News
April 2015
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items Announcements: Stephanie Adams, OD/PhD Student and Ivana Delalle have an abstract that has been accepted for a platform presentation at the American Association of Neuropathologists meeting in June in Denver, CO.; “BIN1 Expression In Human Hippocampus During Alzheimer’s Disease Progression,” Authors: Stephanie Adams1, Kathy Tilton1, Sudha Seshadri2, Ivana Delalle1. As part of the new collaboration between Boston University and the University of Damman, Saudi Arabia, Daniel Remick gave two presentations... More
March 2015
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items Announcements: 104th USCAP Meeting, Boston, MA, March 21-27 2015 Cathryn Byrne-Dugan, MD had her abstract accepted: “Podocyte Infolding Glomerulopathy – Occurrence of the Disease Entity in the United States, and the Potential Role of an Autoantibody;” Authors:Cathryn J Byrne-Dugan, Pavel Kopach, Laurence H Beck, Vanesa Bijol, Monika Pilichowska, Helmut G Rennke, Masha Bilic Meera Mahalingam will be the Chair/Moderator of “Neoplastic Dermatopathology – Clues and Confounders.” Topic was selected to highlight... More
Congratulations to Dr. Clarissa Koch
Clarissa Koch, PhD, Connors Lab, successfully defended her thesis “Characterizing the Effect of Transthyretin Amyloid on the Heart” on Monday, March 16th
February 2015
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items Announcements: 104th USCAP Meeting, Boston, MA, March 21-27 2015 Mostafa Belghasem, PhD Candidate, Henderson Lab has an abstract accepted for poster presentation for the United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology’s (USCAP) 104th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. The abstract is entitled “Podocyte-Specific Myh9 Deletion in Mice Results in Susceptibility to Glomerular Injury in Response to Subtotal Nephrectomy” From Mark Uva, our Residency Coordinator: We have filled our two vacancies within the residency... More
Departmental Seminar – Sep 17
“Peptide-based Stx Neutralizers for Treatment of STEC Infections” Dr. Kiyotaka Nishikawa Professor, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences Doshisha University; Kyoto, Japan Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Autumn 2015 Seminar Series: September 17th – THURSDAY @ 1:00 Please note change of date and time Friday, February 20, 2:00 (Refreshments 1:45) 670 Albany Street – Lobby Level #107/108 Contact: Program Director, Barbara Slack, PhD Program Coordinator: Debra Kiley, 414-7914
January 2015
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items Announcements: Nancy S. Miller, MD was an invited panel member at the Boston Pan African Forum event, “Ebola and other health-related issues in West Africa”, on December 13th in Dorchester, MA Dr. Carmen Sarita-Reyes gave a poster presentation at the SENTAC (Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children) meeting on December 6, 2014 in St Louis. “Marsupialization to treat foregut duplication cysts of the oral cavity: a novel technique;" Minyoung... More
9th Annual Nancy L.R. Bucher, MD, Seminar
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Spring 2015 Seminar Series: Friday, February 6, 2:00 9th Annual Nancy L.R. Bucher, MD, Seminar “Engineering Liver Tissue at the Microscale” Friday, February 6, 2:00 (Reception Following) 670 Albany Street – Lobby Level #107/108 Speaker: Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Contact: Program Director, Barbara Slack, PhD Program Coordinator: Debra Kiley, 414-7914
December 2014
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items Announcements: Nader Rahimi, PhD was awarded a R21 grant from NIH/NCI entitled “Overcoming the resistance to anti-angiogenesis therapy”. The overall of goal of this research is to study the role of posttranslational modifications on VEGFR-2 in colon cancer. Angiogenesis inhibitors targeting the VEGF signaling pathway have been FDA approved for various cancer treatments. Although beneficial, patients inevitably develop resistance and often fail to demonstrate significantly better overall survival. Interfering with the... More
Congratulations to Dr. Caitlin Leibowitz Parello
Caitlin S. Leibowitz Parello, PhD, Kurosawa Lab, successfully defended her thesis “Investigating the Contributions of Leukocyte Responses and Kidney Cell Stress on Shiga- Toxin Pathogenesis” on Friday, November 21st.
November 2014
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items Announcements: Kate Murphy has announced that the Blood Bank had its’ 4th inspection of the year – American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) on November 19th and 20th for an extremely thorough assessment, including nursing competency. We were successfully accredited for another 2 years! Zach Hunter, PhD Candidate in the Steven Treon’s Lab at Children’s Hospital presented at the following conferences: August 14th in London, UK. At the 8th International Workshop on Waldenstrom's... More