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  The NIH seeks exceptional senior-level candidates to lead Institutes and the Intramural Research Program within the NIH. These leadership roles provide overall executive direction and scientific leadership for the Institutes mission and vision and the Intramural Research Program and serve as a principal advisor to the NIH Director concerning matters related to their Institute’s research oversight. For more information, including specific qualification requirements and application procedures, visit: https://lnkd.in/eaekg5_U

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  NIH's NCBI will be at#ASHG25 in Boston, MA, Oct 14-18, 2025. Join our experts for talks and poster presentations to learn more about NCBI tools and resources like SRA, MGV, SeqPlus, and more! Check out our schedule of events:https://bit.ly/3II5Q8u

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  📢 Reminder! Join us on Nov 14 for the virtual NCBI Epitranscriptomics Data Symposium. Learn about RNA modification research, databases, metadata,#FAIRData, & more.#Epitranscriptomics🔗 Register today:https://bit.ly/3UQPjlo

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  We are excited to announce that the ClusteredNR database is now the default database for protein#BLAST searches! ClusteredNR helps you execute faster searches with less redundancy and broader taxonomic coverage in your results. More info:https://bit.ly/4pgM5FE

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  Download BLAST+ 2.17.0 now for faster BLAST protein searches! This release includes a new CSV output format with headers for easier data handling. Learn more:https://lnkd.in/gSt-2MnD

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  Want to learn more about all the formats that NIH's Sequence Read Archive (SRA) offers? Check out our newly released Technical User Manual! ➡️https://lnkd.in/eaWcUPVr

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  Join us Nov 14 for the NCBI Epitranscriptomics Data Symposium, virtual attendance is open to all! Learn about RNA modification research, databases, metadata,#FAIRData, & more.#Epitranscriptomics🔗 Register now:https://lnkd.in/ePSYaagE

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  Have you explored NCBI’s Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV)? This tool helps you analyze whole genome alignments and gene annotation across multiple species. You can now zoom to a sequence to see small variants, alignment gaps, and insertions. Learn more: bit.ly/3UuxRTn

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  GenBank release 268.0 is now available! This release has 47.01 trillion bases and 5.90 billion records. Learn more:https://bit.ly/41V4LAz

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  🚨 Reminder! The new PubMed Central (PMC) Beta search will replace current PMC search the week of Sept 7, 2025. Learn more here:https://bit.ly/3HFCirB 

  PubMed Central (PMC) Beta Search to Replace Current Search - NCBI Insights ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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