Duane Retzlaff
Chief resident is first author on angiosarcoma manuscript
Dr. Austin Helmink, chief resident this year, published a first author manuscript entitled “Epithelioid angiosarcoma arising from pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, CNS WHO grade 3” in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. Post-radiation angiosarcomas are a well-described phenomenon in multiple body sites; however, central nervous system angiosarcomas are extremely rare and their molecular tumorigenesis is unclear. […]
Apr 8, 2025
Trainees honored for posters, presentations at conferences
Cole Holderjano, an MD/PhD trainee who works in Dr. Scot Ouellette’s laboratory, won the Jane E. Raulston Award for Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation at the Chlamydia Basic Research Society meeting that was held in Berlin in March 2025. The title of his presentation was: “Chromosomally encoded RpoC_10xH: a new tool for investigation of the […]
Apr 8, 2025
Redox status is a critical factor in Chlamydia trachomatis developmental progression
The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections, has a developmental cycle that differentiates between two functional and morphological forms, the elementary body (EB) and the reticulate body (RB). The EB is the infectious and nondividing form that infects susceptible host cells. Once internalized into a host-derived vacuole called […]
Apr 8, 2025
Hematopathology fellow researching rare form of lymphoma
A rare chromosomal abnormality found in some forms of lymphoma is getting a closer look at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Ahmed Sabri, MD, a hematopathology fellow in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is performing cytogenetic and molecular analysis of t(9;14)(p13;q32) lymphomas with his mentor faculty, Arash Ronaghy, MD, PhD. “We know […]
Mar 27, 2025
Clinical microbiology fellow studying ways to characterize central line-associated bloodstream infections
Chunyi Zhou, MD, PhD, a second-year clinical microbiology fellow in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is studying whether whole genome sequencing can be a useful tool to characterize S. epidermidis isolates that are associated with central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs).
Mar 19, 2025
Five faculty members in department join UNMC’s Circle of Distinction
Five professors in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology were among 50 across the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2024 to join the Circle of Distinction, which recognizes the recipients of endowed chairs, professorships and fellowships–
the highest academic awards the university can bestow on a faculty member.
Jan 7, 2025
Dr. Jana Broadhurst is part of team honored at 2024 Innovation Awards
Learn more about the project Dr. Broadhurst was involved with in this write-up from UNeMed.
Nov 21, 2024
Itidal Reslane and Gabrielle Watson named UNMC Graduate Students of Distinction
Both students, who are PhD candidates in IGPBS – Immunology, Pathology, and Infectious Disease, were honored after being awarded fellowships from the American Heart Association. Learn more from the Office of Graduate Studies.
Nov 15, 2024
Drs. Broadhurst, Wiley return from assisting with Marburg outbreak in Rwanda
Learn more about the efforts of these two faculty members in our department, along with others from UNMC, in this story from the Omaha World-Herald.
Nov 8, 2024
Department announces grants, publications
Department faculty have been awarded two grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated 30 manuscript publications. New grants PI: Scott Koepsell MDSupport of the studies and procedures to be performed to support standardization of the Teucer’s Podocin RT-qPCR assay. Teucer Biotech Inc. PI: Joshua Santarpia PhDOctopus FY24. National Strategic Research Institute Publications (November 2024-current): […]
Nov 1, 2024
