{"id":1611,"date":"2010-06-04T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T19:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2010-06-07T09:44:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T13:44:35","slug":"june-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/2010\/06\/04\/june-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items<\/h2>\n<h3>Announcements:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Susan Winandy, Ph.D., First Bucher Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is pleased to announce Susan Winandy, Ph.D. as the first Nancy L. R. Bucher Assistant Professor. Dr. Winandy obtained a Bachelor\u2019s of Science degree from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following a post-doctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital\/Harvard Medical school she assumed a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology \u2013 Immunology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Winandy has been active in teaching and has served on several thesis committees as well as being an advisor to several students. Her teaching excellence was recognized by the receipt of the Outstanding Teacher for lectures to medical students in the Immunology section. Dr. Winandy\u2019s research investigates how the molecule Ikaros regulates the immune response. Her work has appeared in top tier journals such as the Journal of Immunology, Journal of Experimental Medicine, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. More than two dozen peer-reviewed manuscripts have been published by Dr. Winandy in addition to several editorials and book chapters. She has served on study sections for the National Institutes of Health and currently is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Immunology.<\/p>\n<p>The Nancy L.R. Bucher Assistant Professorship in Pathology was named for Nancy Bucher, M.D., Research Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Bucher enjoys an international reputation for her pioneering research on liver regeneration and the growth of cancer cells. She joined the Department 26 years ago and continues to serve as a distinguished member of the faculty. This named Professorship appropriately acknowledges her long-standing contributions to the research mission of the Department. Established with anonymous contributions, the Nancy L. R. Bucher Assistant Professorship Fund in Pathology is a permanently endowed fund, the income of which provides salary and research resources to a junior faculty member for three to five years. The fund also benefits from the generous challenge grant to establish endowed positions throughout the University. The challenge grant was given by former BU Board of Trustees Chair Alan Leventhal and his wife, Sherry, who is Vice Chair of the BUSM Dean\u2019s Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProfessorships are important to the mission of the School of Medicine because they support the research work of biomedical scientists,\u201d said Dean Karen Antman. \u201cThey offer BUSM the opportunity to attract highly distinguished researchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Dr Chris Andry<\/strong> was recently notified that he is a recipient of a Strategic International Partner Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Warwick University, UK.\u00a0 Dr Andry will travel to Warwick to work with a colleague, Dr Rodger Charlton on two areas of mutual interest \u201cCultural Competency and Care of the Deceased Patient and their Family\u201d and \u201cThe Role of the Decedent Affairs Office in Operational Improvement at Boston Medical Center\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">There exist similarities and extreme differences between the USA and the UK regarding management of deceased patients, which makes this field of study particularly interesting.\u00a0 Understanding decisions about death, bereavement and burial, in the context of cultural preferences, is just one example of an opportunity for research that would benefit physicians and health care workers in many countries.<br \/>\nDr Andry plans to present on behalf of the Decedent Affairs Office Team (Chris Kiriakos and the Off Shift Nurse Managers) that the role of the DAO at Boston Medical Center is to always ensure that whatever processes govern a patient\u2019s care after death, they must always be performed with dignity and with the best interests of the patient and their family at heart.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congratulations to this year&#8217;s recipients of <strong>Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Awards in the Department of Pathology:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>First Prize- <strong>Madhumita Jagannathan<\/strong> \u2013 Congratulations!~<\/li>\n<li>Second Prize- <strong>Jillian Richmond<\/strong> \u2013 Bravo!~<\/li>\n<li>Honorable Mention- <strong>Supraja Narasimhan<\/strong> \u2013 Great work!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">As described by the founder of the Student Achievement Awards program, Dr. Shelley Russek, Professor of Pharmacology at the Medical School, &#8220;&#8230;[T]hese Achievement Awards go to students who have distinguished themselves not only as gifted researchers in their mentor\u2019s laboratory but also as dedicated members of their department and\/or program.&#8221;\u00a0 More information about the Russek Awards can be found at this link &lt;http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/achievement-day-2010\/&gt;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June is PhD Qualifying Exams Month! This year June 2nd will be the written part of the exam and June 8th and 9th the oral portion will take place. There are six students who will be taking their qualifying exams this season: Dominic Beal, Atsushi Ebata, Ed Hartsough, Tricia Kao, Ritu Moitra and Sri Srinivasan. The faculty working with this group of candidates is: Drs. Berse, Burke, Murnane, Rahimi, Remick, and Slack. Good Luck to all! Thank you to Dr. Bohdana Burke for all of her hard work coordinating!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Martin Steffen, PhD<\/strong> will have a feature article profiling his lab\u2019s gene function validation in The Scientist, with an embargo date on May 27. Reporter Jef Akst recently interviewed Martin and his team for a feature news story. A link to this article will be provided next New News issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Kurosawa Lab <\/strong>welcomes <strong>Ms. Ishbel \u201cBella\u201d Heru<\/strong> as a part-time research technician.\u00a0 Bella is a graduate of BU and comes to us most recently from Brown University with experience in a crystallography lab.<\/li>\n<li>Congratulations\u00a0 to <strong>Besam Khidhir, MD\/PhD Candidate<\/strong> who successfully Defended his thesis \u201cRadiologic Localization of Pathologic Lesions Using Image Registration\u201d on May 24th; Besam will be returning to Medical School in June<\/li>\n<li> Congratulations\u00a0 to <strong>Lou Vaickus, MD\/PhD Candidate<\/strong> who successfully Defended his thesis \u201cCockroach Allergens Induce a Biphasic Asthmatic Response\u201d on May 25th; Lou will be returning to Medical School in June<\/li>\n<li>We are inviting all graduate students to join our New Graduate Student Discussion Board, open to all current and inquiring students about our program. The expectation is that students will pose questions and we will answer (in a timely manner).\u00a0 This will allow, especially inquiring students, to get immediate answers to questions that may not be readily available on our web page or that is unique to him\/her. We encourage your input since you are in the trenches and can probably answer many of these questions best!!! We are also welcoming any BUSM or Boston, \u201cDid you know\u2026\u201d items. Please send to dekiley@bu.edu . Feedback about how the Discussion Board is going will be appreciated. Here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/graduate-program\/discussion-board\/\">link<\/a>:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Graduation Photos<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 363px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"638\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2010\/06\/Catherine-Cory-Graduation-w-Dr.-Remick-IMG_0146.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1612  aligncenter\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2010\/06\/Catherine-Cory-Graduation-w-Dr.-Remick-IMG_0146-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Cory Graduation w-Dr. Remick IMG_0146\" width=\"312\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2010\/06\/Liz-Schuller-Graduation-with-Chris-and-James-Duffy-photo-3.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1613 aligncenter\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2010\/06\/Liz-Schuller-Graduation-with-Chris-and-James-Duffy-photo-3.JPG\" alt=\"Liz Schuller Graduation with Chris and James Duffy photo 3\" width=\"199\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2010\/06\/Liz-Schuller-Graduation-with-Chris-and-James-Duffy-photo-3.JPG 600w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2010\/06\/Liz-Schuller-Graduation-with-Chris-and-James-Duffy-photo-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_1612\" class=\"wp-caption  alignnone\" style=\"width: 322px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Catherine Cory, MA and Dr.  Daniel Remick, Chair Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<dl id=\"attachment_1613\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 209px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Elizabeth Schuller, MA and her fianc\u00e9 James  Duffy Chris Andry, PhD, Director Masters Program, <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_1613\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 209px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD <\/strong>will be sitting on the Special Emphasis Panel for review of NIH Immunology IRG conflicts in July<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD<\/strong> received a Boston Area Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center Pilot grant entitled, &#8220;The role of B cell in\u00a0 mouse model of type 2 diabetes&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Roehrl, MD; PhD<\/strong> was elected Member of the Executive Committee, Massachusetts Medical Society International Medical Graduate Section (MMS-IMG), Waltham, MA. Term: 2010-2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Roehrl, MD; PhD<\/strong> was named Faculty Research Fellow by the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation (http:\/\/www.grunebaumfoundation.org\/); funding for experimental laboratory research, 2010-2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diana Weiner<\/strong>, Lab Tech in the Kurosawa Lab has just been accepted into The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara Nikolajczyk\u2019s, PhD<\/strong> R21 entitled &#8220;The role of B cells and B cell Toll-like receptors in glucose intolerance&#8221; has been selected for funding by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Disorders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Presentations:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Chris Andry<\/strong> was an invited speaker at Thermo Scientific Day in April.\u00a0 He gave a seminar on operational improvement in an anatomic pathology laboratory. The presentation focused on a historical retrospective of the Mallory Institute of Pathology, the design of the new laboratory space at 670 Albany Street, the department\u2019s focus and interest in employee and patient safety, and tools to assist with error reduction such as bar coding technology.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maria Panchenko, PhD<\/strong> will present a poster at the 75th Symposium: Nuclear Organization &amp; Function meeting in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, June 2-8, 2010 \u201cJADE protein family in the histone acetyl transferase (HAT) HBO1 complex and the cell cycle\u201d by M.V. Panchenko and S. Mitra<\/li>\n<li><strong>Karen Quillen, MD<\/strong> presented at the Beckman Coulter Scientific Meeting on Sepsis in Barcelona on May 3-4: the work presented was conducted by former residents John Lee, MD (graduating cytology fellow), Sara Koenig, MD, Bethany Tierno, MD, Robert Bagdasaryan, MD and Fernando Chaves, MD; supervised by former faculty DongSheng Xu, MD, PhD. Aside from the residents&#8217; hard work, a certain amount of luck was involved getting to and from Europe in between volcanic ash eruptions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carmen Sarita-Reyes, MD<\/strong> and resident <strong>Yanelba Toribio, MD<\/strong> has a case of Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma that was accepted for the Slide Survey of the Society of Pediatric Pathology (SSO SPP) 2010.<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Kim, PhD,<\/strong> Assistant Professor recently visited Korea and made four different presentations:\n<ul>\n<li> \u201cIndoor Allergens, Air Pollutants, and Asthma.\u201d Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, May 4, 2010<\/li>\n<li> \u201cAir Pollution, Oxidative Stress, Asthma, and Anti-oxidant Treatment.\u201d Division of Pulmonology, Gacheon University of Medicine and Sciences, Incheon, Korea. May 6, 2010<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCockroach Allergen, Asthma, and Air Pollution.\u201d Department of Biology, Suncheon National University, Suncheon, Korea. May 10, 2010<\/li>\n<li> \u201cIndoor Allergens, Air Pollutants, and Asthma.\u201d Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung University, Seoul, Korea, May 12, 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Several members of the <strong>Remick Lab<\/strong> will be presenting individual posters at this year\u2019s SHOCK Society Convention in Portland June 12-15th:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brian Japp<\/strong>: \u201cAbundant Protein Depletion Also Dramatically Depletes Target Cytokines\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liz Schuller, MA<\/strong>: \u201cDelayed Addition of Dimethyl Sulphoxide Fails to Modulate Cytokine Production in a Human Whole Blood Model\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Florin Craciun, PhD candidate<\/strong> will present and have a poster: \u201cPulmonary Consequences of Murine Sepsis: Injury or Just Inflammation\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> A poster presentation based on an innovative method of cadaver biopsy in medical school curriculum has been accepted for discussion at the 2010 John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day. The project was initiated by <strong>Dr. Lija Joseph <\/strong>and was supported partially by a grant that she received from the American Society for Investigative Pathology toward developing medical student interest in pathology.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Please plan to attend the Medical Education day on June 11th , 2010 by registering at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/jmedday\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/jmedday\/index.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publications-ACCEPTED:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD<\/strong> has had a publication accepted to Cytokine. Nikolajczyk, BS. 2010. \u201cB cells as unappreciated mediators of human non-autoimmune inflammatory disease.\u201d Cytokine. (In Press)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD<\/strong> has also had the following article accepted to FEBS Letters. Denis, GV, Nikolajczyk, BS, Schnitzler, G. 2010. \u201cAn emerging role for bromodomain-containing proteins in chromatin regulation and transcriptional control of adipogenesis.\u201d FEBS Letters (In Press).<\/li>\n<li>Zhang Q, Radisalvjevic Z, Siroky M and <strong>Azadzoi K<\/strong>: \u201cDietary Antioxidants Improve Arteriogenic Erectile Dysfunction\u201d has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Andrology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aletta Schnitzler, PhD<\/strong> in the Blusztajn Lab just had a paper accepted: Schnitzler AC, Mellott TJ, Lopez-Coviella I, Tallini Y, Kotlikoff M, Follettie M, Blusztajn JK (2010) \u201cBMP9 induces NGF as an autocrine\/paracrine cholinergic trophic factor in developing basal forebrain neurons.\u201d J Neurosci In press.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Roehrl, MD; PhD<\/strong> has a paper accepted: Roehrl, Lantz, Sylvester, Wang. \u201cAge-Dependent Reference Ranges for Automated Assessment of Immature Granulocytes and Clinical Significance in an Outpatient Setting.\u201d Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2010, in press. 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