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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Science & Technology | Collaboration with Pharma Will Introduce Nanotechnologies in Early Stage Drug Development

The Frederick National Lab has begun to assist several major pharmaceutical companies in adopting nanotechnologies in early stage drug development, when the approach is most efficient and cost-effective.
By Frank Blanchard, Staff Writer 06.10.2016
Science & Technology June 2016

Community | Cannon Fire Soon to Accompany Bugle Call at Fort Detrick

Beginning June 14, the familiar bugle calls at Fort Detrick will be joined by a special percussion instrument: a cannon. A single cannon shot will be fired on the first note of “Reveille,” which signals the start of each day and is accompanied by the raising of the American flag. “Reveille” sounds at 6:30 a.m. At 5 p.m., Fort Detrick plays “Retreat,” which alerts the post that the flag is about to be lowered. The cannon will fire on the last note of “Retreat.” After a five-second pause, “To the Color” plays as the flag is lowered.
By Rich Folkers, Staff Writer; Photo provided by the Fort Detrick Army Garrison 06.08.2016
Community June 2016

Events | Alumni of High School Internship Program Return for 25th Anniversary to Inspire Current Students

The Building 549 auditorium is often packed with high school interns eager to hear a scientific lecture. On April 22, however, the room swelled with interns spanning a wider age range. At the 25th Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern Program (WHK SIP) Anniversary Symposium, incoming, current, and former interns gathered to celebrate the program, which has provided biomedical research experience for local high school seniors.
By Julianne Heberlein, Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern, Contributing Writer; photos by Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer 06.02.2016
Events Community June 2016

Community | Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Continues through June at NCI at Frederick

The latest Microsoft suite, Office 365 (O365), is being deployed to all NCI at Frederick computers during the months of May and June to comply with federal mandates. The suite includes the latest versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Skype for Business, along with cloud-based capabilities. These cloud-based capabilities will help meet the federal mandates that require all Health and Human Services operating divisions to migrate e-mail to the cloud by the end of 2016.
By Ashley DeVine, Staff Writer, and Dave Oxenford, Guest Writer; photo by Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer 05.25.2016
Community May 2016

Science & Technology | Senator Barbara Mikulski and the Contagious “Learning Bug”

Sen. Barbara Mikulski came to NIH on April 11 to say goodbye. Following this fall’s election, the longest-serving woman in congressional history will relinquish her Maryland Senate seat, bringing to a close a 40-year national political career in which she staunchly supported NIH and biomedical research.
By Richard Folkers, Staff Writer; photos by Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer 05.23.2016
Science & Technology Outreach WHK Students May 2016