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This week’s Research Roundup highlights the evaluation of polygenic risk scores for breast and ovarian cancer risk prediction in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

The Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Medical Laboratory Science Program celebrated the 2017 graduating class during a ceremony on May 25. Of the 24 graduates, 18 accepted positions within the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Rochester.

Montana Smith, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science program, reflects on her experience in the program.

Allan Dietz, Ph.D., Director of the Human Cellular Therapy Laboratory (HCTL) at Mayo Clinic, was recently profiled in Mayo Clinic Magazine, highlighting his background and work in the HCTL.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the management of diffuse low-grade gliomas in adults.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a possible cause for a rare infection in heart and lung transplant recipients: the donor.

Andy Cousin, FACHE, Director of Product Management and Marketing, interviews Amy Clayton, M.D., Division Chair of Anatomic Pathology at Mayo Clinic, about "disease-oriented groups," which are multidisciplinary teams formed to establish a forum for the collegial discussion and decision making around the appropriate application of laboratory testing, pathology, and genetic profiling to best manage a particular condition.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., a Mayo Clinic parasitic diseases expert, says, as the last of the winter's snow melts, ticks start coming up from under the grass looking for a "blood meal." She says that this year, after a relatively mild winter, ticks got an early start. This means that tick season could be particularly busy. In this "Mayo Clinic Minute," Dr. Pritt explains an easy trick to remember the best ways to protect yourself from tick bites.

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.

A letter of appreciation, which was forwarded to Mayo Clinic President and CEO John Noseworthy, M.D., and Board of Trustees member Samual Di Piazza, Jr., described the outstanding contributions to science and education that Mayo Clinic DLMP physicians and scientists have provided to a variety of renowned publications in the industry.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights how the androgen receptor variant AR-V9 is co-expressed with AR-V7 in prostate cancer metastases and predicts abiraterone resistance.

Elissa Hall, Associate Director for Curriculum and Education Technology and an Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic, discusses how the adoption of social media in education creates a flexible environment for facilitating collaborative, deeper learning by providing an avenue to network and dialogue with an international community.

In 2012, the Journal of Clinical Microbiology began publishing quarterly biographical features of pioneers and innovators in clinical microbiology. Of the more than 15 microbiologists who have been profiled over the years, the career summary of Thomas F. Smith, Ph.D., Emeritus Staff, is unique in that it represents the journal’s first biographical feature primarily focused on a diagnostic virologist.