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This week’s Research Roundup highlights the comparison of gadolinium concentrations within multiple rat organs after intravenous administration of linear versus macrocyclic gadolinium chelates.

Once again, the Cytogenetic, Molecular Genetic, and Biochemical Genetic communities participated in the Association of Genetic Technologists Annual Meeting. This year, the Mayo Clinic Cytogenetics Laboratory was well-represented at the meeting. Mayo Clinic staff performed two workshops, two platform presentations, and one of Mayo’s lab directors was invited to present for the annual Gordon W. Dewald lecture series.

Candace Granberg, M.D., has a lot of titles, including surgeon, wife, mom, and volunteer. Now, she can add another: ninja warrior. The pediatric urologist is the second Mayo staff member chosen to participate on NBC's TV show "American Ninja Warrior."

Tammy Fletcher, Administrator of Value-Based Services at Mayo Mayo Medical Laboratories, is presenting during Dark Daily's webinar, "Simple, Swift Approaches to Lab Test Utilization Management: Proven Ways for Your Clinical Laboratory to Use Data and Collaborations to Add Value," on Thursday, June 29, at 1 p.m. EDT.

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 Chair with endorsement from the Executive Committee of DLMP and Mayo Medical Laboratories.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights expanded phenotypes and outcomes among 256 LGI1/CASPR2-IgG positive patients.

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 tremendous accomplishments of the graduates.

Justin Kreuter, M.D., Clinical Pathologist and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota, and Theresa Malin, an Education Specialist in Transfusion Medicine at Mayo Clinic, have launched "Transfusion Toons" as an innovative approach to teaching and learning transfusion medicine. View this post to learn how "Transfusion Toons" got started, and be sure to check back each month for a new toon.

Alex Harker, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) class of 2017, takes a look back at the MLS program and highlights his experience.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the single-nephron glomerular filtration rate in healthy adults.

Opening your email inbox is like being dealt a hand of cards. You don’t know what you’ll get, you may be caught off guard, and you need to determine how to play out the hand you’ve been dealt. Thomas Huntley, MT(ASCP), Education Coordinator, discusses effective tips for email management.

William Morice, II, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and President of Mayo Medical Laboratories, was recently profiled in Minnesota Healthcare News.

Celebrate World Blood Donor Day on Wednesday, June 14, by donating this life-saving gift and thanking blood donors who already give to the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center and other blood donation centers. World Blood Donor Day is a day to raise awareness and recognize those who give back by donating blood.