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\"Poster<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Nicholas Pankow, a research specialist in the Pathology Service Core in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, for presentation of a poster which was chosen as one of three winners out of 38 posters during the 2023 National Society for Histotechnology conference in Baltimore, Maryland. His poster, titled “P-31: Alternative Strategies\u00a0<\/span>For<\/span> Analyzing Pre-Clinical Mouse Lungs \u202f”\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>was selected “not only for their outstanding content but their ability to effectively communicate <\/span>using the poster format.” Congratulations to Nicholas and poster co-authors, Gabriela de la Cruz (Director, Pathology Service Core) and Dr. Hannah Atkins, PhD, DVM (Faculty Director, Pathology Service Core)! Read more about the poster competition and other winners on the NSH blog post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Poster Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

In some diseases or conditions, it is challenging to\u00a0<\/span>leverage<\/span>\u00a0human tissues to\u00a0<\/span>determine<\/span>\u00a0patterns and resolve disease progression. Similarities between human and mouse biology make using murine models in pre-clinical studies possible. More specifically, mouse lungs are used to further analyze respiratory illnesses as they\u00a0<\/span>provide<\/span>\u00a0scalable models that can either be genetically manipulated to elicit human diseases or follow similar phenotypic outcomes. Mice are thus used in several different disease models that can be later translated to human conditions including asthma, COPD, toxicants, cystic fibrosis, as well as viral and bacterial infections. The standard histological embedding orientation of the lung\u00a0<\/span>provides<\/span>\u00a0an easy view of the main bronchus, alveoli, bronchioles, trachea, and related lymph nodes for distinct research inquiries. However, the standard histological orientation may not\u00a0<\/span>demonstrate<\/span>\u00a0the specific areas of interest to further investigate these conditions. By trimming the lung lobes in specific ways or altering the orientation during embedding, we can\u00a0<\/span>provide<\/span>\u00a0a specific focus to a study. One alternative embedding strategy is the \u201cmax airway<\/span>\u201d,<\/span>\u00a0which focuses on showing the main bronchus anatomy on all lung lobes. The \u201cmorphometry\u201d embedding strategy allows for multiple cross-sections of the left lung lobe and a cross-section of the main airway. Another common method is the \u201clung sampling\u201d strategy which\u00a0<\/span>provides<\/span>\u00a0a systematically chosen cross-section of the lungs. A \u201cleft lobe focus\u201d strategy is used to review the bronchioles and alveolar areas. Finally, \u201cwhole lung\u201d embedding can be\u00a0<\/span>useful for examining general lung morphology, adjacent mediastinal structures, and other organs. Using these different protocols, we can bring a desired focus to a study and have a more scalable experiment without using human tissue early in the process.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Nicholas Pankow, a research specialist in the Pathology Service Core in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, for presentation of a poster which was chosen as one of three winners out of 38 posters during the 2023 National Society for Histotechnology conference in Baltimore, Maryland. His poster, titled “P-31: Alternative Strategies\u00a0For Analyzing Pre-Clinical Mouse … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":5446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spotlight","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2023\/12\/NSH-Pankow.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2023\/12\/NSH-Pankow-300x135.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2023\/12\/NSH-Pankow-768x347.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2023\/12\/NSH-Pankow.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2023\/12\/NSH-Pankow-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"Nicholas Pankow, Gaby de la Cruz, and Hannah Atkins were the authors of a winning poster at the 2024 National Society for Histotechnology Poster","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/category\/news\/"},{"name":"Spotlight","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/category\/spotlight\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}