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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Events | Spring Research Festival Returns This Week, but There’s Still Time to Register

Spring has arrived in Frederick, and with it comes a beloved scientific tradition: the Spring Research Festival. Now in its 25th year, the festival brings together scientists, students, support staff, and spectators from across Fort Detrick, NCI at Frederick, and the larger Frederick community. Participants can expect two days of scientific excellence.
By Samuel Lopez, staff writer; image courtesy of the Spring Research Festival team 04.26.2022
Events Community Science & Technology Spring Research Festival April 2022

Health & Safety | EHS Plans Activity, Contest to Raise Awareness about Water Crisis

Spring and rain are nearly inseparable in the public conscious. English speakers in the Northern Hemisphere have been repeating the proverb, “April showers bring May flowers,” in some form for at least 500 years. Geoffrey Chaucer even begins his famous Canterbury Tales with mention of the spring rains. Small wonder that rain and water are on the minds of staff in Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) as another Frederick winter turns to spring. But their thoughts are considerably less whimsical than proverbs or poetry. In fact, they’re all business.
By Samuel Lopez, staff writer; teaser image by Robert Lawton, CC BY-SA 2.5 03.21.2022
Health & Safety Community Events March 2022

Community | Nominations Open for FNL Achievement Awards

Nominations for the 2021 Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL) Achievement Awards are now underway. This program honors and recognizes staff members for outstanding contributions to the FNL mission over the past year. Nominations will be accepted through March 13. This is an entirely peer-nominated awards program, and all employees are encouraged to nominate their colleagues.
By Victoria Brun, contributing writer, Partnership Development Office; photos from the SPGM archive 03.01.2022
Community Awards March 2022

People | Kunio Nagashima Retires: 47 Years of Electron Microscopy Excellence

In 1972, soon after then-President Richard Nixon’s newly established Frederick Cancer Research Center (FCRC) hired its first employees, 24-year-old Kunio Nagashima put on a suit and tie and boarded a Boeing 747 at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. An electron microscopist from Kyoto University, Nagashima had a one-way ticket in his hand, bound for the United States and ready to take a new job—sight unseen.
By Lisa Simpson, staff writer 02.28.2022
People Science & Technology Community Retirement February 2022

Community | Women Scientists Advisors: Advice, resources and encouragement for the next generation of women scientists

Women Scientists Advisors (WSA) was established in 1993 and comprises elected representatives from each NIH Institute or Center who volunteer their time to support other female scientists on issues ranging from pay equity to work/family balance and leadership opportunities.
By Kate McDermott, staff writer 02.22.2022
Community People WSA Mentors February 2022