BMI Weekly News
BMI Weekly News
January 28, 2019
News
â- Dr. Jeffrey Withey was an invited speaker and session chair at the 106th Indian Science Congress, held at Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, India. The ISC is the largest and oldest scientific conference in India, with over 20,000 attendees. The conference was opened with a speech from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasizing the importance of science for the future of India and the world. See attached pictures of event.
Departmental Events
â- Special BMI Seminar: Speaker, Taruna Madan, M. Pharm, Ph.D., Scientist F and Head of Innate Immunity, ICMR-NIRRH, Mumbai, India. Title: "Anti-Cancer role of surfactant protein D." Monday, January 28, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm, 301/302 Mazurek. Hosted by: Harley Y. Tse, Ph.D. htse@wayne.edu
â- BMI Seminar: Speaker, Dr. Neal Hammer, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University College of Nature Science. Title:"Investigating Staphylococcus aureus metabolic versatility reveals unexpected links to cell surface physiology and nutritional requirements for pathogenesis." Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine. Host: Dr. Jeffrey Withey jwithey@med.wayne.edu
â- Journal Club/RDP: Masters Student, Emerson Perry, presents "Protein Lysine Methyltransferase SMYD2 Novel Allosteric Binding and Alternative Inhibition Strategies",January 30, 2019, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine. Mentor: Dr. Zhe Yang
Other Events Happening
â- The Graduate School will hold the 9th annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Symposium (https://gradschool.wayne.edu/graduate-postdoctoral-research-symposium),Tuesday March 5, 2019, at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center and the Community Arts Auditorium. This event is open to all current graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Abstracts should be submitted using the attached form to the graduate school as a PDF by January 30, 2019. Click on (gradschool@wayne.edu) to find this form and guidelines to submit your abstract.