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 | COVID-19 and the Workplace: Information from OHS

We are all trying our best to lower our chances of contracting COVID-19, but certain circumstances still place us at risk. Occupational Health Services has been serving the NCI at Frederick and Frederick National Laboratory community by answering questions about the coronavirus and offering guidance on how to handle specific situations, like being exposed to the virus, living with someone who is sick, or traveling from another state or country. Here is some information that can help you make the right choices to keep you and your coworkers safe.
By Julie Kutchi, contributing writer, Occupational Health Services; image contributed by Julie Kutchi 03.02.2021
Health & Safety Occupational Health Services March 2021

History | Echoes from the Past: Program Pioneers a Path for Frederick’s Science, Part 1

As the winter of 1973 turned to spring, the Frederick Cancer Research Center (FCRC), the forerunner to the Frederick National Laboratory and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Frederick that exist today, neared the one-year mark since its opening. The more than 250 employees had made sound progress, given the challenges of converting the old Fort Detrick biowarfare facilities into a fledgling cancer center. Their efforts had drawn some attention, too.
By Samuel Lopez, staff writer 02.24.2021
History Community Features February 2021

Publications | NCI at Frederick Publications: October–December 2020

The NCI at Frederick Scientific Publications Database added 303 publications by NCI at Frederick researchers between October 1 and December 31, 2020.
By Alan Doss, contributing writer, Scientific Library 02.22.2021
Publications Science & Technology February 2021

Students | WHK Interns on Pivoting to Remote Work

As the pandemic has forced many people to work from home or cancel their plans, the Werner H. Kirsten (WHK) interns have been no exception. Every year, NCI at Frederick and Frederick National Laboratory welcome a new group of high school seniors as interns through the WHK Student Intern Program. The students participate in a yearlong internship under the wing of a mentor in either a research area or administrative area in support of research.
By Karolina Wilk, staff writer 02.17.2021
Students Community February 2021

Awards | NCI at Frederick and FNL Staff Receive Several NCI Director’s Awards

National Cancer Institute Director Norman “Ned” Sharpless, M.D., had a message for NCI staff on Monday as he welcomed them to an unorthodox installment of the annual NCI Director’s Awards via video from a bedroom-turned-office inside his house. “The show must go on because you have made sure that the work of the NCI continued and even flourished during a difficult time for our nation and our world,” he said.
By Samuel Lopez, staff writer 01.15.2021
Awards Community January 2021