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September 29, 2025
Rethinking Race in Prenatal Risk Calculations - The Pathologist
It’s a New Academic Year: Here’s 99 Lab Hacks to Make Your Working Life Easier - Nature
Save the Date: CAP26 is October 3-6, 2026 in Las Vegas
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Coming up, a Dana Farber cancer researcher may be headed to Bethesda, plus why it's time to rethink race-adjusted algorithms in prenatal screenings, and Mary Poppins can't help you organize your lab, but the journal Nature can. Get their top tips. Welcome to the Path News Network Daily Edition, powered by the College of American Pathologists. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. It's Monday, September 29th. And here are the headlines. All eyes are on Washington this week where the stream of headlines doesn't stop. The Trump administration's search for a new director of the National Cancer Institute may be narrowing. Dr. Anthony Letai, a respected oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, is a frontrunner, according to published reports. The job has been vacant since January. Dr. Letai's lab research centers on apoptosis and the proteins that play a key role. in how the body gets rid of abnormal cells such as cancer. Can prenatal screenings be both accurate and race agnostic? It's a question the CAP is investigating with help from a Doris Duke Foundation grant. Prenatal serum screenings estimate the risk of fetal genetic conditions such as neural tube defects and trisomy syndromes. The tests use biomarker levels adjusted by a formula that includes maternal factors such as race. However, including race can increase false positive results, leading to unnecessary tests. In a new interview with The Pathologist magazine, Dr. Ricky Grisson of Brown University explains why re-evaluating guidelines for these screenings is important. Grisson, a CAP member, explains how adjusted guidelines could change lab protocols and improve patient outcomes. Find the interview link in our show notes. Cluttered notice boards, disorganized files, and unstructured meetings. Do any of these problems sound familiar in your lab? Mary Poppins brought order to chaos. The careers team at Journal Nature recently shared its list of lab hacks gleaned from its global community of scientists. Their tips for organizing and tidying up include AI products to help you do more in less time, and code sharing platforms for data and text organization. There are more than 70 tips and tricks and you can find them all at the link in our show notes. And finally, you may have just recovered from CAP25 in Orlando, but CAP members have an exciting lineup of events in October. There's still time to register for the CLSI/CAP webinar on proficiency testing on October 9th. The CAP will also welcome the Illinois Society of Pathologists at a reception in Chicago the same day. And pathology societies in six states hold their annual meetings in October. Browse the calendar of events, find registration links, and get a taste for CAP26 happening this time next year in our show notes. That wraps up today's Daily Edition. Don't miss our Advocacy Newsletter on Tuesdays and our Weekly Edition Newsletter on Thursdays. We'll be back tomorrow at 5 a.m. Eastern. You can subscribe to this show on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. Have a great day.
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September 29, 2025
Rethinking Race in Prenatal Risk Calculations - The Pathologist
It’s a New Academic Year: Here’s 99 Lab Hacks to Make Your Working Life Easier - Nature
Save the Date: CAP26 is October 3-6, 2026 in Las Vegas
Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Coming up, a Dana Farber cancer researcher may be headed to Bethesda, plus why it's time to rethink race-adjusted algorithms in prenatal screenings, and Mary Poppins can't help you organize your lab, but the journal Nature can. Get their top tips. Welcome to the Path News Network Daily Edition, powered by the College of American Pathologists. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. It's Monday, September 29th. And here are the headlines. All eyes are on Washington this week where the stream of headlines doesn't stop. The Trump administration's search for a new director of the National Cancer Institute may be narrowing. Dr. Anthony Letai, a respected oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, is a frontrunner, according to published reports. The job has been vacant since January. Dr. Letai's lab research centers on apoptosis and the proteins that play a key role. in how the body gets rid of abnormal cells such as cancer. Can prenatal screenings be both accurate and race agnostic? It's a question the CAP is investigating with help from a Doris Duke Foundation grant. Prenatal serum screenings estimate the risk of fetal genetic conditions such as neural tube defects and trisomy syndromes. The tests use biomarker levels adjusted by a formula that includes maternal factors such as race. However, including race can increase false positive results, leading to unnecessary tests. In a new interview with The Pathologist magazine, Dr. Ricky Grisson of Brown University explains why re-evaluating guidelines for these screenings is important. Grisson, a CAP member, explains how adjusted guidelines could change lab protocols and improve patient outcomes. Find the interview link in our show notes. Cluttered notice boards, disorganized files, and unstructured meetings. Do any of these problems sound familiar in your lab? Mary Poppins brought order to chaos. The careers team at Journal Nature recently shared its list of lab hacks gleaned from its global community of scientists. Their tips for organizing and tidying up include AI products to help you do more in less time, and code sharing platforms for data and text organization. There are more than 70 tips and tricks and you can find them all at the link in our show notes. And finally, you may have just recovered from CAP25 in Orlando, but CAP members have an exciting lineup of events in October. There's still time to register for the CLSI/CAP webinar on proficiency testing on October 9th. The CAP will also welcome the Illinois Society of Pathologists at a reception in Chicago the same day. And pathology societies in six states hold their annual meetings in October. Browse the calendar of events, find registration links, and get a taste for CAP26 happening this time next year in our show notes. That wraps up today's Daily Edition. Don't miss our Advocacy Newsletter on Tuesdays and our Weekly Edition Newsletter on Thursdays. We'll be back tomorrow at 5 a.m. Eastern. You can subscribe to this show on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. Have a great day.
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September 29, 2025
Rethinking Race in Prenatal Risk Calculations - The Pathologist
It’s a New Academic Year: Here’s 99 Lab Hacks to Make Your Working Life Easier - Nature
Save the Date: CAP26 is October 3-6, 2026 in Las Vegas
Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Coming up, a Dana Farber cancer researcher may be headed to Bethesda, plus why it's time to rethink race-adjusted algorithms in prenatal screenings, and Mary Poppins can't help you organize your lab, but the journal Nature can. Get their top tips. Welcome to the Path News Network Daily Edition, powered by the College of American Pathologists. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. It's Monday, September 29th. And here are the headlines. All eyes are on Washington this week where the stream of headlines doesn't stop. The Trump administration's search for a new director of the National Cancer Institute may be narrowing. Dr. Anthony Letai, a respected oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, is a frontrunner, according to published reports. The job has been vacant since January. Dr. Letai's lab research centers on apoptosis and the proteins that play a key role. in how the body gets rid of abnormal cells such as cancer. Can prenatal screenings be both accurate and race agnostic? It's a question the CAP is investigating with help from a Doris Duke Foundation grant. Prenatal serum screenings estimate the risk of fetal genetic conditions such as neural tube defects and trisomy syndromes. The tests use biomarker levels adjusted by a formula that includes maternal factors such as race. However, including race can increase false positive results, leading to unnecessary tests. In a new interview with The Pathologist magazine, Dr. Ricky Grisson of Brown University explains why re-evaluating guidelines for these screenings is important. Grisson, a CAP member, explains how adjusted guidelines could change lab protocols and improve patient outcomes. Find the interview link in our show notes. Cluttered notice boards, disorganized files, and unstructured meetings. Do any of these problems sound familiar in your lab? Mary Poppins brought order to chaos. The careers team at Journal Nature recently shared its list of lab hacks gleaned from its global community of scientists. Their tips for organizing and tidying up include AI products to help you do more in less time, and code sharing platforms for data and text organization. There are more than 70 tips and tricks and you can find them all at the link in our show notes. And finally, you may have just recovered from CAP25 in Orlando, but CAP members have an exciting lineup of events in October. There's still time to register for the CLSI/CAP webinar on proficiency testing on October 9th. The CAP will also welcome the Illinois Society of Pathologists at a reception in Chicago the same day. And pathology societies in six states hold their annual meetings in October. Browse the calendar of events, find registration links, and get a taste for CAP26 happening this time next year in our show notes. That wraps up today's Daily Edition. Don't miss our Advocacy Newsletter on Tuesdays and our Weekly Edition Newsletter on Thursdays. We'll be back tomorrow at 5 a.m. Eastern. You can subscribe to this show on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. Have a great day.
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September 29, 2025
Rethinking Race in Prenatal Risk Calculations - The Pathologist
It’s a New Academic Year: Here’s 99 Lab Hacks to Make Your Working Life Easier - Nature
Save the Date: CAP26 is October 3-6, 2026 in Las Vegas
Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Coming up, a Dana Farber cancer researcher may be headed to Bethesda, plus why it's time to rethink race-adjusted algorithms in prenatal screenings, and Mary Poppins can't help you organize your lab, but the journal Nature can. Get their top tips. Welcome to the Path News Network Daily Edition, powered by the College of American Pathologists. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. It's Monday, September 29th. And here are the headlines. All eyes are on Washington this week where the stream of headlines doesn't stop. The Trump administration's search for a new director of the National Cancer Institute may be narrowing. Dr. Anthony Letai, a respected oncologist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, is a frontrunner, according to published reports. The job has been vacant since January. Dr. Letai's lab research centers on apoptosis and the proteins that play a key role. in how the body gets rid of abnormal cells such as cancer. Can prenatal screenings be both accurate and race agnostic? It's a question the CAP is investigating with help from a Doris Duke Foundation grant. Prenatal serum screenings estimate the risk of fetal genetic conditions such as neural tube defects and trisomy syndromes. The tests use biomarker levels adjusted by a formula that includes maternal factors such as race. However, including race can increase false positive results, leading to unnecessary tests. In a new interview with The Pathologist magazine, Dr. Ricky Grisson of Brown University explains why re-evaluating guidelines for these screenings is important. Grisson, a CAP member, explains how adjusted guidelines could change lab protocols and improve patient outcomes. Find the interview link in our show notes. Cluttered notice boards, disorganized files, and unstructured meetings. Do any of these problems sound familiar in your lab? Mary Poppins brought order to chaos. The careers team at Journal Nature recently shared its list of lab hacks gleaned from its global community of scientists. Their tips for organizing and tidying up include AI products to help you do more in less time, and code sharing platforms for data and text organization. There are more than 70 tips and tricks and you can find them all at the link in our show notes. And finally, you may have just recovered from CAP25 in Orlando, but CAP members have an exciting lineup of events in October. There's still time to register for the CLSI/CAP webinar on proficiency testing on October 9th. The CAP will also welcome the Illinois Society of Pathologists at a reception in Chicago the same day. And pathology societies in six states hold their annual meetings in October. Browse the calendar of events, find registration links, and get a taste for CAP26 happening this time next year in our show notes. That wraps up today's Daily Edition. Don't miss our Advocacy Newsletter on Tuesdays and our Weekly Edition Newsletter on Thursdays. We'll be back tomorrow at 5 a.m. Eastern. You can subscribe to this show on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. I'm Elizabeth McMahon. Have a great day.
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