruses were visualized for the first time on this Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope used by Albert Kapikian.

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Varian A-60 NMR

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The Varian A-60 NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectrometer was the first low-cost instrument of its kind, producing a magnetic resonance image (MRI) that NIH scientists used to study topics such as how the brain develops as children grow.

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Early Computing at the NIH

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Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCR

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Pain is a universally known and feared human condition, but it's also one of the least understood. Learn about NIH research on different facets of pain

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Christian Anfinsen: Protein Folding and the Nobel Prize

Michael Potter: The Work of Michael Potter

Marshall Nirenberg: Deciphering the Genetic Code

About the NIH Stetten Museum and Its Exhibits

People

The Stadtman Way: A Tale of Two Biochemists at NIH

Santiago Ramón y Cajal: The Beginnings of Modern Neuroscience

Biologics Regulation and Research: The People and Work of Buildings 29 & 29A

Canyon Creek Schoolhouse Laboratory 100^thAnniversary

Early Women Scientists at NIH

NIBIB: Improving Health Through Emerging Technologies

Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra

Margaret Pittman

Changing Times

Pretty Patches

Harry Truman

Microscopes

Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration

Roscoe Brady & Gaucher

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Martin Rodbell: How Cells Respond to Signals

The AMINCO-Bowman Spectrophotofluorometer

Scientific and Biomedical Instruments and other "Things"

A Thin Blue Line: The

History of the Pregnancy Test Kit

Drugs as Opiates, Drugs as Research Tools: Synthetic Opiates & Opioids

Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope

Varian A-60 NMR

Early Computing at the NIH

Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCR

Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum