fall2021

Date	Seminar Schedule, Fall 2021 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology Held via Zoom or in-person \| 11:30 am 12:25 pm
9/14/21	Immunology Focus Group Speaker: Dr. Andrew Lipchik, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State University Title: Influenza Pathogenesis and Vaccine Responses in Vulnerable Populations Host: Dr. Wei-Zen Wei
9/17/21	FRIDAY NOON ZOOM SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Haber Title: Critical Thinking Host: Dr. Matt Jackson
9/21/21	ZOOM SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Katherine Gurdziel, Director, Bioinformatics, Genome Science Core, WSU Title: Bioinformatics at the Genome Sciences Core Host: Dr. Robert Akins
9/24/21	FRIDAY 8-5PM BMI Retreat: In-person Title: Department Retreat Host: BMI Department
9/28/21	ZOOM SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Oveta Fuller, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine (https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/microbiology-immunology/oveta-fuller-phd) Title: From Milkmaids to mRNA: Equipping Trusted Messengers to Effectively Implement Disease Prevention and Control Host: Taylor Vensko and BMI students
10/5/21	Immunology Focus Group Speaker: Dr. Maria Castro, R. C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Director NIH Cancer Biology Training Grant, Steering Committee Member, Woman of Color in the Academy Project, University of Michigan Title: Epigenetic remodeling of the tumor microenvironment in mutant IDH1 gliomas: therapeutic implications. Host: Dr. Wei-Zen Wei
10/12/21	IN-PERSON SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno, University of Central Florida (www.vibriocholerae.org) Title: Emergence and evolution of bacterial pathogens: The Vibrio paradigm Host: Dr. Jeffrey Withey
10/19/21	IN-PERSON SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Jason Huntley, Associate Professor and Co-Director of Medical Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Track Director, BSL3 Laboratory Title: Pushing the Envelope: Virulence Functions of Francisella tularensis Hypothetical Proteins Host: Jillian Green and BMI students
10/26/21	ZOOM SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Poorna Subramanian, Thermo Fisher Scientific Title: Non-canonical amino acids and topological creativity, guided by computational design, stabilize therapeutic and diagnostic peptides for prostate cancer detection, autoimmune disease treatment, and antiviral therapies. Host: Dr. Brian Edwards
11/2/21	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP
11/9/21	IN-PERSON SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Chunyu Wang, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Title: Structural mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease and cancer Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang
11/16/21	ZOOM SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Alan Davidson, Professor Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Univ. of Toronto Title: Anti-CRISPRs Perform Amazing Tricks Host: Taylor Vensko, BMI students
11/23/21	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP Noon- 1pm Speaker: Laurent Gapin from National Jewish Health Title: scRNA-Seq in innate t cells Host: Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi
11/30/21	IN-PERSON SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Tomoaki Ogino, Associate Professor, Dept. of Virology, University of Toledo Title: TBA Host: Dr. Philip Pellett
12/07/21	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP
12/14/21	IN-PERSON SEMINAR Speaker: Dr Warren Lockette, Division Chief, Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University Title: Cardiovascular Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang
	December 13, 2021 IS THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES December 14, 2021 IS A STUDY DAY December 15-21, 2021 FINAL EXAMS