How to get to the Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory

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  Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
  National Institutes of Health
  National Cancer Institute
  Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
  Molecular Information Theory Group
  Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
  schneidt@mail.nih.gov
  toms@alum.mit.edu (permanent)
  http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent)
  301-846-5581

(Note: Please only use the schneidt email address unless it bounces.)

short address form:

  Tom Schneider
  NCI-Frederick Bldg 539. Room 129A
  P.O. Box B
  Frederick, MD  21702-1201

If you are just visiting to hear a talk OR you are a friend of mine we do not need to do the visitor form. See: POLICY AND PROCEDURE, NCI-FREDERICK, Policy No. 723 (PDF). For talks you are "Limited to open buildings and scheduled meetings", buildings 426 and 549 only.
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Report of Visitor Form Please email me the information requested on this form. I will then fill it out.

YOU WILL NEED A PICTURE ID to get in the gate.
Your car may be searched.

Fort Detrick traffic code prohibits the use of hand-held cell phones, Blackberries or similar items, such as personal data assistants, while driving on post. This code is now in effect and applies to all motorists operating a vehicle on Fort Detrick, to include visitors.

If you are from outside NIH, the guards at the gate will direct you to building 426 where you will get a visitor's badge and I will pick you up.

How To Get Here From Washington D.C.

Driving

If you drive, you can come up the route 270 spur from Washington D.C to Frederic, or along route 70 from Baltimore.

The time to get from Dulles International Airport to Frederick is about 40 minutes. After leaving the airport on its access road there are two ways to get here from Dulles. One is to go to the Washington Beltway and then north on route 270 (an hour). The other is to take route 28 north, route 7 east, route 15 north and then route 340 (about 40 minutes). When you reach Frederick, you turn north onto route 15 and follow the instructions below.

Here is a map of the Frederick-Baltimore-DC area:
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Map Legend:

1.  Johns Hopkins University     5.  Dulles International Airport
2.  BWI Airport                  6.  Georgetown University
3.  University of Maryland       7.  George Washington University
4.  NIH and Bethesda Naval       8.  Washington National Airport Medical Center
9.  FCRDC

Driving Instructions

Starting from from DC,

Take 270 north to Frederick.
270 turns into Route 15 north at route 70. Stay in the left two lanes.
Pass Patrick Street.
Take the Rosemont exit off of Route 15 north.
At the bottom of the exit bear right.
Continue on Rosemont until the stoplight for Old Farm Gate on the right. Visitors must enter at Old Farm Gate.
A google search shows where Old Farm Drive is: Frederick maryland map old farm drive. You turn right into Fort Detrick at the intersection with Rosemont.
You will need to stop and show a picture ID and they will check your car.
For details inside Fort Detrick, see the NCI-Frederick Visitor's Guide and Print a copy of this Campus Map (PDF).
Get your badge in building 426. The guards can call me (x5581) and I can pick you up.

Instructions for Coming by Subway and Bus

you can use the Metro (my copy of the map) to get to the NIH campus by taking the Red Line to Shady Grove and getting off at the Medical Center stop. (Note: The official NIH metro map might be a little more up to date. If so, please tell me. They are identical as of 1999 Dec 29.)
Here's the fancy new active metro map: http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm
Once you are at the NIH campus you can walk to building 45, 31 or 10. Building 45 seems to be closest, just over the hill. 10 and 31 are pretty much the same distance. There is a 1999 aerial photo of the Bethesda NIH campus. The metro stop is at about 10 o'clock on the C shaped road which is cut by the diagonal of Rockville Pike (= Wisconsin Av). (You can even see the escallator!) If you are lazy you can take the Bethesda campus shuttle.
From one of those buildings, take the NCI-Frederick/NIH Daily Shuttle Service to get to the Frederick campus. Note the times!
There is also an amusing older aerial photo of the NIH campus which is missing buildings 50 and (nota bene!) 45. Other map information for the main NIH campus is also available.
Once you are on the NCI-Frederick campus, you will be at building 426.

You will be at building 426, where you can be picked up.

Other Information

Phone

Search the NCI-Frederick phone book

The Big Picture

Frederick, Washington and Baltimore form an equilateral triangle:

Frederick - Baltimore
     \        /
     Washington

So the weather reports for Baltimore and Washington give an approximate picture of our hot, wet, and muggy situation.

Places to Stay

Employees of NCI-Frederick have access to a Housing Resource List.

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Schneider Lab
origin before: 1996 April 9
updated: 2012 Jan 08
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