{"id":10962,"date":"2015-05-04T13:20:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?p=10962"},"modified":"2015-05-06T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T13:10:09","slug":"april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/2015\/05\/04\/april-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Announcements:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stephanie Adams, OD\/PhD Student<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Ivana Delalle<\/span><\/strong> have an abstract that has been accepted for a platform presentation at the American Association of Neuropathologists meeting in June in Denver, CO.; \u201c<strong>BIN1 Expression In Human Hippocampus During Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Progression,\u201d <\/strong>Authors: Stephanie Adams<sup>1<\/sup>, Kathy Tilton<sup>1<\/sup>, Sudha Seshadri<sup>2<\/sup>, Ivana Delalle<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>As part of the new collaboration between Boston University and the University of Damman, Saudi Arabia, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Daniel Remick<\/span><\/strong> gave two presentations in April in Saudi Arabia :\n<ul>\n<li>Keynote Address, University of Damman, Saudi Arabia, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Annual Scientific Research Update \u2013 <em>Traumatic Brain Injury Augments Pulmonary Host Responses to Bacteria: Molecules and Mechanisms<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Specialized Workshop, King Fahd Hospital University of Damman, Saudi Arabia, <em>Immunopathology of Sepsis &#8211; 2015<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Dr. Remick<\/span><\/strong> served as an ad hoc member of the Board of Scientific Review for the National Institutes of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Barbara Slack<\/span><\/strong>, Pathology Department Russek Awards Committee Member, is pleased to announce that this year&#8217;s Russek Award recipients in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine are:\n<ul>\n<li>First Prize Recipient &#8211; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jacquelyn Sikora Hanson<\/span><\/strong> (Advisor: Lawreen Connors); Jacquelyn presented her talk on May 1<sup>st<\/sup> entitled; &#8220;The transthyretin gene variant G6S may be protective in wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Second Prize Co-Recipients &#8211; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Caitlin Miller<\/span><\/strong> (Advisor: Suryaram Gummuluru) &amp; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nicole Stauffer<\/span><\/strong> (Advisor: Joseph P. Mizgerd)<\/li>\n<li>Congratulations to the award winners, and thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts for the poster session. Russek Day was held on May 1st in the Hiebert Lounge (L\u00a0building, 14th floor). The keynote speaker this year was Dr. David M. Livingston, Emil Frei Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Posters were available for\u00a0viewing throughout the day, and slide presentations by the first prize winners took place in the afternoon. More information about this event can be found at the link (<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__www.bumc.bu.edu_gms_students_phd_russek-2Dstudent-2Dachievement-2Dday-2D2015_&amp;d=AwMFAg&amp;c=2rxEOw2KLbNB-I14iNYDhE3HM0YslhWt2FDmep0EPOI&amp;r=wXf9IMKUcD0GxK0qDtR-eMBPxD9t9uZWl7ma9NGVY7g&amp;m=8532LwbaEH45Jlmf5mut3HXSk87ITe6x3-Q0-25_frY&amp;s=7GU5PSdMdPZxTbq_7nwwhd3jXd05v2sfD7loh3glXx4&amp;e=\">http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/phd\/russek-student-achievement-day-2015\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">David Sherr, PhD<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MD\/PHD student, Olga Novikov<\/span><\/strong>, won the School of Public Health\u2019s Dean\u2019s Award. See link below. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2015\/04\/15\/olga-novikov-wins-deans-award-at-graduate-research-symposium\/\">http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/2015\/04\/15\/olga-novikov-wins-deans-award-at-graduate-research-symposium\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Congratulations are in order for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Emad Arafa<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jordan Shafran<\/span><\/strong>, both graduating Masters students in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Nader Rahimi\u2019s Lab<\/span><\/strong>. Emad and Jordan have been accepted in BU\u2019s PIBS PhD Program; Bravo!<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nisma Mujahid, one of our MD\/PhD student<\/span><\/strong> has been awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Foreign Study Award<\/li>\n<li>The department\u2019s biobanking team were represented by <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chris Andry<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Liz Duffy<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cheryl Spencer<\/span><\/strong> at a two day summation meeting for the cancer Human Biobank (caHUB) and Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) program at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD on April 22<sup>nd<\/sup>.\u00a0All four biospecimen source sites involved in the pre-analytic variables study were represented as well as the analytics teams from around the country.\u00a0 The BMC team presented data regarding biospecimen collection in the pre-analytic variables study as well as on the ELSI enrollment and consent surveys.\n<ul>\n<li>Analytics data on immunohistochemistry and <em>in situ<\/em> staining, proteomics and genomics are expected by late Fall.\u00a0 The ELSI data was synthesized and analyzed by Dr. Teddy Warner, University of New Mexico with very interesting preliminary results<\/li>\n<li>BMC\u2019s biobanking efforts were recognized by the NCI leadership, particularly in the areas of quality and collaboration. All pathology faculty and residents were acknowledged for their contributions to the project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Publications PUBLISHED<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eladio Rodriguez-Diaz PhD, Qin Huang MD, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sandra R. Cerda MD<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Michael J. O\u2019Brien MD<\/span><\/strong>, Irving J. Bigio PhD, Satish K. Singh MD; Endoscopic histological assessment of colonic polyps by using elastic scattering spectroscopy. <em>Gastrointestinal EndoscopyJjournal.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/00165107\/81\/3\"><span>March 2015<\/span>, Vol.81(3)<\/a>:<span>539<\/span>\u2013<span>547<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cSystems Biology of Cancer\u201d edited by Sam Thiagalingam, PhD<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A book edited by Dr. Sam Thiagalingam entitled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/9780521493390\">Systems Biology of Cancer<\/a>\u201d was released by the publisher Cambridge University Press on April 9, 2015. It provides a comprehensive account of the current state of the knowledge and a road map to formulate a blueprint for the biological basis of cancer. The emphasis of the book is on the biology with minimal mathematical derivations and computational methods which are still evolving to meet the unprecedented amount of data produced with high-throughput experimentation methods that are continuing to be developed.<\/li>\n<li>Readers will be able to get a realistic view of what is known and remaining to be uncovered in the chapters presented by international experts on the aberrations in the fundamental biological processes, deregulation of major signaling networks, alterations in major cancers and the strategies for using the scientific knowledge for effective diagnosis, prognosis and drug discovery to improve public health. This will serve as a useful text on cancer suitable for students and researchers in all stages of their careers including the undergraduates. The contents are most suitable and highly recommended for graduate students, medical residents and fellows and experienced researchers. This landmark volume consists of a collection of 32 chapters with contributions from more than 75 international experts which includes 8 chapters by Boston University faculty and trainees. At this time the publisher is providing a 20% discount (see Flyer). <a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2015\/05\/Thiagalingam-Flyer-SystemsBiologyof-Cancer-2015.pdf\">Thiagalingam-Flyer-SystemsBiologyof Cancer-2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/sample\/read\/9780521493390\">link<\/a> allows you to look at the first few pages of the book in kindle:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Witthaus\u00a0MW,\u00a0Nipa F, Yang JH, Li Y, Lerner LB,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Azadzoi<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> KM<\/span><\/strong>. Bladder Oxidative Stress in Sleep Apnea Contributes to\u00a0Detrusor Instability and Nocturia<em>. <span>J Urol<\/span>. 2015\u00a0May;19 (5):1692-9. 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