John W. Eckstein Medical Research Building (EMRB)
Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MERF)
EMRB Atrium and 2117 MERF
Our Fifth Annual Pathology Research Day held on October 19, 2010 was a chance for Pathology’s researchers to share their research topics, latest findings and knowledge about topics inherent to their daily work and career. The day included a full schedule of presenters covering a variety of research topics. Thirty two research posters were also displayed throughout the day
Presentation Speakers and Titles (In order of presentation):
Leslie Bruch, M.D., Associate Professor - Surgical Pathology Competency Assessment Using Virtual Slides
Sophie Arbefeville, M.D., Molecular Pathology Fellow - Genetic Relatedness of Methicillin Susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) Isolates Detected by the GeneXpert MRSA Assay
Vlad Badovinac, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - The Longevity of Memory CD8 T Cell Responses
Sean Martin, B.A., Research Assistant II - Bcl-2 Blocks Cell Death but Increases Oxidative Stress in SOD2 Deficient Thymocytes
Michael Henry, Ph.D. , Associate Professor - Slow disease progression in a C57BL/6 Pten-deficient mouse model of prostate cancer
Sabrina Scroggins, Graduate Student - Generation of Regulatory Dendritic Cells As Therapy For Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease
Dennis Firchau, M.D., Assistant Professor - Primary Intimal Angiosarcomas
Plenary Presentation:
Peter Jensen, M.D., Professor
Professor and Chairman of the
Department of Pathology at the
University of Utah
Antigen Processing: How T cells see the world