July 2015

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items – July 2015

  • Announcements:
    • A manuscript describing the study from Panchenko Lab was accepted for publication by Cell Cycle without any revision or resubmission. The authors discovered an unexpected role of the component of the histone acetyl trasferase complex, JADE1, in cytokinesis – which is the least described but the most crucial phase of the epithelial cell cycle progression. The study defined JADE1 protein as novel factor of tissue regeneration and a potential player in cancer pathogenesis. By the choice of the Editor-in-Chief this study will be featured in the “News & Views” of the Journal; “The novel function of JADE1 in cytokinesis of epithelial cells” by N.S. Siriwardana, R.D. Meyer, and M.V. Panchenko  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26151225
    • David Sherr and his team just had a R01 score in the 1 percentile. The is the grant, with George Murphy co-PI, which is focused on manipulating AHR activity in differentiating iPSC and resulting in production of unlimited numbers of human red blood cells
    • After a long and distinguished career, Tom Christensen has retired! Here are some photos of the luncheon held in his honor:
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    • Nancy S. Miller, MD presented the Special Session lecture, “Laboratory considerations in an era of improved microbial identification”, at the 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Pathology, July 13-15, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Dr. Anita Deshpande successfully passed both the Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology portions of the board, BRAVO!
  • Publications ACCEPTED:
    • S. Siriwardana, R.D. Meyer, and M.V. Panchenko. “The novel function of JADE1 in cytokinesis of epithelial cells” Cell Cycle 
    • Brooks CR, Yeung MY, Chen H, Henderson JM, Ichimura T, Bonventre JV.  KIM-1/TIM-1-mediated phagocytosis links ATG5/ULK1 dependent clearance of apoptotic cells to antigen presentation.  EMBO J.  ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
    • Ip, B, Cilfone, N, Belkina, AC, DeFuria, J, Jagannathan-Bogdan, M, Zhu, M, Kuchibhatla, R, McDonnell, ME, Xiao, Q, Kepler, TB, Apovian, CM, Lauffenburger, DA, and Nikolajczyk, BS. 2015. Th17 cytokines differentiate obesity from obesity-associated type 2 diabetes and promote TNFa production. Obesity. (In Press)
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