Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology News Search

 LMP assistant professor Sithara Vivek has been named a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Scholar.  A National Institutes of Health training...

LMP professors Mahmoud Khalifa and Paari Murugan and assistant professor David Cartwright are among 285 M Physician doctors on Minnesota Monthly’s 2026 list of Top Doctors, representing...

The human body is a marvel of remake and renewal. We regularly replace some of our estimated 37 trillion cells – about 300 billion or 1 percent of our cells each day -- with healthy substitutes...

If you ask the University’s Google Gemini “What is the ADLM?” the response is straightforward: “The acronym ADLM most commonly refers to the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine....

The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota is pleased to announce that Scott Dehm, PhD, was named co-leader of the Genomics, Cell States, and Signaling (GCSS) research program

 Jacky Lu, PhD, M(ASCP)CM joined LMP as an assistant professor and microbiologist June 29. Lu received a PhD in microbiology and immunology from the Vanderbilt University...

LMP Department Chair Bharat Thyagarajan is pleased to announce an exciting new chapter for the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology leadership team with new appointments to key Vice...

LMP professor Paari Murugan has been recognized as one of Mpls.St.Paul magazine’s “Top Doctors” for 2026.  He joined 201 MHealth physicians so honored. Murugan received the same...

Sometimes a centenary helps keep things in perspective.  Planning for the September 2028 centenary of Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin is well underway highlighted by the creation of...

In 2021, M Physicians established Clinical Excellence Honors as a way to recognize the excellence of our clinical practitioners as demonstrated through their care for our patients. ...

LMP faculty Paari Murugan, Jimmie Stewart, and Amy Beckman have been promoted effective July 1, 2026.  Here are their new titles.PAARI MURUGAN, PROFESSORJIMMIE STEWART, professorAMY BECKMAN...

There are lots of stories about how established biomedical scientists have influenced college graduates who are pursuing a career in the field.  In the case of LMP professor Jim McCarthy, who is...

Nearly two centuries ago, German scientists identified the cell as the basic unit of life.  Cells are life-giving through reproduction yet also life-destroying, as in cancer.  Today cells...

The SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse is just a few blocks away from Erie Boulevard, the road atop the filled-in Erie Canal that passed through the city’s downtown when the canal opened 200...

Medical SchoolOffice of the DeanIt is my distinct pleasure to announce the appointment of Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD, MPH, as the new Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (LMP...

Timekeeping is variable and elusive.  The human body's estimated 37 trillion cells, with their complex molecular circuitry, have their own way of keeping time. It turns out cells...

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) featured LMP associate professor Pawel Mroz and genetic counselor Matthew Bower in the February 2026 CAP Today newsletter.  Here is that story...

Abdurahman Ahmed, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School) – AP/CPAlaa Kassem, MBBCh, PhD (Assiut University Faculty of Medicine) – AP/CPSubramaniam Ramkumar, MD (P.S.G. Institute of Medical...

Based on the 2025 pathology rankings by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR), the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology has maintained its National Institutes of Health (...

LMP associate professor Paari Murugan has been inducted into the Academies for Excellence in Team Science.  The honor is “to acknowledge the valuable and significant contributions...