BMI Weekly News

BMI Weekly News

November 12, 2018

News

â- RDP/Journal Club today November 12, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine. PhD

student, Jonathan Greenberg, Title: "The urine microbiota: a potential target in perinatal medicine." Mentor: Dr. Kevin Theis

â- BMI Winter Gathering is Friday, December 7, 2018, 11:00am-3:00pm, 7370 Scott Hall. There is a

sign-up sheet on main office door for dish to share (appetizer, dessert or beverage). Donations: $20 Faculty, $7 Students & Staff. Donations can be given to Alexander Ochocki.

Departmental Events

â- BMI Seminar: Speaker, Felicia Goodrum Sterling, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The University of Arizona Cancer Center. Title:"Cytomegalovirus control of trafficking and signaling." Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine, Wayne State University. Host: Dr. Phil Pellett

â- IFG Special Seminar, Speaker, Dr. Mark Ansel, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Director, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, UCSF, Wed, November 14, 2018, 12-1:00pm, Lunch will be served at 11:45am, Room 7370/7364 Scott Hall. Title:"RNA regulation in the Immune System". Hosted by: Qing-Zheng Mi, M.D./Ph.D., Center for Cutaneous Biology and Immunology, Henry Ford Health System, and Dept. of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, WSU.

â- Next RDP/Journal Club: November 26, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott hall School of Medicine. PhD

student, Nathan Kelley "TBA". Mentor: Dr. Yuan He

â- Thomas Holland Retirement Symposium - Friday, November 30, 2018, in Mazurek Education Commons, 320 E Canfield Ave., Rooms 301-303, Detroit, MI 48201. Reception 11:00am-1:00pm and the symposium will be from 1:00pm-4:30pm. The program will include some outstanding speakers. Be sure to look at the announcement attached for the speaker profiles on the second page.

Other Events Happening:

â- Department of Otolaryngology Seminar, Speaker, Ladislau C. Kovari, Ph.D., Professor, Associate Department Chair, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Title: "A Case Study in drug Discovery and Development: Structure-based Design and Evaluation of Inhibitors against the Norovirus Protease", Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 11:00 am- 12:00 pm, Karmanos Cancer Institute - Wertz Auditorium.

â- Dr. Ladislau C. Kovari will chair the "Therapeutics and novel study models" session at the HIV DART

AND EMERGING VIRUSES 2018 event being held in Miami, Florida, November 27-29, 2018. https://www.virology-education.com/event/upcoming/hiv-dart-emerging-viruses-2018/ Kovari Abstract: HIV Dart and Emerging Viruses 2018: "Development of protease inhibitors against norovirus and other emerging viruses" (abstract attached).

BMI Departmental Courses

Week of November 12, 2018

â- BMB 7010 Biochemistry - Class Meets in Room 3125 Scott Hall, Tues and Thurs, 2:30-4:20 pm.

Tues (11/13)

Lecture 37: Chapter 24 - Biosynthesis of Amino Acids - Evans

Lecture 38: Chapter 26 - Biosynthesis of Lipids & Steroids - Evans

Thurs (11/15)

Lecture 39: Chapter 26 - Biosynthesis of Lipids & Steroids - Evans

Lecture 40: Chapter 25 - Biosynthesis of Nucleotides - Evans

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 (11/12) Module 6 (3): Membrane Biochemistry - Dr. Sharon Ackerman

Wed Nov 14 Study day

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 (11/12) Pellett Being your own boss - US Government - 7374 Scott Hall