The Workshop will be held on the NIH Campus in the Natcher Conference Center, also known as Building 45. Please see the driving/metro directions and security/parking guidelines below:
Driving/Metro Directions
It is strongly encouraged that you to take Metro to the 6th Protein Structure Initiative "Bottlenecks" Workshop. The closest Metro stop is the Medical Center Metro Station on the Red Line. The NIH Gateway Center for security and visitor access to the NIH Campus is located at the Medical Center Metro. The Natcher Conference Center is a short walk from the NIH Gateway Center.
For Metrorail and Metrobus information visit http://www.wmata.com.
If you do decide to drive, directions from the major local airports and from Maryland and Virginia may be found at http://www.nih.gov/about/directions.htm.
Security/Entering the NIH Campus
Campus Parking
Visitor parking is extremely limited on the NIH Campus. If you must drive and do not have an NIH photo ID badge or an NIH parking permit, you should enter the campus at the Rockville Pike and South Drive "Medical Center Metro" entrance. Please allow at least 20 minutes to pass through security checkpoints. The Natcher Conference Center is located at 45 Center Drive, across from the National Library of Medicine. For an NIH map showing location of parking lots, visit http://dtts.ors.od.nih.gov/parking_info.htm. An alternative to parking at NIH is driving to Bethesda and parking in a public lot. From Bethesda, you can take the Metro at the Bethesda station (located at East West Highway and Wisconsin Avenue near the Bethesda Hyatt Hotel) to the Medical Center station. You may also drive to and park at other Metro stops on the Red Line that have public parking and take the Metro to the Medical Center station. Entering the NIH campus is now more time-consuming than it once was, due to the heightened security measures that have been instituted. Meeting participants traveling to the NIH campus are urged to use the red line of the Metro (subway) system. While driving to the NIH campus is discouraged, information on doing so is provided below.
Arriving by Metro:
You should allow twenty to thirty minutes after exiting the Red Line Medical Center Metro station to go through the temporary visitors' center (marked NIH Gateway Center), to walk to the Natcher Conference Center (Building 45), report to the meeting organizer, and receive table folder and meeting materials. Visitors will be asked to show one form of identification (a government-issued photo ID driver's license, passport, green card, etc.) and to state the purpose of their visit. General information for NIH visitors concerning security is found at http://www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm
Instructions:
From the Metro Station follow the signs that read "NIH Entry" to the NIH Gateway Center, where you will be screened and get a visitor's identification badge (to be worn while on campus). To get to the Natcher Building from the Gateway Center, you should follow the sidewalk at the side of the Gateway Center, going behind the Center to the top of the hill. There you will see the Natcher Building, a large white stone and green glass building. Walk to the left around the building and use the front double doors. Entering the lobby the concierge desk will be on your left and the Conference Center wing directly ahead through the double glass doors. Steps leading down to the meeting rooms will be on your right. A map for this area of the NIH campus is found at http://dtts.ors.od.nih.gov/gateway_map.htm
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