Big Data Was the Big Theme at Shortened NIH Summit

Scientists gathered on March 1 in Bethesda, Maryland, for the 2018 NIH Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit, ready to absorb the 82 presentations scheduled over two days. Then a nor'easter forced closure of U.S. government buildings and put the kibosh on Day 2. Even so, researchers seemed impressed by the summit. Scientists interacted across disciplines with colleagues whom they might not otherwise meet, and the NIH took away 75 pages of funding recommendations for future research. "There were a lot of interesting ideas, from basic science to clinical studies," said Marco Colonna, Washington University, St. Louis.