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UChicago Medicine plans to build a new clinical lab facility in Washington Park that would consolidate existing clinical labs, modernize operations, create new jobs and support educational pathways for in-demand healthcare careers.
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Researchers at MBL and UChicago found a genetic arrangement that helps a bacterium in the gut protect itself from antibiotics.
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Two new studies by UChicago paleontologists further discussions over whether Spinosaurus pursued prey underwater or hunted along the shoreline.
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UChicago experts contributed to clinical trial of a pill that improved liver fibrosis and metabolic health in patients with liver disease.
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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Hematology/Oncology team featured at annual meetings
Everett Vokes recently delivered the keynote presentation at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2024 Targeted Therapies of Lung Cancer Meeting. Christine Bestvina, Rajat Thawani, and Marina Garassino also presented at sessions.
The Post-ASH 9th Annual Updates from the American Society of Hematology 2023 program was chaired by Michael Bishop and featured faculty members Soni Smith, Anand Patel, Michael Thirman, Peter Riedell, Justin Kline, Toyosi Odenike, Ben Derman, Adam Duvall, Mariam Nawas, and Satya Kosuri; Fellows, Drs. Rafael Madero Marroquin, Alexandra Rojek, and Joseph Cannova; and team members Mylove Mortel, Andrea Fadel, Rebecca Malloy, and Asta Siugzdinis.
Wendy Stock was a co-chair of and presenter at the European School of Hematology’s 4th conference “How to Diagnose and Treat Acute Leukaemias.” Caner Saygin and Michael Drazer also gave presentations.
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CellCipher (cofounded by Yoav Gilad and Katherine Rhodes, PhD ’21) has developed a new type of organoid model that captures nearly 70 different cell types to enable drug discovery and personalized medicine.
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BSD PEOPLE IN FOCUS
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Greg Dwyer has spent decades studying invasive species to uncover the relationship between defoliation, insect populations, and climate change.
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Kunle Odunsi discusses the future of cancer treatment at UChicago—and a new pavilion dedicated to tackling some of the most difficult cancer cases.
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Daniel Margoliash talks about challenges in his study of neuroethology, the beauty of birdsong, and what’s kept him at UChicago for 38 years.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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University Communications invites all members of the UChicago community to submit images from their scientific research for the third year of the Science as Art contest. The winner will receive $300 and a framed print of the winning image. A “fan favorite,” judged by the public on UChicago’s social media feeds, will also receive $150. The images will be displayed on the UChicago main website, the UChicago Intranet, social media and in exhibitions.
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The Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) Summer Program in Outcomes Research Training (SPORT) provides an intensive introduction to outcomes research for residents, fellows, and junior faculty and includes coursework and applied training in health services research methods, data, quantitative analysis, and applications. Applications for the 2024 program, which begins July 8, are now open.
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Congratulations to our first two winners who correctly guessed the friendly robot!
- Wenhe Lin, PhD Student, Department of Human Genetics
- Sonja M. Johnson-Hall, Associate Administrative Director, Institute for Translational Medicine
This is Moxi, who helps hospitals run 24/7 by assisting clinical staff with non-patient-facing tasks like running patient supplies, delivering lab samples, fetching items from central supply, distributing PPE, and delivering medications.
Wenhe and Sonja both win a $10 gift card to the new Chicago French Press Cafe in the University Bookstore.
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TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
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The University’s Duo two-factor authentication (2FA) service upgrade to enhance security took effect this week. To ensure you have continued access to UChicago’s secure systems, please update the Duo mobile app immediately, if you have not already.
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Students, Faculty & Staff at the BSD can now access BioRender Premium our Premium license. BioRender is an online software tool that helps scientists create and share beautiful, professional science figures in minutes. Click the link above for instructions on how to request access or link an existing account to the BSD license.
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UC Well, the Departments of Pathology and Radiology and the Logan Art Center bring you a FREE Circus Arts Workshop
March 20
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First-ever in-person meet and greet of UChicago Women in STEM to celebrate Women’s History Month
March 26
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LAB NOTEBOOK
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More research publications and viewpoints from our faculty and trainees:
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The use of race-specific reference values to evaluate pulmonary function has long been embedded into clinical practice; however, there is a growing consensus that this practice may be inappropriate and that use of race-neutral equations should be adopted to evaluate patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) for eligibility for clinical trials, antifibrotic therapy and referral for lung transplantation. In this study, Ayodeji Adegunsoye and colleagues found that use of race-specific lung function equations resulted in misclassification of patients with ILD eligible for different types of care. This misclassification occurred in white, Black, as well as Hispanic/Latino patients.
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