February 2011

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items

  • Boston Medical Center/Boston University Presentations at the 2011 USCAP Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, February 26-March 4, 2011: ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS:
    • “PRE-DISSECTION REVIEW OF ULTRASOUND REPORT INCREASES ACCURACY OF GROSS THYROID TUMOR MEASUREMENTS” Luisa Watts, Lyndsey Emery and Antonio de las Morenas
    • Luisa Watts, Mariam Alexander, Hao Wu, Stephen Hammond, Katherine Downey, Yanelba Toribio and Michael Roehrl: “SYSTEMATIC PREDIAGNOSTIC REVIEW OF ENDOSCOPY REPORTS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES RESIDENT PERFORMANCE DURING SLIDE PREVIEW”
    • Roehrl MHA, Wang S, and Wang JY. Tissue Metabolomics by High-Resolution 1H NMR Spectroscopy: Discovery of Cancer-Specific Metabolomic Biomarkers
    • The reliability and accuracy of immuno-gold electron microscopy for subtyping amyloid; correlation with laboratory studies and clinical setting. Dehua Wang M.D., John Lee M.D., Pamela T Soo Hoo,  Carl J O’Hara M.D.
    • Dr. Joel Henderson has a poster  and the topic stems from a collaborative project he is working on with the Kurosawa Lab: “Distinct histopathologic changes elicited in baboon kidneys after challenge with Shiga toxin type 1 or 2 from enterohemorrhagic E. coli ” Joel Henderson, Shinichiro Kurosawa and Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa
    • Dr. Antonio de las Morenas has an abstract with Dr. Luisa Watts. Dr. Watts will be presenting a QC-type project on Thyroid nodules.
    • Poster Accepted: Title: KIT in Atypical Acral Nevi – an immunohistochemical and genetic Appraisal Elizabeth Park, Shi Yang, Andrew Emley, Kristen Decarlo, Joanna Richards and Meera Mahalingam. Dermatology and Pathology Department, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Announcements:

  • Dr. Barbara Nikolajczyk has been appointed scribe-elect for The Obesity Society
  • Dr. Christian Weber has been appointed to the following Editorial Boards
    • World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
    • International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
    • Advances in Molecular Imaging
  • Dr. Barbara Nikolajczyk got notification that her R21 “The role of B cells and B cell toll-like receptors in periodontal disease” will be funded.  Yeah!
  • Farewell Luncheon for Dr. Mary Jo Murnane in Celebration of her 27 Years of Service at BUSM

1018 murnane gift

More photos available on our Facebook Page

Publications: ACCEPTED

  • Dr. Martin Kroll had the following manuscript accepted for publication. P. Srisawasdi, S. Chaloeysup, Y. Teerajetgul, A. Pocathikorn, S. Vanavanan, M Kroll.  Estimation of small dense LDL cholesterol from calculated and direct LDL-cholesterol. American Journal of Clinical Pathology.  2011, in press
  • Zach Hunter, PhD candidate had the following article Hyperphosphorylated paratarg-7: a new risk factor for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance of the IgM type (IgM-MGUS) and Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia. Grass S, Preuss KD, Wikowicz A, Terpos E, Ziepert M, Nikolaus D, Yang Y, Fadle N, Regitz E, Dimopoulos MA, Treon SP, Hunter ZR, Pfreundschuh M. Blood. 2011 Jan 10. [Epub ahead of print]
  • From Dr. Nancy Miller just ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION in the JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY (JCM): Holtzman C, D. Whitney, T. Barlam, N.S. Miller. Assessment of the impact of PNA FISH for rapid identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci in the absence of antimicrobial stewardship intervention.
  • Dr. Adam Lerner’s manuscript was accepted for publication: Vanden Borre P, Near RI, Makkinje A, Mostoslavsky G and Lerner A. BCAR3/AND-34 can signal independent of complex formation with CAS family members or the presence of p130Cas. Cellular Signaling, in press.
  • Accepted for publication in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM): Miller, N.S., D. Rogan, B.L. Orr, D. Whitney.  Comparison of BD BACTEC™ Plus Blood Culture Media versus VersaTREK® REDOX Blood Culture Media for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Simulated Adult Blood Cultures Containing Therapeutic Concentrations Of Antibiotics
  • Recently accepted for Dr. Michael Roehrl:
  1. Wang, Lee, Yan, Rho, and Roehrl. Dermatan Sulfate Interacts with Dead Cells and Regulates CD5+ B-Cell Fate: Implications for a Key Role in Autoimmunity. American Journal of Pathology 2011, in press
  2. Rho, Zhang, Murali, Roehrl, Wang. Human Proteins with Affinity for Dermatan Sulfate Have the Propensity to Become Autoantigens. American Journal of Pathology 2011, in press

Publications-PUBLISHED:

  • Recent Publications of Dr. Christian Weber, secondary path faculty:
  1. H. Christian Weber: Gastrointestinal Regulatory Peptides.  Current Opinions in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity 2011: 18 (1):33-34
  2. Ishita Deb Majumdar and H. Christian Weber: Biology of Mammalian Bombesin-Like Peptides and Their Receptors. Current Opinions in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity 2011: 18(1):68-74

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