Topics in this issue of Points of Interest include: [Table of Contents]; American Physiological Society Early Career Research Recognition Award (Heinrich Lob); First Place, Trainee Highlights in Physiological Genomics Session (Colin Young); NSF Predoctoral Fellowship (Alessandro Bailetti); Honorable Mention NSP Predoctoral Fellowship (Adam Bisogni); Best Preclinical/Basic Research Presentation Award (Erin Daugherity); Seed Grant Collaboration (Alexander Nikitin, Zeynep Gumus, Xiling Shen); Publications; Biomedical Sciences Technical Services Group Formed; Administrative Networking Lunches; SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence (Linda Mizer, Alex Travis); New Births for Ayesa Kaur, Rupinder Singh, Ming Yang.