As part of the 10-Year Commemoration of the NIH Roadmap/Common Fund, the Trayanova lab is currently competing in an NIH-sponsored Video Competition. Recipients of funds from the NIH Common Fund (Natalia’s Pioneer Award) have been invited to make a video to explain their work in accessible but entertaining ways, and to promote what they do.

Their video is now live on the NIH Common Fund Website. This is a competition, and the video with the most LIKES will win.

The best songs and videos will be featured at the June 19, 2014 Commemoration Symposium and via live videocast, with songs performed by NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, himself. The symposium will recognize 10 combined years of achievement by the NIH Roadmap and the NIH Common Fund, two programs designed to catalyze innovation in biomedical research. The NIH is proud of Roadmap and Common Fund grantees’ achievements including numerous publications in high-impact journals, prestigious awards, and new tools and programs developed for the research community.