New Drop-In Format for Take Your Child to Work Day Let Kids Set the Pace and Focus on Interests

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.

NCI Frederick and FNLCR have an excellent OSHA safety record built on prevention, education, and rapid response. Behind that success is a dedicated network of professionals. One of those individuals is Tina Watts, BSN, RN, MD-WCCM, occupational health nurse and workers’ compensation case manager, whose steady guidance and compassionate approach have become well known across campus.

Squeals of delight and excited laughter carried through the halls as you approached the former NCI Frederick Scientific Library on June 23. The space was once again filled with scientific inquiry—but not the quiet, contemplative kind. Instead, it played host to this year’s Take Your Child to Work Day. This year, the planning committee held most activities in Building 549, with only a few satellite activities in labs around campus, in a drop-in format rather than specific time slots. Participants reported appreciating the convenience of the new event structure.

Scientists have found a powerful, precise chemical “off switch” for an enzyme involved in neurodegenerative diseases and cancers. A team of researchers from NCI’s Center for Cancer Research and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, in a paper published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, identified a potent and specific inhibitor for the enzyme PREP.