Experimental Pathology

The Experimental Pathology (EP) division is a diverse group of investigators studying the mechanisms of diseases. The division is currently comprised of 30 faculty members, who mentor 11 postdoctoral fellows, 3 pre-doctoral fellows and 21 Graduate Students affiliated with the COM IDP.

Their research covers 6 overlapping areas:

• Immunology/Autoimmunity
• Emerging Pathogens
• Stem Cells
• Nephrolithiasis
• Cancer
• Liver Pathobiology

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• "EPIG Award Winners and Title of Submitted Proposals"

  The EPIG grants have been awarded. There were 9 awards out of 11 submissions. There were 4 grants awarded at $5,000 each, 5 grants awarded at $4,000 each and 2 grants not awarded.
  
  The Awardees and Titles are:
  
  Rebecca Gray - $5,000 Quantifying the impact of differential pathogenesis of HIV-1 subtypes A and D on the dynamics of natural infection
  Patrick Rowe - $5,000 Non-Human: Organ Processing and Pathology Core
  Dongqi Tang - $5,000 Generation of iPS Cells
  Mark Wallet - $5,000 Investigation of hyaluronan-induced macrophage activation as a mechanism of rheumatoid arthritis inflammation using EttanTM 2D-DIGE methods
  Yuansha Chen - $4,000 Molecular Study of Polysaccharide Genes in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  Shiwu Li - $4,000 Generation of Human Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cell-Derived Pancreatic Beta Cells
  Hari Hara Potula - $4,000 Epigenetic analysis of murine Sle1a.1 and Sle1c.2 subloci in regulation of Foxp3 stability
  Zhiwei Xu - $4,000 Characterization of a new lymphoma model in the Sle2c1.lpr mouse
  Song Xue - $4,000 Combinational therapy for type 1 diabetes
  
  
  Added: Oct/20/2009 13:01:23

• FL-CFAR Developmental Core Seed Award

  Congratulations to Li Yin for obtaining two FL-CFAR Developmental Core Seed Awards in the Fall 2008 Competition. As a PI his project title was "Development and Application of Bioinformatics Algorithm to Study HIV-1 Env V1N2 Length Quasispecies and Their evolution.” As a Co-PI his project title was “Defective Immunoglobulin Somatic Hypermutation Results in Pneumococcal Vaccination Hypo responsiveness in HIV Infected Children”.
  
  
  Added: Jun/02/2009 09:12:40

• Keystone Symposia Scholarship

  Congratulations to Dan Perry for receiving a scholarship to the Keystone Symposia meeting titled, "TH17 Cells in Health and Disease". The meeting will be held Feb 5 - Feb 10, 2009, in Vancouver.
  
  Added: Nov/21/2008 12:07:47

• FINAL DEFENSE

  Carla Cuda will be presenting her final defense titled, "Phenotypic Characterization and Genetic Determination of T cell Populations associated with Lupus Susceptibility locus Sle1a".
  
  This event will take place on November 17th, 2008 in room LG-110A from 11:00am to Noon.
  
  Added: Nov/14/2008 10:58:03

• Thesis Successfully Defended

  Congratulations to Matthew Parker for successfully defending his thesis titled, "Reversal of Overt Type I Diabetes in the NOD Mouse Through the Use of Combination Therapy." Matthew joined IDP in the fall of 2004 and is mentored by Dr. Mark Atkinson.
  
  Added: Nov/07/2008 15:13:04

• 2 Students Qualify for Doctoral Candidates

  Maigan Hulme and Courtney Myhr qualified as Doctoral Candidates.
  
  Added: Nov/06/2008 14:05:50

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