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List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Clickable link Anfinsen Exhibit Map Div class usa-card__container-shadow noleft Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Image Added Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Christian Anfinsen: Protein Folding and the Nobel Prize Div class usa-card__body This exhibition celebrates Christian Anfinsen's legacy by illuminating just a few of his contributions to science and society. clickable List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 noleft link Potter Exhibit Map Div class usa-card__container-shadow Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Modified Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Michael Potter: The Work of Michael Potter Div class usa-card__body To Potter, science was driven by curiosity, not competition, and the only goal was to answer questions about the nature of life. Nirenberg Introduction List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Clickable link Div class usa-card__container-shadow noright Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Modified Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Marshall Nirenberg: Deciphering the Genetic Code Div class usa-card__body List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow noleft Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header The Stadtman Way: A Tale of Two Biochemists at NIH Div class usa-card__body Accomplished biochemists and beloved mentors, Thressa and Earl Stadtman have worked at NIH for more than half a century. List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Santiago Ramón y Cajal: The Beginnings of Modern Neuroscience Div class usa-card__body Santiago Ramón y Cajal was the first to describe the nervous system, including neurons, in exquisite detail.  His original drawings, as well as information about current NIH neuroscience, are on exhibit in NIH Building 35, the Porter Neuroscience Center. List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow noright Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header  Howard Bartner & 40 Years of Medical Illustration Div class usa-card__body This exhibit explores the Nobel Prize-winning work of NHLBI's Marshall Nirenberg, who deciphered the genetic code in the early 1960s with the collaboration of his NIH colleagues.
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Howard Bartner, an NIH medical illustrator, devoted 40 years to portraying human anatomy in his drawings.

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List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow noleft Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Roscoe Brady & Gaucher Disease Div class usa-card__body How medical researchers study diseases, by answering three basic questions. Focuses on Dr. Roscoe Brady's team at NINDS and their work with Gaucher disease. List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Charles Darwin: Rewriting the Book of Nature Div class usa-card__body Formally titled “Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory,” the exhibit describes the Charles Darwin’s life and the fortunes of the theory of evolution by natural selection. List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow noright Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra Div class usa-card__body Dr. Joseph Goldberger discovered of 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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usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow noleft Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Martin Rodbell: How Cells Respond to Signals Div class usa-card__body Martin Rodbell and his colleagues discovered a mechanism that transformed our understanding of how cells respond to signals. In a series of pioneering experiments conducted at the NIH, Rodbell studied hormones--substances which have specific effects on cells' activity. He won the 1994 Nobel Prize for this work. List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Div class usa-card__container-shadow Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Removed Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header The AMINCO-Bowman Spectrophotofluorometer Div class usa-card__body In the 1950s, the NIH's Dr. Robert Bowman developed a sensitive instrument called the spectrophotofluorometer, or “SPF”, that allowed scientists to use fluorescence as a way to identify and measure tiny amounts of substances in the body.  This exhibit explores the instrument and its use in scientific studies ranging from anti-depressant medication to AIDS research and the Human Genome Project. List Item (li) class