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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine News & Announcements
Displaying announcements from the past three years.
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Published on Mar 7, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Students from Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences share their CHOP experiences through the “Researchers of the Future” program.
Published on Feb 28, 2024 in Announcements
Join us for a collaborative Pediatric Cancer Care Summit in San Francisco, March 22 and 23.
Published on Jan 24, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Our first Faculty Spotlight of the new year, Dr. Wayne Hancock, shares his interest in experimental pathology and HDAC enzymes.
Published on Jan 12, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
The Cell and Gene Therapy Lab at CHOP has been approved for a phased expansion project that will allow them to keep up with the pace of discovery in a rapidly changing field.
Published on Jan 8, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Meet Florin Tuluc, MD, PhD, director of the Flow Cytometry Core in the first installment of a new quarterly Q&A series, Tour the Cores.
Published on Dec 27, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Kemar Prussien, PhD, participates in a program that prepares diverse postdocs and early-stage scientists to become tenure track faculty.
Published on Dec 15, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers gained insight into how some patients develop resistance to CD20-targeted immunotherapies for certain blood cancers and describe how their findings might offer alternative treatment options.
Published on Nov 28, 2023 in Press Releases
All three genes had variants affecting splicing and resulted in symptoms like developmental delays, intellectual disability, hypotonia, seizures and autism.
Published on Nov 24, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
In The News highlights CHOP at the AHA Scientific Sessions, the new AACAP president, a preterm birth study, and new research recognitions.
Published on Nov 16, 2023 in Press Releases
Researchers found CAR T-cell therapy may serve as effective alternative for patients with these disorders.
Published on Nov 1, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
We are highlighting Haider Manzer, PhD, one of four Diversity Fellows.
Published on Oct 27, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s In The News highlights studies on influenza, antibiotic use, and e-scooter accidents.
Published on Oct 23, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Leyuan Ma, PhD, our October Faculty Spotlight, uses his passion for immune engineering to develop novel therapeutic treatments for cancer.
Published on Oct 20, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers found exposing cells to a small molecule drug improves cell fitness during hematopoietic stem cell transplants, which could improve ex vivo gene therapy.
Published on Oct 12, 2023 in Press Releases
A new study by researchers at CHOP and Penn has identified an important role for a non-classical MHC molecule that engages with a cryptic viral peptide derived from influenza A virus.
Published on Oct 9, 2023 in Press Releases
CHOP researchers have developed a computational tool to determine which cells in patient tumor samples receive mitochondria from T cells.
Published on Sep 1, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s news roundup features three studies, Doris Duke Award winners, and a commitment to the CHOP Parkway Run & Walk.
Published on Jul 21, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP reaches a major milestone in pediatric cancer treatments, treating its 500th patient with CAR T-cell immunotherapy. This and more in our weekly research news roundup.
Published on Jun 5, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Dimitrios Monos, PhD, received the 2022 Rose Payne Award from ASHI for his contributions to the field of Immunogenetics research.
Published on May 15, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
This year’s Poster Day and Scientific Symposium featured all manners of bugs, breakthroughs, and big discoveries.
Published on Apr 7, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
New study findings reveal the complex assembly process involved in adenovirus replication.
Published on Mar 3, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
In this news roundup, learn about the achievements of CHOP researchers from societal inductions to grant- and grand-prize recipients.
Published on Jan 4, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers are studying whether the mechanisms behind neuroregeneration could provide insight to protective mechanisms against neurodegeneration.
Published on Dec 29, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
These six Cornerstone stories garnered the most engagements from our CHOP Research Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn channels.
Published on Nov 30, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
The Emerging Innovators at CHOP Research Institute cover a variety of scientific disciplines.
Published on Nov 25, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
The work of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers leads to novel findings and recognitions.
CHOP-led Study Shows that Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes in the Gut Make C. difficile More Infectious
Published on Nov 16, 2022 in Press Releases
Enterococcus – an antibiotic-resistant pathogen – works together with C. difficile, reshaping and enhancing the metabolic environment in the gut so that C. difficile can thrive.
Published on Oct 31, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Liming Pei, PhD, studies how different organs react to energy cues and communicate with each other.
Published on Oct 14, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Read the latest findings and new grants from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers.
Published on Oct 3, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Congratulations to Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award Recipients Wanding Zhou, PhD, and Jarod Zepp, PhD.
Published on Sep 26, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Partnership develops prototype for difficult-to-manage diabetes insipidus.
Published on Sep 16, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s In the News highlights research on mitochondrial disease, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, type 2 diabetes, and sleep apnea.
Published on Aug 31, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Our featured Faculty Spotlight for August, Joseph Zackular, PhD, studies the interaction between Clostridioides difficile and microbes.
Published on Aug 1, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
The Featured Research Trainee for August is Franklin Staback Rodríguez, a 2022 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.
Published on Jul 18, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP researchers develop tool that accelerates DNA methylation characterization.
Published on Jul 14, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Weitzman Lab scientists share their discoveries about how viruses can manipulate RNA processing.
Published on Jun 22, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Learn what makes these faculty members excellent mentors to their postdocs and research fellows.
Published on Jun 2, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP and Penn researchers discussed the latest findings about the mechanisms of immunity at the CHOP Research Institute 2022 Scientific Symposium.
Published on May 19, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
The Ninth Annual CRC RE@CH Awards celebrated all clinical research staff at CHOP for their contributions to the research community with a spotlight on two honorees.
Published on May 13, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s In the News highlights young cancer survivors, COVID-19, awards for two CHOP oncologists, and a tool to evaluate cancer mutations.
Published on May 6, 2022 in Press Releases
CHOP researchers have developed new software called CancerVar, which helps researchers assess the clinical impacts of over 13 million somatic cancer mutations.
Published on Apr 28, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Our Featured Trainee for April, Anna Ada Dattoli, PhD, discusses Celebrate Diversity Month and her research on diabetes.
Published on Mar 29, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Choi, our Faculty Spotlight scientist for March, discusses the important role of mentorship in academia.
Published on Mar 18, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
This week in the news: a pediatric cancer summit, early diagnosis of Leigh Syndrome, quality of life in severe epilepsy, and more.
Published on Mar 16, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Our first installment in a three-part series featuring women in STEM is packed with words of inspiration and advice for the next generation.
Published on Mar 2, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
The Emerging Innovators at CHOP Research Institute cover a variety of scientific disciplines.
Published on Jan 26, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Meet our first Faculty Spotlight scientist of 2022, Lan Lin, PhD.
Published on Jan 13, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Peter Choi, PhD, received the prestigious award for research into the hidden determinants of RNA splicing.
Published on Jan 11, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP researcher, Mustafa Mir, PhD, receives New Innovator Award for advancing live imaging technology to view embryonic gene regulation.
Published on Nov 17, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers at CHOP created a new database, PhenCards, that links phenotypic traits to biomedical data.
Published on Oct 21, 2021 in Press Releases
Researchers have found no detectable levels of double-stranded RNA during adenovirus infection, upending previous assumptions about the virus.
Published on Sep 3, 2021 in Announcements
Please join us in congratulating the work and accomplishments of our distinguished faculty who have been recently promoted.
Published on Sep 3, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s In the News highlights two new studies, a new grant, the new director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center, and a physician’s new role.
Published on Aug 31, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Our August Faculty Spotlight scientist, Naiara Akizu Lopez, PhD, studies the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of neurologic disorders in children.
Published on Aug 16, 2021 in Press Releases
Published on Jul 26, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
A scientist in our Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dr. Song discusses mentorship and his long-term research goals.
Published on Jul 26, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia scientists developed a tunable switch system to control levels of gene therapy expression.
Published on Jun 30, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP researchers found that a specific type of lung cell exhibits unconventional immune properties and may contribute to the outcome of respiratory viral infections.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Develop “Dimmer Switch” to Help Control Gene Therapy
Published on Jun 28, 2021 in Press Releases
Delivery system fine tunes gene therapy expression levels and may pave the way for a new wave of gene therapies to treat rare and complex diseases.
Published on Jun 4, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Ike Eisenlohr, VMD, PhD, spends his days studying adaptive immune responses to viral infections, and his off campus hours building heirloom quality furniture.
Published on May 26, 2021 in Press Releases
PhenCards allows researchers to home in on potential diagnoses, causal genetic pathways, and collaborators.
Published on May 26, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
The 17th Research Institute Scientific Symposium, held virtually on May 20, highlighted advances in cell and gene therapy.
Published on May 21, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
The 2021 Distinguished Research Trainee Award recipients include trainees from a variety of levels and disciplines.
Published on Mar 17, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers used deep immune profiling to better understand immune activation in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome.
Published on Mar 8, 2021 in Announcements
James Olzmann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
University of California, Berkeley
Lipid droplet proteome dynamics and lipotoxicity
Associate Professor,
University of California, Berkeley
Lipid droplet proteome dynamics and lipotoxicity
Published on Mar 2, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Our March Featured Research Trainee, Sakshi Arora, reflects on Women’s History Month and her scientific career.
Published on Feb 5, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Discover new findings about COVID-19 testing before surgery, the link between mitochondria and autism, and how neighborhoods affect sleep.
Published on Jan 22, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s In the News highlights a new drug approval for anaplastic large cell lymphoma based on research from CHOP.
Published on Jan 19, 2021 in Press Releases
CHOP researchers integrate data regarding how the conditions present clinically with data on protein-protein interactions.
Published on Jan 11, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Join us in congratulating our 2020 recipients of the Excellence in Mentoring Trainees Award, Akiva Cohen, PhD, and Joseph Zackular, PhD.
Published on Jan 11, 2021 in Press Releases
CHOP researchers have identified a host protein that restricts herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection.
Published on Nov 11, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Michael Marks, PhD, seeks to identify the genetic basis of normal human skin pigment variation, which could offer disease insight.
Published on Sep 18, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
The Co-chairs of the CHOP Postdoctoral Alliance reflect on the CPA’s first year and discuss plans for the second year.
Published on Aug 11, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Postdoctoral fellow Arwa Abbas, PhD, discusses the CHOP Postdoctoral Alliance in a guest blog.
Published on Jul 13, 2020 in Press Releases
CHOP Researchers uncover a mechanism that helps adenovirus replicate efficiently in host cells.
Published on May 8, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
PolicyLab model updates reveal weather is having a greater impact on the spread of COVID-19 than previously indicated. This and more In the News.
Published on Apr 16, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Cancer researchers will use a proof-of-concept award to develop a novel immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia.
Published on Mar 25, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers leading fields historically underrepresented by women share words of wisdom for the next generation pursuing careers in STEM.
Published on Mar 11, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
With a new NIH Innovator Award, Ophir Shalem, PhD, is developing an improved genetic screening method that directly targets proteins.
Published on Jan 23, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
The Excellence in Mentoring Award recognizes faculty who guide the training and professional development of postdocs and research fellows.
Published on Nov 7, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
Diversity fellow Arwa Abbas, PhD, learned early on the value of working together with a diverse group of individuals to solve a problem.
Published on May 10, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
A celebration of four professors with a penchant for pedagogy; discover what brings them joy when it comes to teaching.
Published on Jan 9, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
John M. Maris, MD, is leading a pediatric immuno-oncology Center for Discovery and Development of Optimal Immunotherapeutic Strategies for Childhood Cancers with support from the NCI Moonshot Initiative.
Published on Jun 18, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
Drs. Jorge Henao-Mejia, Sarah Henrickson, and Elizabeth Bhoj received highly competitive awards for their game-changing research.
Published on May 30, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
Get to know our 2018 CHOP Distinguished Research Trainee Award recipients in this photo gallery.
Published on Feb 21, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
Meet Annabel Torres, PhD, one of our newest Diversity Fellows at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Published on Aug 26, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
Welcome to another weekly roundup of research news from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia! This week's highlights are an alliterative array to close out the month of August, with a study linking asthma with other allergies and news on progress against arthritis…
Published on Mar 9, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
Vice President Joe Biden’s ambitious “Moonshot” initiative is aimed at boosting and streamlining cancer research across the country. We asked Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD, chief of the Division of Cancer Pathobiology and an investigator for the Center for Childhood Cancer…
Published on Dec 10, 2015 in Cornerstone Blog
Laboratory medicine specialists in pediatrics have a lot in common with Santa’s elves.
Published on Oct 15, 2015 in Cornerstone Blog
We’re officially into autumn, which means flu season is just around the corner. Having a vaccine each year helps stave off the flu, but much is still to be learned about the virus.
Published on Jul 16, 2013 in Cornerstone Blog
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, there has been a natural surge in biomedical research aimed at gene discovery. Using genome-wide association studies (GWAS), bioinformatics, and other approaches, this process has focused largely on determining what genes are…