{"id":2744,"date":"2013-05-01T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2013-05-02T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:18:49","slug":"april-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/2013\/05\/01\/april-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Announcements:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Our own, <strong>Ryan Gould,<\/strong> Pathology Assistant, has been chosen to receive one of this year&#8217;s Boston Medical\n<figure id=\"attachment_2745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2745\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/gould.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/gould-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Gould being notified by the \u201cBe Exceptional\u201d Committee of his award\" title=\"gould\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2745\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/gould-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/gould.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Gould being notified by the \u201cBe Exceptional\u201d Committee of his award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Center\u2019s \u201cBe Exceptional Awards!\u201d Bravo Ryan! Ryan was notified of the award on April 24th along with an Edible Arrangements, balloons and an invitation to the May 8th \u201cBe Exceptional Awards\u201d Ceremony<\/li>\n<li>T<strong>he ASIP 2013 Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology; Boston, MA, April 20-24: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Daniel Remick<\/strong> organized a workshop for the American Society of Investigative Pathology at the 2013 Experimental Biology Meeting. The workshop was titled \u201cWe can\u2019t all be PI\u2019s: Preparing Graduate Students for Alternative Career Paths\u201d. More than 700 attendees signed up for the workshop although there were actually only 80 attendees. Typically only 15 to 20 participants come to the workshop so there was significant interest in the topic. Additional information may be found at: http:\/\/www.asipcentennial.org\/\/award_lectures\/pls.cfm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Michael Greene<\/strong>, recent PhD, presented a poster entitled \u201c&#8221;The circulating molecular chaperone clusterin interacts with amyloidogenic transthyretin oligomers and modulates amyloid formation&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>PhD Candidate, Jacquelyn Sikora<\/strong> in Dr. Connors Lab, gave a poster, &#8220;Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the 3&#8242; untranslated and near gene regions of transthyretin may play a role in senile systemic amyloidosis.&#8221; This poster is in the ASIP Translational Research in Human and Animal Models session, Monday April 22<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Maria Panchenko<\/strong> and <strong>Post-doc Dr. Nirodhini Siriwardana<\/strong> presented the poster \u201cHistone Acetyl Transferase (HAT) HBO1 and PHD Finger Protein 17 (PHF17\/JADE1) in Epithelial Cell Regeneration\u201d at \u201cExperimental Biology\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Celebrating Lab Week!!<\/strong> April 22-26 is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week! It&#8217;s that time of year again; time to recognize and celebrate the dedication, hard work and excellence of our laboratory team! <a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2008\/08\/bmc_pathology_lab_week_1.mp4\">Click here for video <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2749\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250034-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"BMC Lab week\" title=\"BMC Lab week\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2749  \" height=\"126\" width=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250034-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250034-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250034.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linwood Beverly, Jean Hilaire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2750\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250040-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"BMC Lab week 2\" title=\"BMC Lab week 2\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2750  \" height=\"126\" width=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250040-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250040-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250040.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Means, Neil O\u2019Neill, Graziella Haddad, Diane Mullen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2751\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250044-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"BMC Lab Week 3\" title=\"BMC Lab Week 3\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2751 \" height=\"126\" width=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250044-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250044-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/05\/P4250044.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Redmond of Abbott, Kathy Harkins, Charline Mack, Sarkis Chekijian of Abbott<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nancy S. Miller, MD<\/strong> presented the following at the New England Microbiology Medical Directors Meeting, April 24, 2013: \u201cDeveloping a protocol for Fecal Microbiota Transplant: One institution\u2019s story\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Karen Quillen<\/strong> was an invited speaker at the Massachusetts Association of Blood Banks Annual Spring Seminar in April. Title of talk was &#8220;Back to basics, and back to the future&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Publications: ACCEPTED:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kendra N. Iskander, <\/strong>Marcin F. Osuchowski,<strong> Deborah J. Stearns-Kurosawa, Shinichiro Kurosawa, David Stepien, Catherine Valentine and Daniel G. Remick;<\/strong> Sepsis &#8211; Multiple Abnormalities, Heterogeneous Responses, Evolving Understanding; accepted April 29, 2013, Physiological Reviews.\u00a0 This article was just accepted for publication in Physiological Reviews, which has an impact factor of 27. Physiological Reviews is ranked #5 among all biomedical scientific journals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Publications: PUBLISHED:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Qu X, Li M, Liu HJ, Xiang Y, Tan Y, <strong>Weber HC<\/strong>, Qin XQ. Role of bombesin receptor activated protein in the antigen presentation by human bronchial epithelial cells. J Cell Biochem. 2013 Jan;114(1):238-44.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weber HC<\/strong>. Medical treatment of neuroendocrine tumours. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2013;20:27-31.<\/li>\n<li>Hermos JA, Altincatal A, <strong>H. Christian Weber<\/strong>, Grotzinger K, Smoot KJ, Cho K, Gagnon DR, Lawler EV. Thrombocytopenia and Bleeding in Veterans with Non-hepatitis C-related Chronic Liver Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Feb;58(2):562-73<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items &nbsp; Announcements: Our own, Ryan Gould, Pathology Assistant, has been chosen to receive one of this year&#8217;s Boston Medical Center\u2019s \u201cBe Exceptional Awards!\u201d Bravo Ryan! Ryan was notified of the award on April 24th along with an Edible Arrangements, balloons and an invitation to the May 8th \u201cBe Exceptional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1131,"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\/2744"}],"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\/1131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}