A Paradox and Alan Rein: Distinguished Retrovirologist Retires from the HIV DRP

In 1953, a teenaged Alan Rein read about what James Watson and Francis Crick famously called “the secret of life”—the double-helix structure of DNA, which had just been published in Nature. Captivated, Rein decided at that moment that he wanted to be a biochemist. Rein’s biochemistry aspirations shifted to virology during college, leading him to a 60-year career in the field, the last 45 years of which were spent at NCI Frederick, studying how retroviruses like murine leukemia virus and HIV assemble themselves and infect host cells while somehow evading the immune response.
By Lisa Simpson, staff writer
01.14.2025

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Publications | Platinum Publications as of March 6, 2014

Platinum Publications are selected from articles by NCI at Frederick scientists published in 21 prestigious science journals. This list represents new publications generated from PubMed as of the date shown above. Articles designated as Platinum Highlights are noteworthy articles selected by Dr. Craig Reynolds, associate director, National Cancer Institute, from among the most recently published Platinum Publications.
Ashley DeVine 04.03.2014
Publications Platinum Publications April 2014

Features | The Poster Puzzler Is Back

Your challenge is to correctly identify the item and its location from the picture below. Clue: It’s somewhere at the NCI campus at Frederick or Fort Detrick. Win a framed photograph of the Poster Puzzler and have your photo featured on the Poster website by e-mailing your guess, along with your name, e-mail address, and daytime phone number, to poster@mail.nih.gov. All entries must be received by Friday, June 27, 2014, and the winner will be drawn from all correct answers received by that date.
Ashley DeVine 04.03.2014
Features Poster Puzzler April 2014

Features | It Pays (You) to Proofread

The following are actual headlines from local, national, and international newspapers*: Kids Make Nutritious Snacks; Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft; Grandmother of 8 Makes Hole in One; Lack of Brains Hinders Research.
Ken Michaels 03.27.2014
Features On Effective Communication March 2014

Community | New Hires at the National Cancer Institute at Frederick

Fifty-one people joined the facility in November and December 2013.
03.27.2014
Community March 2014

Data Management Services | Software Training Classes Now Open

Data Management Services, Inc. (DMS), has announced the opening of its spring session of software training classes, available to all employees at NCI at Frederick. Classes begin on March 31 and run through June 30.
Nancy Parrish 03.27.2014
Data Management Services Training March 2014