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