BMI Weekly News
BMI Weekly News
September 10, 2018
News
â- Congratulations to current and former members of the Pellett laboratory, William L. Close, Ashley N. Anderson, and Philip E. Pellett, who published a book chapter titled "Betaherpesvirus Virion Assembly and Egress in the book Human Herpesviruses", which is part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series volume 1045.
â- Starting tonight, Monday, September 10, the Scott Hall 7th Floor hallways will be getting waxed. Please remove anything you have in the hallway before leaving today. The process could take up to 3 weeks to complete.
â- A disposal list is being put together of items in BMI department needed to be removed and discarded. Please contact Joe (jfiore@med.wayne.edu) if you have any items to add to this list.
Departmental Events
Upcoming:
â- BMI Seminar: Speaker, Andrew Berti, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Wayne State University. Title: "Rational Interventions to Improve Outcomes of Challenging Staphylococcal Infection." Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine, Wayne State University. Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu
â- ATTENTION ALL PHD, MD/PHD, AND MASTER'S STUDENTS:
This is a reminder that abstract submission for Wayne State University's C.P. Lee Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day (GSRPD) IS OPEN. To submit an abstract, head to the GSRPD webpage, gsrpd.med.wayne.edu, click on the tab "Abstract Submission", and click the link at the top of the page. Submission for poster presentations will end on September 14. It is important to note that abstract submission will be capped at 115 total submissions (15 oral and 100 poster).
â- "Save the Date" for the BMI Departmental Retreat - Friday, September 28, 2018, 9:00a.m.-3:30p.m in Mazurek, Rooms 306, 307, 308. Committee members: Students, Madison Peterson & Cameron Roberts and Faculty, Drs. Eric Sebzda & Ladislau Kovari. Agenda details in process.
â- Orten Lecture - Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 12:30pm, Margherio Conference Center, Speaker, Dr. Bruce Beutler, Professor, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center. Lecture schedule will be sent out closer to the date.
â- Thomas Holland Retirement Symposium - Friday, November 30, 2018, in Mazurek 301-304, 8:00am-5:00pm. The program will include some outstanding speakers. Agenda to follow closer to the date.
Other Event Happening:
â- "Mark the Date": Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS) is organizing the 5th Annual Vision Research Workshopon October 10th, 2018 (Wednesday). It's a one-day event hosted at the Kresge Eye Institute with the goal to highlight the research accomplishments of OVAS trainees (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, residents, and clinical fellows).
MIB Departmental Courses
Week of September 10, 2018
â- BMB 7010 Biochemistry - Class Meets in Room 3125 Scott Hall, Tues and Thurs, 2:30-4:20 pm.
Tues (9/11)
Lecture 7: Chapter 4 - RNA, DNA & genetic information - Edwards
Lecture 8: Chapter 5 - Exploring Genes - Edwards
Thurs (9/13)
Lecture 9: Chapter 6 - Evolution & Bioinformatics - Edwards
Lecture 10: Chapter 7 - Hemoglobin - Edwards
â- BMB 7030: Core concepts and technologies in biochemistry and molecular biology, Monday and Wednesday, 1:30am-12:10pm, 4370 Scott Hall.
Thurs (9/13) Module 2 (4). Bioinformatics tools and potential - Wang
â- IM 7040: Fundamentals of Research Fall 2018 V1 Classes meet 2-3 times/week either in room 7364 or 4364 Scott Hall (check schedule). Sessions will run from 1:30-2:20pm.
Director: Dr. Raghavendar Thipparthi, 7213 Scott Hall, 313-577-1310, trreddy@med.wayne.edu
Mon (9/10) Thipparthi Course overview - 7364 Scott Hall
Tues (9/11) Thipparthi Experimental design - 4364 Scott Hall
Thurs (9/13) Withey Evaluating literature - 7374 Scott Hall