Dr. Wafik El-Deiry will be the Co-Chair of the Global Cancer Consortium's P53 Therapeutics Mini-Symposium in August, 2022
https://glocacon.org/event/save-the-date-p53-therapeutics-mini-symposium/
Dr. Karl Kelsey has a new paper in Nature Communications:
Salas LA, Zhang Z, Koestler DC, Butler RA, Hansen HM, Molinaro AM, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT, Christensen BC. (2021, In Press) Enhanced cell deconvolution of peripheral blood using DNA methylation for high-resolution immune profiling. Nat Comm (In Press). DOI: 10.1101/2021.04.11.439377
Dr. Suzanne de la Monte, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Pathology at the Providence VA Medical Center is profiled in the Boston Globe article "Thank You Scientists."
She coined the term "type 3 diabetes" to describe Alzheimer’s because of similarities she discovered between the two conditions.
Below is the link to the article.
Jeffrey Bailey, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $166,742 for “Tracking the flow of malaria parasites and drug resistance within the DRC and across its borders” from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Michelle Kossack, graduate student in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $66,390 for “Vascularization of the ovary and its contribution to oocyte health” from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Mentor is Jessica Plavicki.
Amanda E. Ruiz, graduate student in Pathobiology, received $150,000 for the “Whole Proteome Differential Screening for the Identification of Novel Schistosomiasis Japonica Vaccine Candidates,” an HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Mentor is Jonathan Kurtis.
Lauchlan Fellow Elizabeth Arslanian, MD and departmental faculty have 3 abstracts accepted for presentation at the United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) in March 2022.
The Cancer Center at Brown was renamed the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University because of the donation by Pablo G. Legorreta P’21 and Almudena Legorreta P’21.
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/10/corporation-accepts-104...
Layra Cintrón-Rivera, a 4th year Pathobiology graduate student in the Plavicki Lab has won the Charles Kuhn Graduate Award in Disease Pathogenesis. This award recognizes the best oral presentation made by a graduate student at the Pathobiology Retreat.
Dr. Jonathan Kurtis has received a Warren Alpert Foundation Research Grant titled mRNA vaccines for falciparum malaria. The total award amount is $4.5M.