The Twenty-First Annual Pathology Residents’ Day Lecture: Metabolic Liver Disease in Man and Mouse

Milton Finegold, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics
Houston

Pathology Department Faculty Meeting

Please join us for the final Department of Pathology Faculty Meeting for the Academic Year

Retirement Celebration for Dr. Alba Greco

Please join the Department of Pathology for a retirement celebration in honor of Dr. Alba Greco, mentor, educator and friend.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Antigenic and Genetic Characteristics of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Humans" presented by Kia Newman, M.D.

New York Metropolitan Area Genome Integrity Discussion Group

New York Metro Area Genome Integrity Discussion Group ((Special End-of-Year Meeting and Poster Session)
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Kowalczykowski, University of California, Davis
Organizers: Titia de Lange, The Rockefeller University; John Petrini, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Rodney Rothstein, Columbia University Medical Center.

Department of Pathology Social and Celebration

The Department of Pathology invites all departmental faculty, staff, and students to a Social and Celebration with appetizers, beverages, and sweets to celebrate the beginning of the summer and to celebrate our colleagues Desiree Jordan and Safia Khan.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Clonal Integration of a Polyomavirus in Human Merkel Cell Carcinoma" presented by Melissa Yee, D.O.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Physiologic Oxygen Concentration Enhances the Stem-Like Properties of CD133+ Human Glioblastoma Cells In vitro" presented by Hua Zhong, M.D., Ph.D.

Special Seminar: Using Experiments to Discover Cyclic Causal Structures with Latent Variables

Frederick Eberhardt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Psychology
Department of Philosophy
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Antiangiogenic Therapy Elicits Malignant Progression of Tumors to Increased Local Invasion and Distant Metastasis" presented by Sonika Dahiya, M.D.

Special Seminar: Single-Base Resolution of The Human Transcriptome

Christopher Mason, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Associate, Department of Genetics
Yale University
New Haven, Conn.

1st Annual Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Research Day

Posters
10:00am-4:00pm
(Alumni Breezeway)

Oral Presentations and Keynote Presentation by Michele Pagano, M.D., May Ellen and Gerald Jay Ritter Professor of Oncology and Professor of Pathology
4:00-5:30pm
(Farkas Auditorium)

Reception
5:30-7:30pm
(Smilow Multi-Puprose Room)

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Heterogeneity within AML with CEBPA mutations; only CEBPA double mutations, but not single CEBPA mutations are associated with favourable prognosis" presented by Robert Lin, M.D.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"The Role of CD133 in Normal Human Prostate Stem Cells and Malignant Cancer-Initiating Cells" presented by Anoja Attele, M.D.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Lack of the bone morphogenetic protein BMP6 induces massive iron overload" presented by Miao Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Pathology Special Reception in Honor of Dr. Iannis Aifantis

The NYU Department of Pathology proudly celebrates the selection of our esteemed colleague, Iannis Aifantis, Ph.D., as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist. Dr. Aifantis, Associate Professor of Pathology, has been a member of the NYU School of Medicine faculty since 2006. You are cordially invited to a reception in his honor.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 2A exploits Notch-1 to alter B-cell identity in vivo" presented by Ewa Bajor, M.D.

Pathology Department Faculty Meeting

Please join us for a Department of Pathology Faculty Meeting

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"The role of the granuloma in expansion and dissemination of early tuberculous infection" presented by Lauren McVoy, M.D., Ph.D.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Akt3 and mutant V600E B-Raf cooperate to promote early melanoma development" presented by Rena Lee, M.D.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Claudin-1 and claudin-2 expression is elevated in inflammatory bowel disease and may contribute to early neoplastic transformation" presented by Yasi Saffari, M.D.

No Pathology Residents' Journal Club scheduled for this week

Special Seminar: Analysis and computational dissection of molecular signature multiplicity

Alexander Statnikov, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Discovery Systems Laboratory
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Nashville, Tenn.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"HIF-alpha Effects on c-Myc Distinguish Two Subtypes of Sporadic VHL-Deficient Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma" presented by Raya Coriat, M.D.

Department of Pathology Holiday Party

Please join us in celebrating the Holiday Season

Cocktails, Hors d'oeuvres
Wednesday, December 10
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Hosted by your friends at the Department of Pathology

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Survival of cancer cells is maintained by EGFR independent of its kinase activity" presented by Elen Blochin, M.D.

Friday Pathology Social

The Department of Pathology welcomes all departmental faculty, staff, and students to a Friday Pathology Social.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Interleukin-33 enhances adhesion, CD11b expression and survival in human eosinophils" presented by Kristen Thomas, M.D.

Department of Pathology Faculty Meeting

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Chronic Pancreatitis Is Essential for Induction of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by K-Ras Oncogenes in Adult Mice" presented by Franto Francis, Ph.D.

FSGS & Nephrotic Syndrome Patient/Family Education Seminar

Research updates and advances, reports on treatment options, patient support activities

Presenters:
Laura Barisoni, M.D., New York University (Seminar Chair)
Frederick J. Kaskel, M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Gerald Appel, M.D., Columbia University Medical Center
Peter Nelson, M.D., New York University
Irina Barash, M.D., New York University
David Goldfarb, M.D., New York University

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Endogenous human microRNAs that suppress breast cancer metastasis" presented by Olca Basturk, M.D.

Friday Pathology Social

The Department of Pathology welcomes all departmental faculty, staff, and students to a Friday Pathology Social.

Frontiers in the Molecular Understandings of the Complement System, Parasite Immunology, and Vaccine Development

A Special Symposium in Honor of the 80th Birthdays of Ruth and Victor Nussenzweig
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 1:30pm - 5:45pm
Friday, November 7, 8:30am - 12:00pm and 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Frontiers in the Molecular Understandings of the Complement System, Parasite Immunology, and Vaccine Development

A Special Symposium in Honor of the 80th Birthdays of Ruth and Victor Nussenzweig
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 1:30pm - 5:45pm
Friday, November 7, 8:30am - 12:00pm and 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Frontiers in the Molecular Understandings of the Complement System, Parasite Immunology, and Vaccine Development

A Special Symposium in Honor of the 80th Birthdays of Ruth and Victor Nussenzweig
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 1:30pm - 5:45pm
Friday, November 7, 8:30am - 12:00pm and 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Lymph nodes after preoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal carcinoma: number, status, and impact on survival" presented by Anoja Attele, M.D.

Global Health and Infectious Disease: A Perpetual Challenge

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Director, NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Sentinel node in melanoma patients: triple negative with routine technique and PCR as positive prognostic factor for survival" presented by Todd Sirikanjanapong, M.D.

Friday Pathology Social

The Department of Pathology welcomes all departmental faculty, staff, and students to a Friday Pathology Social.

Pathology Residents Journal Club

"Ritonavir induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and sensitizes sarcoma cells toward bortezomib-induced apoptosis" presented by Robert Shibata, M.D.

Department of Pathology Faculty Meeting

Friday Pathology Social

The Department of Pathology welcomes all departmental faculty, staff, and students to the Friday Pathology Social.

The Life-long Quest of a Modern Pathologist – a Tribute to the Life and Achievements of Gloria R. Gallo, M.D.

David Roth, M.D., Ph.D., and the Department of Pathology request the honor of your presence at the Memorial Service for Gloria R. Gallo, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, teacher, mentor, and friend

Lecture by Maria M. Picken M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
Chicago

Special Symposium: "A Sarcoma Update"

Team Sarcoma/ NYU Langone Medical Center is hosting a "Sarcoma Update" for sarcoma patients, survivors, caregivers, and anyone who would like to know more about this cancer. The update will include talks by Marc Ballas, M.D., (Medical Oncology, Assistant Professor, NYU Department of Medicine), James Wittig, M.D., (Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology, Mount Sinai Department of Surgery), and a sarcoma patient.

A wine-and-cheese reception will follow on the ground floor of the Smilow Research Building for survivors, patients, and families to talk with clinicians and scientists. For more information, please contact Dr. Eva Hernando.

Department of Pathology Summer Social

The Department of Pathology invites all departmental faculty, staff, and students to a Summer Social for food, drinks, and fun.

Pathology Residents Welcome Breakfast

We will be hosting a welcome breakfast for all incoming 2008 House Staff, open to all departmental residents, fellows, faculty, and staff. Please come and join us!