Dr. Elrod had the good fortune while in Germany of traveling to Hannover Medical School to meet an old friend and colleague from the Molkentin Lab, Prof. Dr. Jörg Heineke. While in Hannover, John gave a lecture as part of the Rebirth Cluster of Excellence Seminar Series. Dr. Elrod met with the outstanding Cardiology research group including:Director and Prof. Bauersachs, Prof. Wollert, Prof. Hilfiker-Klein, and Prof. Thomas Thum.
Helmholtz Nature Medicine Meeting
John traveled to Munich, Germany for the 2nd Annual Helmholtz-Nature Medicine Diabetes Conference hosted by Dr. Matthias Tschöp. While in Munich, he met with many of the Group Leaders at the IDO to discuss ongoing collaborations and attend this outstanding meeting which took place at the Lenbach Palais Rilano No.6. The meeting featured numerous giants in the field of metabolism and obesity including: Matthias Mann, Mitch Lazar, Tamas Horvath, Phil Scherer, Ron Khan, and Jeff Friedman. The trip coincided with the annual Oktoberfest celebration which made for some great times with old friends. Also, a big congratulations to our friend, Brian Finan, who won the prestigious Novo Nordisk-HeIDi Award!
Lenbach Palais Rilano in Munich Germany
2nd Annual Temple Translational Science Symposium - 2014
Temple hosted it's annual Translational Science Day featuring many notable speakers from TUSM and Fox Chase. In addition, the meeting was a great forum for our trainees with over 120 abstract posters being presented. Tim Luongo (PhD candidate in the Elrod Lab) presented his work on the function of MCU in the setting of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Alyssa Lombardi Accepted into MD/PhD Program
Congrats to Alyssa who was officially accepted into the TUSM MD/PhD program! Alyssa is in her 2nd year of medical school and will officially start in the lab in May of 2015.
Lab Outing to Old City
The lab ventured out for dinner and drinks at a pop-up beer garden located just steps away from the historic Independence Hall. Pop-up beer gardens are an annual event in Philadelphia and typically are located in a fabulous settings.
Esther, Alyssa and Jonathan enjoy a beer.
Josh, Tim, Alyssa, Esther and Jonathan on the cobbled streets of Old City.
Independence Hall at dusk.
John, Jonathan, Tim, Alyssa, and Esther.