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Departmental Seminar – March 18, 2016

Seminar Series: Spring 2016 ~~ Friday, March 18, 2016 2:00-3:00 PM                “Regionalized Cerebrospinal Fluid Factors in Development of the Cerebral Cortex”   Melody Lun, MD/PhD Candidate Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Boston University School of Medicine; M. Lehtinen Lab (MGH) Location & Time: 670 Albany Street Lobby Level #107/108 2:00-3:00 PM Friday, March 18, 2016 Target Audience: Faculty, Students, Residents, Greater Boston Scientific Community (advertised in MIT’s Bulletin). At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to: 1) state... More

Departmental Seminar – March 4, 2016

Seminar Series: Spring 2016 ~~ Friday, March 4, 2016 2:00-3:00 PM                “The Role of Epigenetics in the Pathophysiology of Huntington’s Disease”   Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Director, NeuroEpigenetics Laboratory; Mass General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease   Location & Time: 670 Albany Street Lobby Level #107/108 2:00-3:00 PM Friday, March 4, 2016 Target Audience: Faculty, Students, Residents, Greater Boston Scientific Community (advertised in MIT’s Bulletin). At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to: 1) repeat that transcriptional... More

Departmental Seminar – February 26, 2016

Seminar Series: Spring 2016 ~~ Friday, February 26, 2016 2:00-3:00 PM                “The Humoral Response to Autoantigen in Primary Membranous Nephropathy”   Laurence Beck, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine Location & Time: 670 Albany Street Lobby Level #107/108 2:00-3:00 PM Friday, February 26, 2016 Target Audience: Faculty, Students, Residents, Greater Boston Scientific Community (advertised in MIT’s Bulletin). At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to: 1) describe the relationship between immunologic and clinical course of... More

Departmental Seminar – February 19, 2016

Seminar Series: Spring 2016 ~~ Friday, February 19, 2016 2:00-3:00 PM                “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Augments the Innate Immune Response to Pneumonia”   Terry Hsieh MD/PhD Candidate Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Boston University School of Medicine; Remick Lab   Location & Time: 670 Albany Street Lobby Level #107/108 2:00-3:00 PM Friday, February 19, 2016 Target Audience: Faculty, Students, Residents, Greater Boston Scientific Community (advertised in MIT’s Bulletin). At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to: 1) report that research... More

Departmental Seminar – February 12, 2016

Seminar Series: Spring 2016 ~~ Friday, February 12, 2016 2:00-3:00 PM                “Obese NK Cells Lack Energy to Kill”   Lydia Lynch, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital Location & Time: 670 Albany Street Lobby Level #107/108 2:00-3:00 PM Friday, February 12, 2016 Target Audience: Faculty, Students, Residents, Greater Boston Scientific Community (advertised in MIT’s Bulletin).   At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to: 1) report that immune dysfunction in obese humans, which is associated with their increased... More

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items December 2015 – January 2016

Announcements: Congratulations are in order to the following Department of Pathology members: BRAVO! Chris Andry, MPhil, PhD; for being appointed Chair of the Boston University Research and Clinical Connection Subcommittee until December 2017, BRAVO! Abigail Brown, MFS, MLS (ASCP): for being appointed a Voting Member of the Boston University Research and Clinical Connection Subcommittee until December 2017, BRAVO! Shinichiro Kurosawa, MD, PhD; for being appointed a Voting Member to the Boston University Laboratory Safety Committee Space / Infrastructure Subcommittee... More

Departmental Seminar – January 29, 2016

  Seminar Series: Spring 2016 ~~ Friday, January 29, 2016 2:00-3:00 PM                “The LKB1-SIK Pathway: Dysregulation in Melanomagenesis and Regulated Use in Skin Cancer Prevention”     Nisma Mujahid PhD Candidate, David Fisher Lab (MGH); Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine   Location & Time: 670 Albany Street Lobby Level #107/108 2:00-3:00 PM Friday, January 29, 2016 Target Audience: Faculty, Students, Residents, Greater Boston Scientific Community (advertised in MIT’s Bulletin). At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to: 1) recall that ultraviolet-light... More

10th Annual Nancy Bucher Seminar

DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WE HAVE DECIDED TO POSTPONE OUR 10TH ANNUAL NANCY BUCHER SEMINAR; PLEASE STAY TUNE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS! APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSM Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Seminar Series: Spring 2016 ~~ Friday, February 5th  2:00 PM; Reception to Follow at 3:00   10th Annual Nancy L. R. Bucher, MD Seminar    “Unraveling the Complexity of Growth Hormone Regulated Sex Differences in Mouse Liver: Genomic and Epigenetic Approaches”   David Waxman, PhD Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, Boston University Professor of Medicine, Boston... More

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine News Items – November 2015

Announcements: Yanli Ding, MD presented a poster at the Annual ASCP 2015 Meeting in Long Beach California, September 28-30, 2015. Title: "Persistent proteinuria in recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis from arterio-venous fistula recirculation, and improvement with aneurysm repair;” Co-authors are Yanli Ding, MD and Karen Quillen, MD Atsushi Ebata, PhD, Wolozin Lab, successfully defended his thesis “Development of TDP-43 Granule Inhibitors as Potential Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Frontotemporal LobarDegeneration Therapies” on Thursday, November 12th Nancy S. Miller, MD presented: “Ebola Dx... More