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Instant Messaging at NIH

As of October 12, 2005, registration is required to use instant messaging (IM) to communicate with contacts outside the NIH. Because IM is potentially vulnerable to several types of security and privacy incidents, including password stealing and the introduction of worms, viruses, and other malicious software, NIH IM Policy requires that all IM screen names be linked to the network account of each NIH user. Register your IM screen name.

New NCI A76 Web Site

The Office of Management Analysis has restructured and updated its A76 Web site. It now includes frequently asked questions (FAQs), a glossary of terms, contact information, and links to A76-related articles and videocasts. Visit the new Web site.

New Required Intramural Acknowledgement in Publications Will Aid in Tracking of Intramural Contributions to Science

As of July 23, 2005, The NIH Office of Intramural Research requires that all intramural scientists include in the acknowledgements section of all of their publications the following statement: “This research was supported [in part] by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research.”

The wording should be precisely as stated since it will be used to track the publications. Any divergence from this wording will hinder the tracking and lead to possible exclusion of the publication. The [in part] should be removed when the research was fully funded by intramural research.

NIH intramural research makes a large contribution to the world of science. However, that contribution is not always acknowledged or even known, whereas extramural contributions are, and have always been, carefully tracked.

Therefore, the reasons for this new requirement are two fold: First, it will allow for tracking which publications come from intramural scientists despite variation in the way journals report addresses of co-authors. Second, this acknowledgement will highlight the important role that the intramural program plays in a great variety of innovative and collaborative research. As you know, scientists supported with extramural funds already are required to acknowledge NIH in their publications. Any questions should be directed to Tracy Thompson (thompstr@mail.nih.gov).

Scientific Advisory Committee

If you have scientific news of interest to the CCR research community, please contact one of the scientific advisors (below) responsible for your areas of research.

CCR Frontiers in Science—Staff

Center for Cancer Research

Robert H. Wiltrout, PhD, Director
Lee J. Helman, MD, Acting Scientific Director for Clinical Research
Frank M. Balis, MD, Clinical Director
L. Michelle Bennett, PhD, Associate Director for Science

Deputy Directors

H. Richard Alexander, Jr., MD
Douglas R. Lowy, MD
Jeffrey N. Strathern, PhD
Stuart H. Yuspa, MD

Editorial Staff

Tracy Thompson, Editor-in-Chief
Sue Fox, BA/BSW, Senior Editor
Lamont Williams, Managing Editor *
Ave Cline, Editor
Terry Taylor, Copy Editor *
Amy Schneider, Copy Editor (Web) *
Rob Wald, Publications Manager *
Michael Fleishman, Graphic Artist *

* Palladian Partners, Inc.

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