{"id":2766,"date":"2013-07-11T12:41:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T16:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2013-07-11T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T16:41:54","slug":"june-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/2013\/07\/11\/june-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items<\/h2>\n<h3>Announcements:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Castle Graduation Celebration 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2774\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/miller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/miller-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"miller\" title=\"miller\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2774\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/miller-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/miller-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Nancy Miller with Graduate Dr. Yani Toribio, Dr. Grace Zhao and Graduate Dr. Joy Tan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2776\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/sundugankamelmalek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/sundugankamelmalek-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"sundugankamelmalek\" title=\"sundugankamelmalek\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2776\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/sundugankamelmalek-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/sundugankamelmalek-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First Years; Dr. Yue Sun, Dr. Cathryn Byrne-Dugan, Dr. Dhay Kamel and Dr. Anita Malek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2775\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/pisteysemmel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/pisteysemmel-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"pisteysemmel\" title=\"pisteysemmel\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2775\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/pisteysemmel-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/pisteysemmel-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Robert Pistey playing some soft music and resident Dr. Dana Semmel enjoying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Congratulations Graduating Resident,<strong> Dr. Josenia Tan<\/strong> who won the very first Robert Foley, MBA, Award. This honor will be given annually to a resident or fellow who \u201cdemonstrates the qualities that Mr. Foley brought to work every day.\u201d This being the inaugural year of the prize Mr. Foley\u2019s family was invited to the Castle Graduation Dinner.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2773\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/joyfoley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/joyfoley-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"joyfoley\" title=\"joyfoley\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2773\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/joyfoley-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/joyfoley-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr.  Joy Tan receiving the first Annual Robert Foley, MBA, Award from  Department Chair, Dr. Daniel Remick and Dr. Chris Andry cheering her on.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>Congratulations on passing the Qualifying Exams!\n<ul>\n<li> Jessica Allen<\/li>\n<li>Mostafa Belghasem<\/li>\n<li>Melody Lun<\/li>\n<li>Caitlin Miller<\/li>\n<li>Jacquelyn Sikora<\/li>\n<li>Jason Sutin<\/li>\n<li>Thank you to all faculty members who assisted with the qualifying exams, with a SPECIAL Thank You <strong>Dr. Barbara Slack and the Qualifying Exam Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Scientific Steering Committee of the XXIVth International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH in Amsterdam, Netherlands; June 29-July 4) has determined that the abstract from the Kurosawa Lab \u201cis likely to have an immediate and important impact on the practice of clinical medicine\u201d and will be included in the ISTH publication with MD Conference Express which is a peer-reviewed meeting highlights report. This late-breaking abstract presented by <strong>Dr. Shinichiro Kurosawa<\/strong> is entitled:\u00a0 \u201cComplement is not activated in nonhuman primates during development of hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic microangiopathy induced by E.coli Shiga toxins\u201d by authors<strong> B.C. Lee, C.L. Mayer, C.S. Leibowitz, D.J. Stearns-Kurosawa, S. Kurosawa<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Ivana Delalle<\/strong> gave a platform presentation &#8220;Deregulation of Exosomal and Cellular microRNA in Bipolar Disorder,&#8221; American Association of Neuropathologists Meeting; Charleston, South Carolina\u00a0 on June 22, 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dominic Beal , PhD,<\/strong> successfully defended his thesis \u201cRole of Macrophages in Cockroach Allergen Induced Asthma\u201d on Tuesday, June 18th<\/li>\n<li>The Hematology Lab (<strong>Renee Nutting, Daoreuang Pongvongkeo, <\/strong>and <strong>John Lee<\/strong>) has validated lupus anticoagulant testing on the in-house automated coagulation platform.\u00a0 All lupus anticoagulant testing from now on will be performed in-house.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Carmen Sarita-Reyes<\/strong> was the guest lecturer of the &#8220;Dr. Manuel Felipe Pimentel Imbert Lecture&#8221; at her alma mater Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ure\u00f1a School of Medicine on June 18th 2013 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The title of her lecture was &#8220;Pediatric Pathology Clinical and Surgical Management&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/Sarita.ReyesSpeakingatHerAlmaMater.Spring2013.DSC_0110-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/Sarita.ReyesSpeakingatHerAlmaMater.Spring2013.DSC_0110-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sarita.ReyesSpeakingatHerAlmaMater.Spring2013.DSC_0110 (2)\" title=\"Sarita.ReyesSpeakingatHerAlmaMater.Spring2013.DSC_0110 (2)\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2778 aligncenter\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/Sarita.Reyes_.AlmaMaterwithPresentation.Spring2013.DSC_0149-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2013\/07\/Sarita.Reyes_.AlmaMaterwithPresentation.Spring2013.DSC_0149-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sarita.Reyes.AlmaMaterwithPresentation.Spring2013.DSC_0149 (2)\" title=\"Sarita.Reyes.AlmaMaterwithPresentation.Spring2013.DSC_0149 (2)\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2777\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nick Woolf, MD\/PhD student<\/strong> in Nader Rahimi&#8217;s laboratory has been awarded a full fellowship from the Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology,\u00a0 Boston University for his project entitled \u201cThe Role of IGPR-1 in Tumor Growth and Progression\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zachary Hunter, PhD candidate<\/strong> was an invited speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwmf.com\/services\/ed-forum.aspx\">2013 International Waldenstr\u00f6m&#8217;s Macroglobulinemia Foundation Educational Forum<\/a>; &#8220;The Genomic Landscape of WM&#8221; May 17-19, San Diego, California<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zach Hunter <\/strong>also gave an oral presentation \u201cRecurring Activating Mutations and Somatic Deletions Revealed Through Whole Genome Sequencing in WALDENSTR\u00d6M\u2019S MACROGLOBULINEMIA\u201d at the12th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma June 19-22, Lugano, Switzerland http:\/\/www.lymphcon.ch\/<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Carmen Sarita-Reyes<\/strong> gave a lecture on \u201cPediatric Pathology: Clinical-Pathologic Cases\u201d at Robert Reid Cabral Children&#8217;s Hospital, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 25th 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publications: ACCEPTED:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Liling Zeng, Ming Bai, Amit K. Mittal, Wassim El-Jouni, Jing Zhou, David M. Cohen, Mina I. Zhou, <strong>Herbert T. Cohen<\/strong>: Candidate tumor suppressor and pVHL partner Jade-1 binds and inhibits AKT in renal-cell carcinoma.\u00a0 Cancer Research 2013 (in press)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Srimathi Srinivasan, Rosana D Meyer, <\/strong>Ricardo Lugo<strong>, Nader Rahimi<\/strong>. Identification of PDCL3 as a novel chaperone protein involved in the generation of functional VEGFR-2. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Publications: PUBLISHED:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicholas J. DeNunzio &amp; <strong>Lija Joseph<\/strong> &amp; Roxane Handal &amp; Ankit Agarwal &amp; Divya Ahuja &amp; Ariel E. Hirsch. Devising the Optimal Preclinical Oncology Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Students in the United States. J Canc Educ (2013) 28:228\u2013236 DOI 10.1007\/s13187-012-0442-0<\/li>\n<li>Vipul Chitalia, Sowmya Shivanna, Jordi Martorell, <strong>Rosana Meyer<\/strong>, Elazer Edelman, and <strong>Nader Rahimi<\/strong>.\u00a0 c-Cbl, a ubiquitin E3 ligase that targets active \u03b2-catenin &#8211; A novel layer of Wnt regulation Journal of Biol. Chem. jbc.M113.473801. First Published on June 6, 2013, doi:10.1074\/jbc.M113.473801<\/li>\n<li><strong>Azadzoi KM<\/strong> and Siroky MB. Mechanism of lower urinary tract symptoms in pelvic ischemia. J Biochem &amp; Pharmacol Res: 1: 64-74, 2013, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Treon, S. P., &amp; <strong>Hunter, Z. R.<\/strong> (2013). A new era for Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia: MYD88 L265P. Blood, 121(22), 4434\u20134436. doi:10.1182\/blood-2013-04-494849<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items Announcements: Castle Graduation Celebration 2013 &nbsp; Congratulations Graduating Resident, Dr. Josenia Tan who won the very first Robert Foley, MBA, Award. 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