{"id":13839,"date":"2016-04-29T11:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?p=13839"},"modified":"2016-04-29T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:56:15","slug":"pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-new-news-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/2016\/04\/29\/pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-new-news-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathology and Laboratory Medicine New News April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">April 2016 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Announcements:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Congratulations on Three Successful Defenses:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Parul Agnihotri<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PhD, Winandy Lab<\/span><\/strong>, successfully defended her thesis <strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>The Role of Ikaros in Foxo1-Driven Gene Expression in CD4 T Cells\u201d<\/strong> on Friday, April 8<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Parul-and-Family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13841\" alt=\"Parul and Family\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Parul-and-Family-425x300.jpg\" width=\"307\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Parul-and-Family-425x300.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Parul-and-Family.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/ParulGivingDefense.jpg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>The new Dr. Agnihotri and her proud family<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/ParulGivingDefense.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13840\" alt=\"ParulGivingDefense\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/ParulGivingDefense-533x300.jpg\" width=\"311\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/ParulGivingDefense-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/ParulGivingDefense.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Parul Agnihotri, PhD Defending her Thesis, 4\/8\/16<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Melody Lun, <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> MD\/<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PhD, Maria Lehtinen Lab(Off-site at Children&#8217;s)<\/span><\/strong>, successfully defended her thesis <strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Coordination of Cell Intrinsic and Extrinsic Signals in Development of the Mammalian Brain\u201d<\/strong> on Wednesday, April 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandMentor2016.IMG_5630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13842\" alt=\"MelodyandMentor2016.IMG_5630\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandMentor2016.IMG_5630-400x300.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandMentor2016.IMG_5630-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandMentor2016.IMG_5630.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>The new Dr. Melody Lun and her mentor,\u00a0Maria Lehtinen (Children\u2019s Hospital)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandCommittee2016.IMG_5631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13843\" alt=\"MelodyandCommittee2016.IMG_5631\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandCommittee2016.IMG_5631-400x300.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandCommittee2016.IMG_5631-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/MelodyandCommittee2016.IMG_5631.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Lun and her BU Committee Members: Drs. Krzysztof Blusztajn, Barbara Slack and Tarik Haydar<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nicole Stauffer Smith<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> , <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PhD, Mizgerd Lab<\/span><\/strong>, successfully defended her thesis <strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Respiratory Infections with Pneumococci Establish Multi-pronged Heterotypic Protection Against Pneumonia\u201d<\/strong> on Wednesday, April 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/NicoleDefenseCelebration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13844\" alt=\"NicoleDefenseCelebration\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/NicoleDefenseCelebration-533x300.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/NicoleDefenseCelebration-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/NicoleDefenseCelebration-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Nicole Stauffer Smith\u2019s Defense Celebration!<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tim Norman, PhD Candidate<\/span><\/strong> in Alan Fine\u2019s Lab gave an oral presentation and presented a poster at the Gordon Research Conferences on Lymphatics titled &#8220;Origins, maturation, and regeneration of the pulmonary lymphatic endothelium&#8221; on March 19th in Ventura, California<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Ivana Delalle<\/span><\/strong> is excited to be giving a platform presentation, \u201cExosomal miR-149 and miR-29c as Candidates for Bipolar Disorder Biomarkers\u201d at the\u00a02nd International Symposium on Microgenomics in Paris, France; June 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Maria Panchenko<\/span><\/strong> was invited to write an expert review about family of JADE genes and corresponding proteins. The review was accepted and will be published in GENE.<\/li>\n<li>On the basis of excellent teaching in the first year of the medical school curriculum the following faculty have been selected as Master Educators:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carmen Sarita-Reyes, M.D<\/span><\/strong>. (Integrated Problems)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jacqueline Sharon, Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong> (Immunology)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa, Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong> (Immunology)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Daniel Remick, M.D.<\/span><\/strong> (Immunology)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Susan Winandy, Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong> (Immunology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mark Wojnarowicz, PhD Candidate<\/span><\/strong> in the Goldstein Lab has won a School of Medicine PhD Award from the 2016 Graduate Research Symposium. His poster title was \u201cBlood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction, Neuroinflammation, and Early Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy-Linked Neuropathology in a Mouse Model of Concussive Impact Neurotrauma.\u201d The Symposium held on April 11<sup>th<\/sup> at Metcalf Hall was sponsored by the Office of the Provost<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Daniel Remick, M.D.,<\/span><\/strong> received a Certificate of Appreciation for 3 years of service on the Council of the American Society of Investigative Pathology<\/li>\n<li>USCAP 2016 \u2013 March 12-18, 2016; Seattle, Washington\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reyhan Gedik, MD<\/span> <\/strong>presented the following poster<strong>, \u201c<\/strong>\u201cUtility of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Cotesting to Recategorize Bethesda-I Thyroid FNAs\u201d : authors 1. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reyhan Gedik MD1<\/span><\/strong>, 2. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anita Deshpande MD1<\/span><\/strong>, 3. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Huihong Xu MD1<\/span><\/strong> and 4. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sandra Cerda, MD<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/USCAP2016.ReyhanGedik.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13845\" alt=\"USCAP2016.ReyhanGedik\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/USCAP2016.ReyhanGedik-400x300.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/USCAP2016.ReyhanGedik-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/USCAP2016.ReyhanGedik-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/USCAP2016.ReyhanGedik.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Huihong Xu, MD<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is really happy to report that she has passed the American Board of Pathology Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part III examination(s) in Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology; Bravo Huihong!<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barb Nikolajczyk, PhD<\/span><\/strong> had multiple presentations in April including:\n<ul>\n<li>Emory University, Woodruff Health Science Center, Atlanta GA, &#8220;Defining Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY, &#8220;Defining Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>University of Virginia, Department of Pharmacology, Charlottesville, VA \u00a0&#8220;Defining Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nancy Miller, MD<\/span><\/strong> had several events in April also, including:\n<ul>\n<li>Invited speaker at the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science-Central New England (ASCLS-CNE) convention, April 26-28, Providence, RI, where she presented cases from the clinical microbiology laboratory entitled:\u00a0 \u201cFrom the Bench: A potpourri of challenges, conundrums, and lessons learned\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Miller was also the Event co-chair for the 1st joint meeting of the Northeast Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (NACMID) and the Northeast Branch-American Society for Microbiology (NEB-ASM), April 11-12, Boxborough, MA.<\/li>\n<li>Miller is a Laboratory Medical Director for the now-approved Gilead Foundation grant: BMC HCV Screening, Confirmation and Linkage Initiative, (Jonathan Hall, Principal Investigator)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Russek Awards 2016<\/span><\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Barbara Slack<\/span><\/strong>, Pathology Department Russek Awards Committee, is pleased to announce that this year&#8217;s H.I. Russek Student Achievement Award recipients in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine are:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">First Prize &#8211; Caitlin Miller (Advisor: Rahm Gummuluru)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Second Prize &#8211; Elizabeth Moses (Advisor: Avrum Spira)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Congratulations to the award winners, and thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts for the poster session. Russek Day will be held on Friday, May 6th in the Hiebert Lounge (L building, 14th floor). The keynote speaker this year will be Dr. James Bradner, the new President of the Biomedical Institutes of Novartis. Posters will be available for viewing throughout the day, and slide presentations by the first prize winners will take place in the afternoon. I hope everyone will be able to attend.<\/li>\n<li>More information about this event can be found at the link ((<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/phd\/russek-student-achievement-day-2016\/\">http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/phd\/russek-student-achievement-day-2016\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Daniel Remick, M.D<\/span><\/strong>., was given a Certificate of Service in the Advanced Core Program in the Responsible Conduct of Research for Doctoral Candidates by Boston University School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Winandy Lab<\/span><\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>On April 8th, Parul Agnihotri successfully defended her thesis<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Lyon De Ana, a Pathology Masters student, joined our lab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED<\/span><\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Wang%20W%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26891959\">Wang W<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Wang%20WH%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26891959\">Wang WH<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Azadzoi%20KM%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26891959\">Azadzoi KM<\/a><\/strong> et al. Alu RNA accumulation in hyperglycemia augments oxidative stress and impairs eNOS and SOD2 expression in endothelial cells. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26891959\">Mol Cell Endocrinol.<\/a> 2016 May 5;426:91-100. doi: 10.1016\/j.mce.2016.02.008. Epub 2016 Feb 15. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Wang%20W%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26935990\">Wang W<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Wang%20WH%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26935990\">Wang WH<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Azadzoi%20KM%5BAuthor%5D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=26935990\">Azadzoi KM<\/a><\/strong> et al. Activation of innate antiviral immune response via double-stranded RNA-dependent RLR receptor-mediated necroptosis. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26935990\">Sci Rep.<\/a> 2016 Mar 3;6:22550. doi: 10.1038\/srep22550.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items April 2016 Announcements: Congratulations on Three Successful Defenses: Parul Agnihotri PhD, Winandy Lab, successfully defended her thesis \u201cThe Role of Ikaros in Foxo1-Driven Gene Expression in CD4 T Cells\u201d on Friday, April 8th The new Dr. Agnihotri and her proud family Parul Agnihotri, PhD Defending her Thesis, 4\/8\/16 Melody [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":939,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/939"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13849,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13839\/revisions\/13849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}