Marcia Firmani and co-authors published an article titled, "Colony-stimulating factor-1- and interleukin-34-derived macrophages differ in their susceptibility to Mycobacterium marinum," in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology in September. Firmani, Francisco Rentas, Rebecca Jones, Kevin Rhee and a colleague presented a poster titled, "Protein Retention Levels of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Cryoprecipitate Derived from Pathogen Reduced Fresh Whole Blood," at the American Association for Blood Banking (AABB) conference earlier this month. Firmani is chair of BLS, Rentas is an adjunct associate professor in BLS, and Jones and Rhee are recent graduates of the MSHS in Immunohematology Program in BLS.
The George Washington University
