Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️

Dr. Heather Danhof joins us this week for another discussion about the #infant #microbiome! Today, she'll highlight the #gut-brain axis and how it dynamically changes during gestation and post-birth.

Join us for one of the final seminars of the spring semester! 💐🌷

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️ We've got a special back-to-back for y'all 🤠

Dr. @sohinibanerjee.bsky.social will discuss her research on #infant #enteroids as a model for the developing gut!

Then, Dr. Yang Yang from McGovern Medical School will share what she's learned about COX-2 in the context of #IBD.

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️

We're excited to host Dr. Amy Hair from @bcmhouston.bsky.social and Texas Children's Hospital! Working with #preterm #neonates, her research explores how human milk positively affects growth in very low birth weight.

Join in-person or via Zoom!

Need plans for this weekend? Look no further!

You can still register for our annual #GIsky and #liversky course! Join us either in-person at the Westin Houston Medical Center or via Zoom.

This session will discuss clinical guidelines and pearls of wisdom!

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TODAY @ 4:00PM CST ‼️

We are honored to host Dr. Andrew T. Chan from @harvardmed.bsky.social for this week's #TMC #DDC seminar!

He will discuss the correlation between #aspirin and lower #colorectalcancer risk, leading to the imperative for precision medicine.

Don't miss this one!

TODAY @ 4PM CST ‼️

Escape the rain for this week's #TMC #DDC seminar, presented this week by Dr. Pablo Okhuysen from @mdanderson.bsky.social!

Investigating #enteric #pathogens, Dr. Okhuysen will discuss how the microbiome interacts with these bacteria in cancer patients.🦠

See you there!

#TMC #DDC represented at the #NCURA Financial Research Administration Conference in San Diego this past weekend!

With more than 800 attendees and a keynote talk from Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth, our administrative team and colleagues' knowledge and capabilities are stronger than ever before!

TODAY ‼️ @ 4PM CST

On this beautiful day, make your way over to @bcmhouston.bsky.social for Dr. Robert Taylor Ripley's discussion!

Joining us from BCM's thoracic surgery division, this decorated surgeon will go over mitochondria and their dysfunction in esophageal cancer.

No DDC seminar this week :( it's spring break! 🌷

On this lovely, sunny Thursday, enjoy a walk or time at a park! Rest is just as imperative to productivity and thinking as bench work or reading papers.

Congratulations to our 2025 Pilot Feasibility Award winners!

We are honored to support these #TMC #DDC scientists continuing their cutting-edge research! We know they'll contribute great things to this field!

@caitvondero.bsky.social
@bcmhouston.bsky.social

Congratulations to our #GIresearch symposium poster contest winners!!

🥇 Luqiong Wang, @bcmhouston.bsky.social
🥈 Lauren Lynch, Baylor College of Medicine
🥉 Sohini Banerjee, Baylor College of Medicine

It was close competition! We are lucky to have so many scientists at our institutions 🤠

Defying distance, Dr. Krupa Mysore virtually presented her amazing #hepatology research!

Looking at #cholestasis, she delved into the relationship between bile acids and immune response, describing how different immune cells are affected by these bike acids.

Dr. Greg Guthrie kindly shared some early work from his latest project!

The introduction to a beautiful story beginning to be told, he touched on the microbiome, gut, and liver through a #neonatal #cholestasis lens. His talk inspired fabulous conversation, as well!

We pivoted from the gut to the #liver with Dr. Cynthia Ju’s talk! She discussed the communication that happens in the liver, particularly during immune response after #reperfusion injury and ischaemia.

#Celiac Disease is a highly complicated #autoimmune disorder.

However, Dr. Valerie Abadie expertly deconvoluted the immune intricacies of Celiac Disease in her talk - intercellular interactions in the intestine, all the different immune cells involved, and much more!

Dr. Jill Weatherhead served all of these #gastroenterology and #hepatology experts a lesson in worms!

Yes, she delved into #ascaris and her lab’s journey in connecting the stomach to this parasite’s ability to take advantage of this microenvironment

“Eosinophils are the coolest cells ever” - @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social (without bias)

Seriously though, Dr. Dunn shared amazing details about #eosinophils and the ways her lab has manipulated in vitro conditions to observe any changes in cell behavior, proliferation, identity, and more!

We interrupt this symposium for a fire alarm test…

Yep it works 🫡

Dr. Seems Aceves shared a beautiful and complex story about eosinophilic esophagitis in the lab and the clinic!

Her deep dive story included the markers #CD73 and #YAP, muscular rigidity, and the possibility that there’s more the #EoE than previously thought 🧐

APFED (American Partnership For Eosinophilic Disorders)

Shoutout to Lisa Brunet for representing the American Partnership For #Eosinophilic Disorders at our #DDC #GIresearch #immunology symposium!

She shared a touching and important story about her own son, invigorating us for the start of the day.

GOOD MORNING HOUSTON 🌞

Make sure to get here early - fuel your brain with food and coffee for an incredible morning of science :)

See y'all soon~

🏥 Symposium Spotlight 🏥

With #pediatric #hepatology expertise both clinically and in the lab, Dr. Krupa Mysore works as both a transplant hepatologist and research scientist at Texas Children's Hospital! She tackles many liver-related topics, including #cholestasis, #immunology, and more.

🐷 Symposium Spotlight 🐷

Working with Dr. Doug Burrin's lab at Houston's Children's Nutrition Research Center, Dr. Greg Guthrie examines the intricacies of #cholestasis in #neonates using piglets as a model, including the effects of bile acids, lipid emulsions, and parenteral nutrition.

📢 Symposium Spotlight 📢

Dr. Cynthia Ju, based at UT McGovern Medical School here in the #TMC, investigates inflammatory and immunity responses in the #liversky. At our symposium tomorrow, she'll share the #eosinophil and #macrophage side of their #ischaemia and #reperfusion story! #hepatology

🌆 Symposium Spotlight 🌆

Traveling from University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Valerie Abadie and her lab are interested in the role of B #lymphocytes in the #autoimmune disorder, #Celiac Disease. She'll dive into the characterization, function, and more tomorrow!

👩‍⚕️ Symposium Spotlight 👩‍⚕️

Dr. Jill Weatherhead from @bcmhouston.bsky.social joins the #TMC #DDC ranks again, this time for our annual symposium! Here, she will discuss her lab's research describing how #ascaris utilizes the stomach microenvironment for its #pathogenicity.

🏔️ Symposium Spotlight 🏔️

Joining us from @cugastrohep.bsky.social in Denver is Dr. @dunnimmunolab.bsky.social! Her lab zooms in on #eosinophils - how they specialize in different environments, interact with #epithelium and #fibroblasts in #mucosal tissue, and "re-specialize" in tissue repair.

🧪 Symposium Spotlight 🧪

We welcome Dr. Seema Aceves from
@ucsdmedschool.bsky.social! Her lab investigates tissue remodeling in the disease, #eosinophilic #esophagitis. These clinical + translational studies examine relationships and mechanisms between epithelium, fibroblasts, and smooth muscle.

TODAY @ 4PM CST!

Can't wait for our symposium this Saturday for your #GIresearch fix? Join us for Dr. Teresa A. Davis' presentation, during which she'll discuss cellular processes in preterm #neonates and piglets that affect extrauterine growth and muscle development.

🎤 Symposium Spotlight 🎤

Founder and CEO of #DLZP Group offering advisory, implementation, and management of business solutions through different cloud platforms like #AWS, Lisa Brunet has been an
#APFED volunteer for nearly 17 years!

She'll bethe first speaker at our #TMC #DDC symposium!