September 2009

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items

Announcements:

  • Kazem Azadzoi, M.D. has received funding from American Medical System for a term ending March 2011 to study “The Effects of Accessa Stimulation on Bladder Overactivity” in an Experimental Model of Pelvic Ischemia
  • The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society President’s Award for Best Overall Trainee/Resident Presentation 2nd Place was awarded to Bryan Belikoff, MD/PhD candidate for his presentation entitled “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Prevents Lung Inflammation in the Absence of Adenosine A2A Receptor Signaling” at this year’s international UHMS Scientific Meeting Las Vegas, NV
  • Marc Lenburg, PhD presented a talk at the Genes and the Environment Initiative meeting in Raleigh-Durham, NC entitled “Non-invasive Gene Expression Biomarkers of Airway Response to Tobacco Exposure” on August 3rd
  • News from Abroad: Rocco Richards, MA, graduate of our Master’s in Pathology program has arrived safely at Medical School in Grenada – he writes “Just went through my first week of classes – it’s been a hectic week. The island is gorgeous. Everywhere I look, I see blue waters or beautiful mountains. …The campus is real nice, the facilities and lecture halls are great. BU classes really did prepare me for this semester. Many students here haven’t done or seen nearly half of what I did while at BU.”
  • Thomas Thomou, PhD successfully defended his thesis “Homeobox Gene Expression Profiles Demarcate Regional Identity of Human Fat Depots” on August 4th
  • Welcome to NEW FACES:
    • Danielle Day – Kurosawa Lab
    • INCOMING STUDENTS
      • PhD Students

        • Philip Bondzie
        • Evan Chiswick
        • Clarissa Koch
        • John “Jed” Mahoney
      • Masters Students
        • Nik Bajaj
        • Mostafa Belghasem
        • Yi “Bessie” Liu
  • From Jo-Anne Walsh in Dean Antman’s Office: “Congratulations to all of you in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for being the 1st whole department to complete the Faculty Evaluation Confirmations. Just gave Dean Antman the news!!”

Presentations:

  • David Chui, MD was invited to present at McMaster University, Regional Hematology Round, Hamilton, ON, Canada; June 26, 2009, “BCL11A and fetal hemoglobin”
  • David Chui, MD was also invited to present at Congreso Iberoamericano de Drepanocitosis y Talassemia, Colegio de Medicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica; July 23, 24, 2009; “Regulation of Fetal Hemoglobin Synthesis: Recent Advances” and “Sickle Cell Disease – Interaction with Other Mutations”

Publications- PUBLISHED:

  • American Journal of Hematology published: “Sickle cell disease caused by heterozygosity for Hb S and novel LCR deletion: Report of two patients” by Sara C. Koenig,1 Esmira Becirevic,1 Miriam S.C. Hellberg,1 Michael Y. Li,1 Jason C.C. So,3 Jane S. Hankins,4 Russell E. Ware,4 Lillian McMahon,2 Martin H. Steinberg,2 Hong-Yuan Luo,1,2 and David H.K. Chui1,2*

Publications- ACCEPTED:

  • Zack Hunter, MA candidate has a first author paper accepted for publication by Hematologica! The paper is entitled “IgA and IgG hypogammaglobulinemia in Waldenström?s macroglobulinemia”
  • Article title by John Cho, MD: “Utility of Hematologic and Volume, Conductivity, and Scatter (VCS) Parameters from Umbilical Cord Blood in Predicting Chorioamnionitis” has been accepted by International Journal of Laboratory Hematology. The coauthors are: Fernando Chaves MD, Thomas Ahern MPH, and Karen Quillen MD
  • David Davis, PhD has a paper accepted by a PLoS Biology. “Capzb2 Interacts with ß-tubulin to Regulate Growth Cone Morphology and Neurite Outgrowth.” Authors: David A. Davis1, Meredith H. Wilson1, Jodel Giraud2, Zhigang Xie3, Huang-Chun Tseng2, Cheryl England4, Haya Hersckovitz4, Li-Huei Tsai2 and Ivana Delalle1*

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