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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Community | Find Your Perfect Gift at the Holiday Markets

Winter is on its way, and that means sweaters, snow—and the NCI at Frederick’s Holiday Markets. The markets will take place on November 22 and December 20 in the Building 549 lobby and Conference Rooms from 11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
By Harini Ganesh, WHK Student Intern; photos by Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer 11.22.2016
Community Events November 2016

Community | OHS Continues to Encourage Cardiovascular Fitness

Even on a brisk fall day, NCI at Frederick employees came out to enjoy a walk during their lunch hour at the latest Occupational Health Services (OHS) Walk for Health event. It was the third such event that OHS has sponsored in 2016.
By Esther Shafer, WHK Student Intern; photos by Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer 11.15.2016
Community Events Occupational Health Services November 2016

Community | Hundreds of Area Residents Visit the National Lab Booth at the Annual In The Street Festival

Light-up yo-yos, brightly colored portion plates, and a fast spinner game lured hundreds of area residents to the Frederick National Lab booth at this year’s In The Street festival, where they also heard a message from the lab: Stay healthy through healthy habits.
By Frank Blanchard, Staff Writer; photos by Brian O’Shea and Frank Blanchard 11.09.2016
Community Events Outreach November 2016

November 2016 | Platinum Publications, September 30–October 27, 2016

Platinum Publications are selected from articles by NCI at Frederick scientists published in 42 prestigious science journals. This list represents articles published during the time period shown above, as generated from PubMed. 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.
11.09.2016
November 2016 Publications Platinum Publications

People | Former WHK Intern Returns to NCI at Frederick as Earl-Stadtman Investigator

The Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling (LCDS) recently welcomed John Brognard, Ph.D., as the new Earl-Stadtman Investigator. While Brognard is new to this role, he is not new to NCI at Frederick. In high school, Brognard was a Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern in what was formerly known as the ABL research program, where he worked under Bob Moschel, Ph.D., senior investigator, and Gary Pauly, Ph.D., currently a staff scientist in the Chemical Biology Laboratory.
By Marie Haughey, Staff Writer; portrait by Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer; contributed images 10.27.2016
People Community Outreach Students October 2016