2023 Winter Seminars

Seminars

The Winter seminar schedule will be In-person in room 2268 or via Zoom. In-person seminars will NOT have a Zoom option.

Date	Seminar Schedule, Winter 2023 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology School of Medicine, WSU 11:30 am 12:25 pm
01/17/23	Speaker: Dr. Joshua N. Bembenek, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, C.S. Mott Center Wayne State University, School of Medicine Title: Novel Mechanisms of Cell Division that Regulate Embryo Development Host: Susanna Vuljaj and BMI students
01/24/23	GSRPD, NO SEMINAR
01/31/23	ZOOM SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, and Johns Hopkins University Title: What Cholera Pandemics Can Teach Us Host: Jonathan Panzer and BMI students
02/07/23	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP
02//14/23	Seminar cancelled, but SPECIAL GATHERING held instead A special gathering will be held in the 7th floor Library for those who wish to attend. Zoom will be set up for those that cannot attend in person. Join Zoom Meeting (will start at 11:30 AM): https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/92818543731?pwd=MmNNd1pMbnBrNVhZK1I3TSswQ2hHdz09 Meeting ID: 928 1854 3731 Passcode: 967873
02/21/23	Speaker: Dr. Brianne Barker, Associate Professor, Biology Department, Drew University, Madison, NJ Title: Immunology or Molecular Biology? Insights Into Cytosolic DNA Sensing. Host: Jonathan Panzer and BMI students
02/28/23	POSTPONED TO FALL 2023
03/07/23	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP
03/14/23	SPRING BREAK NO SEMINAR
03/21/23	CANCELLED
03/28/23	Speaker: Dr. Andrew Lipchik, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, WSU Title: From Pathogenic to Therapeutic: Engineering IgG as an anti-inflammatory therapy Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang
04/04/23	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP BMI and IFG Seminar Rescheduled from February 14 Speaker: Dr. Amal Amer, Professor of Microbial Infection & Immunity from Ohio State University https://medicine.osu.edu/find-faculty/non-clinical/microbial-infection-and-immunity/amal-amerâ€‚â€‚â€‚â€‚â€‚ Title:â€‚The Role of the Non-Canonical Inflammasome in Health and Disease Host:â€‚Dr. Yuan He
04/11/23	Speaker: Dr. Ruma Banerjee, Vincent Massey Collegiate Professor, Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/biochem/ruma-banerjee-phd Title: TBA Host: Susanna Vuljaj and BMI students
04/18/23	NO Seminar - Departmental Review Week
04/25/23	Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Coyne, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine https://mgm.duke.edu/coyne-lab https://mgm.duke.edu/profile/carolyn-coyne Title: TBA Host: Emily Swenson and BMI students
05/02/23	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP
	April 24, 2023: LAST DAY OF CLASSES April 25, 2023: STUDY DAY April 26 - May 2, 2023: FINAL EXAMS