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Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
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Our mission has been to improve the clinical, scientific, and social aspects of transplantation. Associated with the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC.
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More photos from Friday! (3/3)
Dr. Heth Turnquist is a man with a long beard, no hair, and glasses. He is wearing a dark colored suit, a white button up shirt, and a black tie. He is speaking into a microphone and holding the award certificates in his left hand. Dr. Faruk Sacirbegovic and Kassandra Baron posing in front of her poster presentation. Felicia Kemp explaining her poster abstract to Dr. Mark Snyder. Poster presentation session.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Additionally, congratulations to Bailey Chalmers upon receipt of the 2025 Brian N. Seidel Award for her poster presentation!!! Congratulations as well to second place winner, Felicia Kemp, and third place winner, Megan Stasik.🎉🎉🎉 (2/?)
Megan Stasik (left, 3rd place winner) is a woman with long, dark hair holding her award certificate and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black long sleeve shirt and black flowy trousers. Bailey Chalmers (middle, 1st place winner) is a woman with brown hair in a ponytail, holding her award certificate and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a green blouse with dark colored trousers. Felicia Kemp (right, 2nd place winner) is a woman with light brown hair in a ponytail, holding her award certificate and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a purple dress with white floral print and a gray cardigan. Bailey Chalmers accepting her 1st place award and describing her research. Felicia Kemp accepting her 2nd place award and describing her research. Megan Stasik accepting her 3rd place award and describing her research.
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Behind the Scenes: Dr. Mark Shlomchik and Dr. Sebastien Gingras of @pitt-immunology.bsky.social discuss data that led to the discovery that divergent signaling domains in TLR7 and TLR9 control their opposing effects on lupus.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Jordan's abstract: "Macrophage Recognition of Donor MHCI Tunes IL-27 Production to Shape Tissue Repair Following Heart Transplantation"
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Kassandra's abstract: "Allogenic Treg Programmed to be Reparative is a Therapeutic Cell Therapy with Clinical Potential for the Resolution of Tissue Damage & Inflammation following Tissue Injury"
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM