Clinical Support Laboratory (CSL)
laboratory head: William Kopp, Ph.D.
Mission
The Clinical Support Laboratory (CSL) provides dedicated support to clinical investigators in the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) of NCI. Services include specimen processing and testing in support of clinical trials as well as testing in support of investigator initiated basic research. The laboratory also provides dedicated support to specific programs/projects sponsored by the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI and the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID. The CSL also provides shared service support that is available to NIH investigators through requests submitted through the NCI-Frederick yellow task system at http://web.ncifcrf.gov/campus/yellowtask/There are three laboratory sections in CSL: Clinical Monitoring Section (CMS), Flow Cytometry Section (FCS) and Lymphokine Testing Section (LTS).
