October 2013

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items –

Announcements:

  • Faculty Appointments and/or Promotions:
    • Dr. Yuriy Alekseyev was promoted to Research Associate Professor
    • Dr. Shinichi Takayama has been appointed as Research Associate ProfessorImmuno Nov 2013
  • Immunology has selected an image from an article authored by Dr. Zhaohua Lu and colleagues, published in this month’s Immunology for the journal cover (see photo and link to article) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imm.12150/full
  • The Martin Steffen Lab presented a talk on their work on biomarkers for Prostate Cancer at the 2013 meeting for the New England Section of the American Urological Association in Hartford, Connecticut on September 26 – 28 Towards Reducing the Number of Prostate Biopsies – Biomarkers to Identify Patients with Benign Causes of Elevated PSA LevelsAgnes Bergerat, PhD1, Yi-Chien Chang, MS2, Mark Katz, MD1, David Wang, MD1, Simon Kasif, PhD2, Richard Babayan, MD1Martin Steffen, MD, PhD1
  • Dr. Daniel Remick will be giving a lecture on October 28th at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital entitled, “Mechanisms of Alcohol Triggered Asthma”
  • Dr. Carmen Sarita-Reyes is now Board Certified in Pediatric Pathology

Publications: PUBLISHED:

  • Steven P. Treon, M.D., Ph.D., Lian Xu, M.S., Guang Yang, Ph.D., Yangsheng Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., Xia Liu, M.D., Yang Cao, M.D., Patricia Sheehy, N.P., Robert J. Manning, B.S., Christopher J. Patterson, M.A., Christina Tripsas, M.A., Luca Arcaini, M.D., Geraldine S. Pinkus, M.D.,Scott J. Rodig, M.D., Ph.D., Aliyah R. Sohani, M.D., Nancy Lee Harris, M.D., Jason M. Laramie, Ph.D., Donald A. Skifter, Ph.D., Stephen E. Lincoln, Ph.D., and Zachary Hunter, M. A. “MYD88 L265P Somatic Mutation in Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia” New England Journal of Medicine; 367;9 nejm.826 org august 30, 2012
  • Lian Xu,1,2  Zachary R. Hunter,1,2 Guang Yang,1,2 Yangsheng Zhou,1,2 Yang Cao,1,2 Xia Liu,1,2 Enrica Morra,3 Alessandra Trojani,3 Antonino Greco,3 Luca Arcaini,4 Marzia Varettoni,4 Jennifer R. Brown,5 Yu-Tzu Tai,2,6 Kenneth C. Anderson,2,6 Nikhil C. Munshi,2,6 Christopher J. Patterson,1 Robert J. Manning,1 Christina K. Tripsas,1 Neal I. Lindeman,2,7 and Steven P. Treon1,2 “MYD88 L265P in Waldenstr¨om macroglobulinemia, immunoglobulin M monoclonal gammopathy, and other B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders using conventional and quantitative allele-specific polymerase chain reaction” BLOOD, 14 MARCH 2013 x VOLUME 121, NUMBER 11
  • Steven P. Treon1,2 and Zachary R. Hunter1,2 “A new era for Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia: MYD88 L265P,” BLOOD, 30 MAY 2013 x VOLUME 121, NUMBER 22
  • Lu Z, Rynkiewicz MJ, Yang CY, Madico G, Perkins HM, Wang Q, Costello CE, Zaia J, Seaton BA, Sharon J. “The binding sites of monoclonal antibodies to the non-reducing end of Francisella tularensis O-antigen accommodate mainly the terminal saccharide.” Immunology. 2013 Nov;140(3):374-389. PMID: 23844703