CCR-FYI Colloquium Is an Unparalleled Opportunity; Registration Closes Soon

After a one-year pause, the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) is back. A cohort of students will join NCI Frederick again this summer. Returning with an emphasis on scientific positions, the program has stirred considerable enthusiasm—and memories of past successes.

The CCR-FYI Colloquium, planned and coordinated almost entirely by fellows, is a two-day scientific meeting devoted to giving early-career scientists a chance to share their work and learn new skills. This year’s theme is The NIH Advantage: Where High Risk Meets High Reward. Registration and abstract submissions to present a poster at the 26th Center for Cancer Research Fellows and Young Investigators Colloquium, NCI’s headline conference for early-career scientists, close April 1. Registration to attend closes May 1. Presenters and attendees can register on the event website.

Poster shares stories about science and community at NCI Frederick, meant to inform and entertain. Now, we invite you to have fun while testing your knowledge with the new Poster trivia challenge.

On a shelf or in a storage room at NCI Frederick and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, there’s an as-yet unused container of reagents or box of supplies that might be useful for a new study. Under the EHS Waste Management Surplus Program, they can be redeployed for such a purpose, given a scientific second life.

Two scientists at different stages of their careers are driving environmentally friendly changes in their labs and inspiring others to make changes toward sustainability. For both Ru-ching Hsia, Ph.D., principal scientist in the Electron Microscopy Core (EMC), and Thomas Abney-Lidahl, postbaccalaureate fellow in the HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, “green” practices are a top priority and personal mission guided by their experience and witnessing the benefits at other institutions.