August 2015

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items – August 2015

 

 Announcements:

  • Please join me in congratulating Dr. David Kindelberger on his appointment as an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. President Brown just approved his appointment. Appointment or promotion to Associate Professor is a significant achievement and acknowledges that Dr. Kindelberger enjoys a national reputation. This national reputation has been demonstrated by his numerous publications as well as many presentations. Dr. Kindelberger has carried a full service load in addition to his teaching to the residents.
  • The department had a Visiting Scholar from the University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia:
    • Dr. Areej Al Nemer, an anatomic pathologist from University of Dammam was in our department from July 22nd until August 14th.  She was involved in several research projects in the Henderson Lab including a study on kidney injury caused by light chain paraproteins, and a collaborative study with the Rahimi Lab investigating IGPR2 expression in human kidney neoplasia.   Dr. Al Nemer also learned about the work of our anatomic pathology diagnostic service, and participated in some of the routine activities of the service.
  • Dr. Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa has been re-appointed IBC Chair by the Associate Vice President for Research Compliance, bravo!
  • Mostafa Belghasem, PhD, Henderson Lab, successfully defended his thesis “Pathological and Molecular Profiling in Hypertension-Induced Glomerular Injury” on Thursday, July 30th
  • From Dr. Nader Rahimi’s Lab:
    • We welcome Dr. Mehrdad Lavaei and Xueqing Zou to Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Medicine, both recently joined Dr. Rahimi’s laboratory.
    • Dr. Lavaei is pathology resident in VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Nederland and his research is supported by the Dutch government.
    • Xueqing Zou is a PhD student at the Shandong University, China. He will be doing his thesis research work with Dr. Rahimi. Xueqing Zou research is supported with a scholarship from China.
    • We also welcome Walter Wong and Brad Pearson from BU’s MAMS program, who recently joined Dr. Rahimi’s laboratory.
  •  Barb Nikolajczyk, PhD has received a new grant; “Roles for B cells in the development of periodontal complications of type 2 diabetes” has been selected for funding. Source of funding: BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Funds awarded:$20,000; Budget period: August 31, 2015 – March 31, 2016
  • Debbie Stearns-Kurosawa, PhD is an invited to be a speaker at a symposium on the “Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Disease” at the Mount Desert Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine on October 11-15.   The symposium is organized by Dr. Hermann Haller, Professor of Medicine at the Hannover Medical School in Germany and includes speakers from the US, Israel, Europe, and Canada. Dr. Stearns-Kurosawa will speak on complement and the hemolytic uremic syndrome.
  • From the Kurosawa Lab: Two abstracts were accepted for the 9th Triennial International Symposium on Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin) producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) meeting on September 13-16 in Boston:
    • 1)  DJ Stearns-Kurosawa*, Arthur Fernandezǂ, Denis Garceauǂ, Shinichiro Kurosawa*.  “Passive Immunity Strategy For Shiga Toxin-HUS in Non-human Primates”.  *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine ǂ Thallion Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Bellus Health Inc., 275, boulevard Armand-Frappier Laval (Québec)  H7V 4A7  CANADA
    • 2) DJ Stearns-Kurosawa, Caitlin S.L. Parello, Shinichiro Kurosawa.  “Retrograde Product Development for Treatment of Shiga toxin-HUS”.Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

 

Welcome to our New Graduate Students: 

 

Ahmad Al Moujahed, PhD Candidate  Ahmad
Greg Hall, PhD Candidate GregHallPic3
Keith Keller, Masters KeithKeller.FullSizeRender
Maya Kim, Masters maya kim3
Denis Kyabaggu, Masters Denis S  Kyabaggu
Carolina Lyon de Ana, Masters CarolinaLyondeAna..IMG_9601
Morgan Thompson, Masters Morgan Thompson
Max Vaickus, Masters