BMI Weekly News
BMI Weekly News
October 15, 2018
News
â- BMI Biochemist Faculty Position has been posted in the Science Careers October 12th Issue. https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/485956/assistant-or-associate-professor-of-biochemistry/?LinkSource=PremiumListing
â- Congratulations to our departmental faculty who are recipients of 2018 School of Medicine
Teaching Awards: Drs. Bharati Mitra, Harley Tse, Jeffrey Withey, Kevin Theis, Robert Akins, and Zhe Yang. Dr. Withey and retreat faculty member, Jeffrey Tseng (CMMG), received Research Awards.
â- The Withey lab has published two new papers recently:
♦ Nag, D., Mitchell, K.C., Breen, P., and *Withey, J.H. "Assessing V. cholerae colonization and
pathogenesis in the adult zebrafish model." Journal of Visualized Experiments, 137: doi: 10.3791/57767 (2018)
♦ Nag, D., Breen, P., Raychoudhuri, S., and *Withey, J.H. "Glucose metabolism by E. coli inhibits Vibrio
cholerae intestinal colonization of zebrafish." Infection and Immunity, DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00486-18 (2018)
â- Paul Breen, a PhD student in the Withey lab, presented a poster September 29th entitled "Internal vs.
External Pressures: the Effect of Housing Systems on the Zebrafish and Tank Water Microbiomes" at the 25th annual Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting in Iowa City, Iowa.
â- Next week's Journal Club is October 22, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine. PhD student,
Matthew Fountain, "Differential patterns of radiation-induced endothelial cell death: a possible mechanism for isoflavone-mediated radioprotection." Mentor: Dr. Gilda Hillman.
Departmental Events
â- BMI Seminar: Speaker, Xuequen Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Title:"Insulin biogenesis and beta cell protein/lipid homeostasis in health and diabetes" Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine, Wayne State University. Host: Dr. Yuan He yhe@med.wayne.edu http://physiology.med.wayne.edu/profile/ek2611
â- Chuan-Pu Lee Graduate Student Research Day (GSRPD), Thursday, October 18, 2018 Opening remarks: 8:45AM, Margherio Conference Center, Keynote speaker, Dr. David Ginsburg, M.D., Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Title: "Cargo Receptors in the ER: From Clotting Factors to Cholesterol Regulation", 4:15 PM, Green Lecture Hall. 4 of our BMIstudents, Steven Cvetkovski, Maggie Stangis, James Glassbrook and Kendall Muzzarelli will be giving an oral presentation. 14 BMI students will be presenting posters, which will happen in two sessions. Link for time schedule: http://gsrpd.med.wayne.edu/schedule See agenda/lists attached.
â- Dissertation Public Lecture Presentation for the degree of Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy: Tyler Peters Title: "Methionine Sulfoximine: A Novel Anti-Inflammatory Agent", October 26, 2018, 10:30-11:30 am, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine. Advisor: William Brusilow
â- "SAVE THIS DATE" Thomas Holland Retirement Symposium - Friday, November 30, 2018, in Mazurek 301-303, 8:00am-5:00pm. The program will include some outstanding speakers. The Agenda will be available soon.
Other Events Happening:
â- The 2018 Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (MMMS) is now accepting abstracts from
faculty, postdocs, staff and students. Students can be involved in a poster/platform competition with prize for the best biological or materials sciences presentation. Abstracts Deadline: October 21, Sunday and Registration Deadline: October 28, Sunday. Register athttp://www.michmicroscopy.org/registration.php to attend or http://www.michmicroscopy.org/paper.php to submit a paper to present. The 2018 MMMS meeting will be held at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant at the Bovee Conference Center on Thursday, November 1, 2018 from 8:30am-4:30pm. For complete information visit their website at http://www.michmicroscopy.org./. They also have a Facebook Page, Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society.
BMI Departmental Courses
Week of October 15, 2018
â- BMB 7010 Biochemistry - Class Meets in Room 3125 Scott Hall, Tues and Thurs, 2:30-4:20 pm.
Tues (10/16)
Lecture 23: Chapter 16 - Glycolysis - Evans
Lecture 24: Chapter 16 - Gluconeogenesis - Evans
Thurs (10/18)
Lecture 25: Chapter 17 - Citric Acid Cycle - Brusilow
Lecture 26: Chapter 17 - Citric Acid Cycle - Brusilow
â- BMB 7030: Core concepts and technologies in biochemistry and molecular biology - Class Meets in
Room 4370 Scott Hall, Mon and Wed, 10:30am-12:10pm
Mon (10/15) Module 4 (3): Biochemistry fundamental skills. - Dr. David Evans
Wed (10/17) Module 5 (3): UV and Fluorescence Spectroscopy. - Dr. Bharati Mitra