WVU Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Ph.D. candidate presents at annual Experimental Biology meeting

Sebastian Dziadowicz, a Ph.D. candidate in the West Virginia University School of Medicine Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Graduate Program in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, was recently selected as a presenting author for the annual Experimental Biology meeting, where he gave a presentation on multiple myeloma.

Dziadowicz was selected by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as a presenting author for the session titled “Chromatin Structure, Remodeling and Gene Expression.” Dziadowicz’s presentation was titled “Transcriptome and Regulome Signatures of Multiple Myeloma Induced by Bone Marrow Stromal Cells.”

Multiple myeloma is a hematological cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. Dziadowicz, along with Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology Postdoctoral Fellow Lei Wang, Ph.D., co-authored a research article on multiple myeloma that was published in the February 2022 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Cancers. Both Dziadowicz and Dr. Wang conduct research in the lab of Michael Hu, Ph.D.

Experimental Biology is an annual meeting of five societies that explores the latest research in fields such as anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology. These five societies are the American Association for Anatomy, the American Physiological Society, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society for Investigative Pathology and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The meeting features plenary lectures, workshops, symposia, posters, presentations, on-site career services and exhibits spotlighting products and services integral to the professional community. This year’s meeting was held in Philadelphia on April 2 – 5.

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