Madhu (Jagannathan) Bogdan

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EDUCATION

  • September 2007 – present:      PhD  Program – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    Dr. Barbara Nikolajczyk Lab – Advisor
  • 2007:  Wayne State University, Detroit MI
    Bachelor of Science; Biological Science

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Understanding changes in immune cell function in inflammatory disease patients

PRESENTATIONS

Oral Presentations

  • 2011: Oral presentation at the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) conference in San Francisco; May 13-17th: “The Role of the Immune System in Type 2 Diabetes”
  • 2010: American Association of Immunologists (AAI), May 7th-11th 2010
  • 2010: Title: “An alteration in the balance between CD4+ T cell subsets in T2D patients” Awarded a $500 travel grant; Baltimore, MD
  • 2009: Federation of Clinical Immunological Societies Conference, Oral Presentation
  • 2007: National Undergraduate Research Conference, Oral presentation
  • 2006: Wayne State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Oral presentation
  • 2006: National Undergraduate Research Conference, Oral presentation
  • 2005: Wayne State University Undergraduate Research Conference, Oral presentation

Poster Presentations

  • 2009: Department of Pathology, Seminar 2009 Title: The Role of TLRs in Type 2 Diabetes The Department of Pathology; Boston University School of Medicine; Boston, MA
  • 2009: Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) June 10th -15th 2009
    • Title: Toll-like Receptor cross-talk specifically regulates cytokine production by B cells from chronic     inflammatory disease patients.
    • Awarded $750 travel grant; San Francisco, CA

PUBLICATIONS

  1. The Journal of Immunology : “Elevated pro-inflammatory cytokine production by a skewed T cell compartment requires monocytes and promotes inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes” Madhumita Jagannathan-Bogdan, Marie E. McDonnell, Hyunjin Shin, Qasim Rehman, Hatice Hasturk, Caroline M. Apovian, and Barbara S. Nikolajczyk
  2. In Molecular Immunology:  Differential regulation of TLR4 expression in human B cells and monocytes. Lisa M. Ganley-Leal1, YanMei Liang1, Madhumita Jagannathan-Bogdan2, Francis A. Farraye3, and Barbara S. Nikolajczyk4
  3. Jagannathan-Bogdan, M, Marie E. McDonnell, Hyunjin Shin, Qasim Rehman, Hatice Hasturk, Caroline M. Apovian, and Barbara S. Nikolajczyk. Elevated pro-inflammatory cytokine production by a skewed T cell compartment requires monocytes and promotes inflammation in T2D. Submitted
  4. Jagannathan, M, Zhang, Y, Liang,Y, Hasturk, H, Kantarci, A, Van Kyke,TE, Ganley-Leak, LM, McDonnell, ME, Nikolajczyk, BS. B cells from diabetes patients regulate cytokine production through unexpected Toll-like receptor cross-talk. Diabetologia. 2010 Apr 11
  5. Jagannathan, M, Hasturk, H, Liang, YM, Shin, H, Hetzel, J, Rubin, D, McDonnell, ME, Van Dyke, TE, Ganley-Leal, LM and Nikolajczyk, BS. Toll-like Receptor cross-talk specifically regulates cytokine production by B cells from chronic inflammatory disease patients. Journal of Immunology. 2009 Dec 1;183(11):7461-70.
  6. Shin*, H, Zhang*, Y, Jagannathan, M, Hasturk, H, Kantarci,  A, Liu, H, Van Dyke, TE, Ganley-Leal, LM,  and Nikolajczyk, BS. 2009. B cells from periodontal disease patients express surface Toll-like Receptor 4. Journal of. Leukemia. Bioogyl. 85:648-655. * Equal contribution

APPOINTMENTS/AWARDS

  • 2011: Received a Laboratory Travel Award to attend the American Association of Immunologists Meeting May 13-17 2011 in San Francisco. It’ll pay 100%
  • 2011: Selected to participate in the 2011 St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium.  From the 1285 students invited to apply for the 2011 NGSS, you are one of 42 students selected by a faculty review committee to attend this event.  Congratulations on your admission to the 2011 class of the St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium!” The Symposium is from March 28-April 1 this year in Memphis, Tennessee
  • 2010: 1st prize winner of the annual Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Award
  • 2010: The American Association of Immunologists May 7th-11th 2010. Travel Award, $500.00
  • 2010: 4thAnnual RIA Abstract Event at MedImmune, Nov 14th-15th 2009
    • Finalist in Abstract competition. Title: Toll-like Receptor cross-talk specifically regulates cytokine production by B cells from chronic inflammatory disease patients. Fully funded. Gaithersburg, MD
  • 2009: Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) June 10th -15th 2009
    • Title: Toll-like Receptor cross-talk specifically regulates cytokine production by B cells from chronic     inflammatory disease patients. Awarded $750 travel grant; San Francisco, CA
  • 2005-06: Vice President, Colleges Against Cancer- American Cancer Society
  • 2005: Wayne State University Undergraduate Honors Research Award