CCR Milestones - 2021

Row 3 Art of CAR T-cell immunotherapy. Credit: Veronica Falconieri Hays Combined systematic and MRI-targeted biopsy for prostate cancer, developed at CCR. Credit: SPGM, FNL, NCI, NIH Center for Advanced Preclinical Research staff and their children during a virtual meeting. Credit: Shyam K. Sharan Row 4 Laboratory Animal Sciences Program staff social distancing. Credit: Matthew Breed Nicolas Melis, Ph.D., working safely in the lab. Credit: Lakshmi Balagopalan One of four mouse models that replicates key features of human melanoma that shows diversity of immune cells found in tumors. Credit: Romina E. Araya Audra Addison and Amy Toner after surgery. Credit: Jeremy Davis CD206 docking station that changes its structure and reprograms macrophages when attached to synthetic peptide RP-182. Credit: Jesse M. Jaynes and Udo Rudloff Captions & Resources Row 1 (left to right) Peter Pinto’s patient Gene Grabowski and his wife Kathy. Credit: Gene Grabowski CCR Director Tom Misteli, Ph.D., working at his home office. Credit: Tom Misteli A cluster from a sequence similarity network analysis of genes from dark matter circular sequences. Credit: Michael J. Tisza and Christopher B. Buck A sign of hope seen in her neighborhood. Credit: Elaine Jaffe Heba Al Khamici, Ph.D., working safely in the lab. Credit: Luanne Lukes A molecule interacting with a bacterial riboswitch that controls gene expression. Credit: SPGM, FNL, NCI, NIH Row 2 Preschool in the home of Bríd Ryan, Ph.D., M.P.H. Credit: Bríd Ryan Brunilde Gril, Ph.D., M.P.S., working from home with her cat, Lola. Credit: Brunilde Gril Lillian Yang, M.B.A., wearing a mask made by her mom in Hawaii. Credit: Lillian Yang “Mimi, that man said social distancing!” – Paxton Holliday. Credit: Lori Holliday Stained tissue slide showing a Burkitt lymphoma starry sky pattern. Credit: Elaine Jaffe CCR Resources For more information on CCR and the topics mentioned in these stories: Center for Cancer Research https://ccr.cancer.gov CCR Clinical Trials https://ccr.cancer.gov/clinical-trials NCI CCR Liver Cancer Program https://ccr.cancer.gov/liver-cancer-program Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy at CCR https://ccr.cancer.gov/research/immunology-and-immunotherapy NCI CCR Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic https://ccr.cancer.gov/clinical-trials/prostate-cancer-clinic Front Cover Captions 35