ITP News
Lee Wetzler and Andrew Platt Co-Author Two New Publications
Lee Wetzler, PhD and Andrew Platt (ITP Trainee 2011-2013) have co-authored two new publications: In Vivo and In Vitro Characterization of the Immune Stimulating Activity of the Neisserial Porin PorB & Innate immunity and vaccines.
Jennifer Schlezinger’s photo featured on the cover of JI
On the cover: Bone marrow stromal cell monolayers were treated with a prototypic aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a] anthracene (DMBA). Monolayers were washed, and cloned bone marrow pro/preB cells were centrifuged onto the monolayer. Fluorescent DMBA metabolites from stromal cells (pink) can be seen accumulating in adjacent B cells (blue), likely through membrane transfer. Teague, J. E., H-Y. Ryu,M. Kirber, D.H. Sherr, and J. J. Schlezinger. 2010. Proximal events in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced, stromal cell-dependent bone marrow B cell apoptosis: stromal cell–B cell communication and apoptosis signaling. J. Immunol. 185: 3369–3378.
Dr. Gerald Denis featured in NIH publication!
Dr. Gerald Denis along with Dr. Catherine Costello are featured in the current issue of the National Center for Research Resources Reporter, an NIH publication that highlights interesting collaborations between researchers that have pushed the research frontier forward with instrument and scientific innovations. They are noted for their work on development of a proteomic signature for lymphoma, for which they designed and tested important new tools that will be widely applicable to diverse kinds of malignancies and immunological disorders.
The PDF can be found here: NCRR Summer 2010
Anna Belkina, graduate student in Denis Lab, finalist for Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award!
Anna Belkina, a graduate student in molecular medicine, who is working in the Denis lab on the immunological basis of insulin resistance in obesity, is a finalist for the Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award. She will be presenting her work at the upcoming meeting of the Obesity Society in San Diego in October.
Welcome, Dr. Winandy, to ITP!
Dr. Susan Winandy, Nancy L.R. Bucher Assistant Professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has been elected to join our Immunology Training Program faculty! Welcome, Dr. Winandy!