Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Sept. 25 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights rates of hippocampal atrophy and presence of post-mortem TDP-43 in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Dec. 11 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the association between microinfarcts and blood pressure trajectories.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: July 3 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the comparison of gadolinium concentrations within multiple rat organs after intravenous administration of linear versus macrocyclic gadolinium chelates.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: June 18 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup features highly discriminant methylated DNA markers for the non-endoscopic detection of Barrett's esophagus.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: July 5 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: The publication impact of the first 100 THOR Network publications by bibliometric and social network analyses.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: August 2 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors mimicking gynecologic disease: clinicopathological analysis of 20 cases.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: July 26 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Motor-neuron-disease-like phenotype associated with IgLON5 disease.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: June 21 - Insights
Featured Abstract: A dynamic 3-factor survival model for acute myeloid leukemia that accounts for response to induction chemotherapy.
Allan Jaffe, M.D., Discusses Use of Highly Sensitive Cardiac Troponin in CAP Today - Insights
Allan Jaffe, M.D., Consultant and Chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Clinical Core Laboratory Services, with a joint appointment in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, spoke with CAP Today about what a new higher-sensitivity cardiac...
As Amy Ennis put her daughter down for a nap on a Saturday afternoon, she received a call from work. More than 5,000 specimens would soon be arriving at Rochester International Airport (RST) for plasma testing. The logistics involved in the...
Hearts and Hogs for Heroes worked with other businesses to donate over 400 meals to staff within the division of clinical microbiology at the Hilton Building and Superior Drive Support Center.
Welcome 2017–18 Residents and Fellows - Insights
The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology would like to take the opportunity to welcome the new residents and fellows to the department.
A Home for the Iconic Mayo Brothers Statue #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
When construction crews broke ground on an expansion project for the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota, in 2015, one of the earliest decisions they and the City of Rochester faced was deciding what to do with the iconic bronze...
Congrats to 2017 Residency and Fellowship Program Graduates - Insights
On June 14, a ceremony was held in honor of 36 graduating Mayo Clinic Residency and Fellowship Program trainees. At the event, administrators, program directors, associate program directors, consultants, and education staff celebrated the...
Ross Reichard, M.D., Named DLMP Vice Chair of Quality and Associate Chair of Practice - Insights
Ross Reichard, M.D., has been appointed the new Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) Vice Chair of Quality and Associate Chair of Practice, effective June 28, 2017. These two leadership positions were created by the DLMP...
As published in the summer issue of Minnesota Physician, Kevin Halling, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Director of the Genomics Laboratory, recently participated in the 47th session of the Minnesota Health Care Roundtable. The topic was, “Precision...
Jane Hermansen Discusses Empowering Lab Leaders in Medical Laboratory Observer - Insights
Jane Hermansen, Network Manager at Mayo Medical Laboratories, and current President of CLMA, recently participated in an interview featured in "Medical Laboratory Observer" about empowering laboratory leaders to achieve excellence.
Remembering Nancy Reagan and a "Magical Friendship" #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
Nancy Reagan liked to say she had a "magical friendship" with Mayo Clinic, since it was a future surgeon's sleight-of-hand that introduced her to the institution. Mrs. Reagan, who died March 6, 2016, was a loyal Mayo patient and advocate...
Baseball Signed by Lou Gehrig Highlights Mayo History #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
In 1939, in Rochester, Minnesota, a young man named Robert Tierney was playing second base for the city's American Legion baseball team when he crossed paths with another of the game's all-time greats: The Iron Horse himself, Lou Gehrig.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Dec. 24 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup determines the clinical validity of hereditary colorectal cancer and polyposis susceptibility genes using the clinical genome resource clinical validity framework.
Joseph Maleszewski, M.D., on Gene Testing in Cardiomyopathy Analysis in CAP Today - Insights
At the annual meeting of the Association for Molecular Pathology this past November, Joseph Maleszewski, M.D., a cardiovascular pathologist and Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, presented...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 12 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights cardiovascular concerns in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 14 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights potential genetic modifiers of disease risk and age at onset in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration and GRN mutations.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: June 11 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the detection of gastric cancer with novel methylated DNA markers: discovery, tissue validation, and pilot testing in plasma.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: March 29 - Insights
This Feature Includes: Preclinical modeling in glioblastoma patient-derived xenograft (GBM PDX) xenografts to guide clinical development of lisavanbulin-a novel tumor checkpoint controller targeting microtubules.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: March 22 - Insights
This Feature Includes: A clinically compatible drug-screening platform based on organotypic cultures identifies vulnerabilities to prevent and treat brain metastasis.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Aug. 13 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights diagnostic thresholds for androgen-producing tumors or pathologic hyperandrogenism in women by use of total testosterone concentrations measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: July 2 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the comparison of risk stratification models to predict recurrence and survival in pleuropulmonary solitary fibrous tumor.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Aug. 6 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights how a novel enhancer regulates MGMT expression and promotes temozolomide-resistance in glioblastomas.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Feb. 26 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the blast phase myeloproliferative neoplasm with a Mayo-AGIMM study of 410 patients from two separate cohorts.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Feb. 19 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the genomic analysis using regularized regression in high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 23 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights different mutational rates and mechanisms in human cells at pregastrulation and neurogenesis.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 16 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights the clinical and pathological phenotype of genetic causes of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in adults.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 5 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Therapeutic trials in adult FSGS: lessons learned and the road forward.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Jan. 1 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights multifaceted Fanconi anemia signaling.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Jan. 29 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights pathways impacted by genomic alterations in pulmonary carcinoid tumors.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Jan. 22 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights improving immune-vascular crosstalk for cancer immunotherapy.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: July 12 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: PFKFB3 works on the FAK-STAT3-SOX2 axis to regulate the stemness in MPM.
Mom Knows Best When It Comes to Inspiring Blood Donation - Insights
For Doug Bodde, a Laboratory Service and Partner Development Manager in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Rochester, blood donation has been a part of his life since he was young.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Nov. 27 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights distinct spatiotemporal accumulation of N-truncated and full-length amyloid-β42 in Alzheimer's disease.
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Identifies Lyme Disease Signs and Symptoms - Insights
With tick season underway in parts of the United States, it's important to understand the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease to determine when to seek medical treatment. Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in...
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., and J. Kenneth Schoolmeester, II, M.D., were recently selected as recipients of the 2017 Pathology Teacher of the Year Award from the Mayo Fellows’ Association.
1914: "Mayo Clinic" becomes Official Name #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
Given the stature of Mayo Clinic, it can be surprising to learn that this name was not developed by a high-powered consulting firm. Audience analytics and focus group metrics played no part in creating it. For that matter, even the people...
What Are MLS Students Learning in Hematology? - Insights
Rachel Olk, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science class of 2018, writes about what she's currently learning in hematology.
Jerry Katzmann, Ph.D., an emeritus consultant in the Mayo Clinic Protein Immunology Laboratory, has received the AACC Academy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry in a Selected Area of Research.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: November 22 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Progression of chronic kidney disease following radical and partial nephrectomy
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 13 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: In vitro activity of a hypochlorous acid-generating electrochemical bandage against yeast biofilms
Coaching for Staff Development - Insights
"Coaching" has become the latest buzzword on the staff-development scene. In its purest form, coaching is a developmental process carried out between the coach and a "talent" in order to promote desirable and sustainable change.
Twitter as a Microblog Platform - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., highlights how professional networks can be nurtured continuously throughout the year with the help of Twitter.
A Sysmex Game of Telephone - Insights
Rachel Olk, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science class of 2018, talks about her experience with the Sysmex Hematology Analyzer during a game of "Telephone" in the laboratory.