The Withey lab attended the first Midwest Vibrio Summit at the University of Indiana in Bloomington May 18-20. Postdoc Dhrubajyoti Nag gave a talk entitled, "Effect of glucose metabolism byproducts of Escherichia coli on Vibrio chloerae colonization in zebrafisth." Ph.D. student, Paul Breen, presented a poster entitled, "Internal vs. External Pressures: the Effect of Housing Systems on the Zebrafish and Tank Water Microbiomes."
Matthew Fountain would like to remind all students that there is a BMI graduate student meeting on Thursday, May 31, from 12-1:00 pm in room 7364. There will be voting to fill leadership positions and discussions about the summer term and upcoming academic year. Pizza will be provided.
Dr. Kezhong Zhang (BMI Retreat Faculty) and colleagues in his laboratory in the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics discovered a novel microRNA degradation pathway in liver that connects to lipid metabolism and is involved in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The work was published in Science Signaling.
Events
Nicholas Spellmon, Ph.D. Candidate, will present his defense, "Alternative Stategies to Inhibit Lysine Methyltransferases and Deubiquitinases in Human Cancers" on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 10:00 am in room 3125.
The next Faculty Meeting has been moved to Thursday, June 14, at 11:30 am.
The BMI Picnic will be held on June 21 at 1:00 pm at Belle Isle Park, Shed #14. The office is accepting donations, $20 faculty, $5 non-faculty. It is BYOB and you are encouraged to bring a dish to share.
Immunology Focus Group Seminar: Speaker, Dr. Michael Nishimura, Professor and Co-Director, Oncology Institute Director, Immunologic Therapeutics Program, Loyola University. Title: "Antigen Recognition by T-cell Receptor-Transduced T-Cells". Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 12-1:30pm, Wertz Auditorium, (Hudson Webber Cancer Research center, 2nd floor). Lunch for lecture audience: 12:00pm. Lecture: 12:15-1:30pm. Lunch for the speaker and students: 1:30pm (Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 7th floor). Host: Wei-Zen Wei
The date for the BMI Departmental Canvas Training Session is on Wednesday, June 6, 11:00am-1:00pm in room 7364 Scott Hall. April will be sending out more details closer to the date.