{"id":31631,"date":"2016-04-13T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=31631"},"modified":"2016-04-15T13:49:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:49:17","slug":"bu-ctsi-symposium-honors-david-seldin-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2016\/04\/13\/bu-ctsi-symposium-honors-david-seldin-md\/","title":{"rendered":"BU CTSI Symposium Honors David Seldin, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute hosted its fifth annual research <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/events\/bu-ctsi-annual-translational-research-symposium\/fifth-annual-trc\/\">symposium<\/a> March 28 in Metcalf Hall on the Charles River Campus.<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container research-symposium-edited autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-31777\" data-slideshow-name=\"research-symposium-edited\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div 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aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-11\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-12\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>12<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-13\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>13<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The robust <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/buniverse\/view\/?v=c2lh10\">program<\/a> included <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/files\/2016\/04\/Combined-Bios-3.23.16.pdf\">eight guest speakers<\/a>, a video presentation and a poster session.\u00a0 The event honored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/files\/2016\/04\/Dr.-Seldin.pdf\">David C. Seldin, MD, PhD<\/a>, a founding member of the BU CTSI, whose contributions and presence in the BU Medical community will live on through the many colleagues who paid tribute to his career.<\/p>\n<p>Medical Campus Provost and BUSM Dean Karen H. Antman, MD, and Wade Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, David L. Coleman, MD, each spoke of Seldin\u2019s important contributions and wisdom, and presented his family with a crystal plaque to commemorate the event.\u00a0 Seldin was a Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at BUSM, Director of the Amyloidosis Center, and Chief of the Section of Hematology-Oncology at Boston Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>More than 175 guests attended the symposium that featured former colleagues of Seldin, who shared memories of their friend and spoke about their work, which was centered primarily on the topic of Amyloidosis.\u00a0 The morning session concluded with a video presentation<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/buniverse\/view\/?v=c2lh10\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/a> and tribute from George Murphy, PhD, who was unable to attend to honor his mentor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/buniverse\/interface\/embed\/embed.html?v=c2lh10\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The symposium also included three keynote presentations. \u00a0Jeffrey W. Kelly, PhD, of The Scripps Research Institute spoke about \u201cAdapting the Chemistry and Biology of Proteostasis to Ameliorate Degenerative Diseases;\u201d Ann C. McKee, MD, and Robert A. Stern, PhD, from BU\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and CTE Center, presented \u201cChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy:\u00a0 What We Know Now and What We Need to Learn Next.\u201d<em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>A broad range of translational science topics were represented by 57 ePoster board presentations. The lively session resulted in four posters earning a top score and a $1,000 prize.\u00a0\u00a0 A list of abstracts and winners can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/files\/2016\/04\/2016-Abstracts-Winners.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 175 guests attended the fifth annual research symposium held March 28. 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