NCI and FNL Researchers Turn Lessons Learned into Stepping Stones

Imagine you’re building a dresser. You find all the wood and hardware you need and have the instructions, the right tools, and a team of professionals to help. As you and your team put it together, you realize that while the frame is solid, the drawers don’t open and close correctly. You might be tempted to feel discouraged by the results. But a group of scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL), and other collaborating institutions share a different perspective in their recent work published in PNAS. They weren’t trying to assemble furniture but rather generate a new, better mouse model of the most common kidney cancer, clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).
Karolina Wilk, Editor, Staff Writer
 04.29.2025
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Health & Safety | Thinking of Skipping the Flu Shot? Think Again.

We’ve seen the return of many things, good and bad, as society has reopened and life has found the so-called new normal. One of those things this year is the flu—and it’s back with a vengeance. Thankfully, it isn’t too late to get vaccinated, and it’s easy for employees at NCI Frederick and Frederick National Laboratory to do so.
By Samuel Lopez, staff writer 12.06.2022
Health & Safety Occupational Health Services December 2022

Events | New NCI Director’s Town Hall Is Less Than Two Weeks Away

NCI’s new director, Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., will be holding her first town hall meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 11:00 a.m. If you want to be there in person, please register by Wednesday, Dec. 7.
By Richard Folkers, senior editor; photo by the National Cancer Institute 12.01.2022
Events Community December 2022

Features | Miniature Documentary Marks 10th Anniversary of National Lab Status

NCI has produced a new documentary-style video marking 10 years since it gave the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research its current name.
By Richard Folkers, senior editor 11.30.2022
Features History November 2022

Community | Ensuring the Science Never Stops: Enterprise Information Technology Directorate Keeps NCI Frederick and FNL Connected

At the height of the pandemic in March 2020, employees from across the National Cancer Institute at Frederick and the Frederick National Laboratory joined in the mass exodus from workplaces across the country, going to work from their homes in an effort to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Many FNL employees had never worked remotely, however. They had to rely on the expertise—and patience—of the Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) Directorate to help them transition from working on-site to working from home.
By Kate McDermott, staff writer 11.22.2022
Community People November 2022

Community | Green Team Plans Tree Planting to Round Out the Year

Four young trees will soon have a home on the NCI Frederick campus, thanks to the NCI Frederick Green Team. The group is hosting an event to plant them on Tuesday, Nov. 15, as part of an initiative to beautify the workplace and increase its ecological health. All employees are invited to attend and help.
By Samuel Lopez, staff writer 11.08.2022
Community Events Green Team November 2022