Mark Buckup

Stanford Bioengineer, UCSD MD/PhD candidate 🔬

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I can proudly announce that I’m cool enough to have gotten Twitter hacked! Thank goodness my checkpoint blockade is in check to not only pass my immunology exam today, but to also move on from this hacking virus 🦠

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Thank you to the team, guidance, and collaborations that made this publication possible! @JanelleKaneda @abirk96 @StanfordBioE @4_kidney @RossVenook @MountSinaiNYC @Kidney_X @SUBiodesign @ASNKidney @KidneyNews [5/5]

https://t.co/0oI3mlHvsw

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The dialysis sphere needs innovation, and my team and I tried to do just that by creating a tool to screen for peritonitis, a leading issue for many who undergo peritoneal dialysis. [1/5]

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Our prototype also is a proof of principle for microscopy and image analysis for infection screening and their future applications in health care. [4/5]

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@msg_jacob It’s Felix’s and marko’s last night in London and we have LOVED it!!! Sad to leave…

[Steve Hamel (he/him) @SteveHamelBE]

Thank you @sundarpichai @GoogleCloud for awarding @MiriamMerad, @mark_buckup, and the #MeradLab $5,000 in computing credits to analyze immune cell interactions in multiplex immunohistochemistry images from patients with COVID-19!

[Miriam Merad, MD, PhD @MiriamMerad]

Well Dr Conley: you should be telling people that they should be afraid of COVID because in contrast to the president, they are not being tested everyday and they won't be airlifted to a hospital and treated in the hrs following a positive test #CovidKills #MasksSaveLives

[Janelle Kaneda @JanelleKaneda]

Check out our OpticLine poster @Center4Dialysis #IDEAS2020! OpticLine is a device that detects infection earlier in #peritoneal #dialysis patients. Looking forward to further development! Thanks to our mentors Dr. Ken Sutha @4_kidney & Dr. @RossVenook. Please reach out w/ any qs!

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they shriek, for they do not know @abirk96

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@edgarvlermamd @JanelleKaneda Very similar! We are utilizing UV light (peak absorbance for WBC) and making a product that is inexpensive and able to be easily set up at home. #askasn

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@proychaudhuryMD @abirk96 @StotterMD I just addressed this! Hopefully, less than a pound, shooting for 3x3x3 inch. #askasn

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@rheault_m @JanelleKaneda We are utilizing off-the-shelf components and are currently at a product less than $300. We are shooting for under $200! This is incredibly inexpensive, considering the millions of dollars the US has to pay due to PD complications/hospitalizations. #askasn

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@rheault_m @JanelleKaneda We are currently prototyping but we are hoping for a reusable box with a replaceable tube that it measures across. We are hoping for something less than a pound that can be in line with the PD system. #askasn

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@kidney_boy @JanelleKaneda Currently, we are measuring just WBC proliferation so that we can measure any sort of immune response -- in response to fungal, bacterial, and viral infections. We are looking at future supplementary tests (like rapid bacterial assays) for high specificity #askasn

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@kidney_boy @abirk96 After some research, we found that the rate of hospitalization for PD complication still stands at 13.5% as of 2018. Even though this is dropping, we believe that these rates can decrease even more

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If PD patients have too much peritoneal scarring, they must switch to hemodialysis, which is not the preferred method of dialysis for many.... #askasn

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To introduce our project, we are focusing on peritoneal dialysis (PD), which utilizes the body’s peritoneum as a natural exchange barrier. We chose this target population because it includes many pediatric patients and those who do dialysis at home.
#askasn

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MCAT testing me on my AP HumGeo skills. Thanks, @ErikaLoweryfun1