Meet the Expert: Tina Watts, BSN, RN, MD-WCCM

With the return of NIH’s Summer Internship Program this year, NCI Frederick welcomed dozens of students and young professionals looking for a potentially life-altering experience. In Occupational Health Services, three students—ranging from newcomers to veterans—spent the summer caring for patients and finding new inspiration for their careers. Read on to hear their stories.

Preclinical results for an anticancer drug developed under the auspices of the NCI RAS Initiative were recently reported in Cancer Discovery. The drug, BBO-11818, hindered tumor growth or shrank tumors in laboratory and mouse models of non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and colorectal cancer.

The HIV DRP’s 28th annual Think Tank was a virologist’s field day. Nineteen lectures spanned the symposium’s more than eight-hour itinerary. Many were given by or featured the work of postbaccalaureate and postdoctoral fellows. Here are a few excerpts.

On September 9, the Technology Showcase returns to the Advanced Technology Research Facility for its ninth year. In addition to showcasing cutting-edge biomedical technologies developed at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research and National Cancer Institute, the event offers educational and networking opportunities for companies, investors, entrepreneurs, technology scouts, and other biotech stakeholders.

Scientific leaders from government, industry, academia, and publishing identified and proposed solutions to one of the most complex challenges facing scientists today—reproducibility in research—at the recent Hood College – Frederick National Laboratory Life Sciences Symposium.