BMI Weekly News
BMI Weekly News
October 29, 2018
News
â- Journal Club today October 29, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine. PhD student, Cameron Roberts, "Insight into the Structural Role of Transmembrane Domains 1 and 2 on Function in P1B-type ATPase ZntA". Mentor: Dr. Bharati Mitra
â- BMI Faculty meeting is on Thursday, November 1st, 11:30am-12:30pm, 7364 Scott Hall
Departmental Events:
â- BMI Seminar: Speaker, Alan Wolfe, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University, Chicago. Title: "Urine is Not Sterile: What's Next?" Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine, Wayne State University. Host: Dr. Kevin Theis
â- Next Journal Club November 5, 2018, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine. PhD student, Ashley Anderson, "Delineating the biological functions of conserved human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) tegument protein pUL103". Mentor: Dr. Phil Pellett
â- Immunology Focus Group: Speaker, Dr. Thomas A. Wynn, Vice President of Discovery Pfizer, "Title: Immune Drug Discoveries at Pfizer". November 6, 2018, 12:15-1:30 pm, Wertz Auditorium (Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 2nd Floor), 4100 John R., Detroit. Jointly hosted by: Dept. of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Dept. of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Immunology Focus Group.
â- Thomas Holland Retirement Reception & Symposium - Friday, November 30, 2018, in Mazurek 301-303. Reception 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Symposium 1:00-4:30 PM. The program will include some outstanding speakers.
Other Events Happening:
â- Henry Ford Distinguished Seminar: Speaker: Frederick Geissmann, M.D., Ph.D., William E. Snee Chair of Cancer Immunology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College. Title: "Genetic Diseases of Macrophages". Thursday, November 1, 2018, 12:00 PM (Lunch will be provided 11:45 a.m.) Henry Ford Hospital, E & R Building, Room E&R2071.
â- The 2018 Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (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 athttp://www.michmicroscopy.org./. They also have a Facebook Page, Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society.
BMI Departmental Courses
Week of October 29, 2018
â- BMB 7010 Biochemistry - Class Meets in Room 3125 Scott Hall, Tues and Thurs, 2:30-4:20 pm.
Tues Oct 30 Third Exam (lectures 20-30, 110 points)
Green Auditorium, 2:30-4:30 PM
Thurs (11/01)
Lecture 31: Chapter 21 - Glycogen Metabolism - Brusilow
Lecture 32: Chapter 22 - Fatty Acid Metabolism - 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 Oct 29 Initial Research Plan drafts are due: Adviser, committee, and research questions /
specific aims
Wed Oct 31 Exam Module 3-4 (tentative). SETS evaluations for modules 1-4 dues.
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 (10/29) Pellett Graphical representation of data
Tues (10/30) H. Salamnia Clinical Microbiology UHC 3rd Floor
Thurs (11/01) Mayernik Core facilities Declare Paper 2 topics