Our Fourth Annual Pathology Research Day held on October 6, 2009 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 three research posters were also displayed throughout the day.

Presentation Speakers and Titles (In order of presentation):

Kevin Legge, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Fetal Exposure to Ethanol has Long-Term Effects on Influenza Viral Immunity and Disease Severity

Ben Darbro, M.D., Ph.D., Molecular Pathology Fellow - Array-Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization for Identification of Copy Number Variations in Non-Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophies

Van Tompkins, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow - Potential Role for NIAM/Tbrg1 in B Cells and B Cell Neoplastic Disease

Oksana Zagorodna, B.A., Graduate Student - Investigating Bcl-2 Family Mediation of 2DG-Caused Toxicity in Murine T Cell Lymphoma Cells

Matthew Krasowski, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Predicting Cross-Reactivity of Drug of Abuse/Toxicology Assays Using Chemoinformatic Tools

Efrem Cox, B.S., Emory Warner Fellow - Novel LMNA Mutation in a North American Family with LGMD1B and Cardiomyopathy

Sergei Syrbu, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor - An Enhanced Procedure for Immunohistochemical Staining of Formalin-fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue

Plenary Presentation:

Tris Parslow, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
William Patterson Timmie Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine

Hold ‘em and Fold ‘em: How the RNA gets into an RNA Virus