
The National Institutes of Health is home to an extraordinary community
of researchers and clinicians in the field of immunology. Over 200 labs
in the intramural research programs of many Institutes
and Centers that make up the NIH pursue basic, translational and clinical
research on the immune system, including allergy, infectious diseases,
primary and secondary immunodeficiencies, cancer and transplant immunology,
and autoimmunity. These research groups interact through interest groups,
scientific collaborations, seminar series, minisymposia, and an annual
retreat. There are many opportunities for research
and clinical training in immunology at NIH from the high school to
the post-doctoral level at the main campus of the NIH in Bethesda, MD,
where the Mark
O. Hatfield Clinical Center, a state-of-the art 242 bed research hospital,
is located, as well as at satellite campuses in Baltimore, MD, Research
Triangle, NC, and the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana.
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Structural Biology: NK cell receptors. Click here for a larger View. | ![]() |
Autoimmunity: Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis. Click here for Larger View | ||
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Immune cell signaling: Clustering of the Fas death receptor Click here for a Larger View | ![]() |
Molecular Immunology: gene expression profiling of human lymphomas. Click here for Larger View | ||






