BMI Weekly News
BMI Weekly News
February 4, 2019
News
â- Four biochemistry faculty candidates have been invited for visits this month.
• February 6-8, Dr. Changwei Liu http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/biochemistry/Faculty/PrimaryFaculty/Pages/Liu.aspx
• February 13-15, Dr. Grant Schauer (http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/K99-GM126143-01A1),
• February 20-22, Dr. Christopher Colbert https://www.ndsu.edu/chemistry/people/faculty/colbertc.html),
• February 27-March 1, Dr. Emily Weinert (https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/weinert/).
Visits will run from Wednesday afternoon to Friday afternoon. Candidate seminars will be held on Thursday of each week, at 1:00pm in Room 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine. If you are interested in meeting with a candidate(s), contact Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu.
â- Student News Items from April:
- If you are planning on graduating this Winter Term, you must fill out a degree application via Academica. This semester's due date is Friday, February 8. https://wayne.edu/commencement/apply-for-graduation/
- Priority registration for the Spring/Summer term begins Monday, February 5 and ends on Sunday, May 5. You must register during this time to avoid any late registration fees. However, you may get a late payment fee, if your balance isn't paid during a certain time frame. Please see the link to eBill posting to decide when it's best for you to register. https://wayne.edu/bursar/ebill/ebill-schedule/
â- February BMI faculty meeting has been moved to Tuesday February 19, 11:30-12:30pm, 7364 Scott Hall.
Departmental Events
â- Immunology Focus Group Seminar: Speaker, Dr. C. Garrison (Garry) Fathman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford Univ. School of
Medicine. Title: "A novel approach to rejuvenate endogenous Treg function in the treatment of autoimmune diseases." Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 11:30am-12:25pm, Wertz Auditorium (Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 2nd floor) 4100 John R., Detroit. Host: Dr. Harley Tsehtse@wayne.edu
â- Journal Club/RDP: Masters student, Maggie Stangis, presents "The Effects of the Vaginal Microbiome on Infection with Human Papillomavirus", February 6, 2019, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine. Mentor: Dr. Robert Akins
â- BMI Faculty Candidate Seminar: Speaker, Dr. Changwei Liu, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver. Title:
"Investigating functions of deubiquitinases USP9X and USP35." On Thursday, February 7, 2019, 1-2:00pm, 2268 Scott Hall. Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra