BMI Weekly News

BMI Weekly News

February 25, 2019

News

â- This week's biochemistry faculty candidate, Pascale G. Charest, Ph.D.

https://www.thecharestlab.org, will be visiting February 27, 28-Mar. 1, 2019. The candidate seminar will be held on Thursday at 1-2:00pm in Room 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine (see attachment for full details). If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Charest, contact Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu.

â- BMI faculty meeting is Thursday, March 14, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm, 7364 Scott Hall.

â- Attention PI's, the SURE application deadline is March 15, 2019. If you know someone that would be interested in applying, please pass along to them the attached documents.

â- BMI Student, Cameron Roberts, will be leading the fundraiser for this year's American Heart Association's 2019 Metro Detroit Heart and Stroke Walk/Run on Saturday, May 18, 2019, 8am-12noon. Help us reach our goal $1500 by joining the Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology team and/or to make a donation click on link http://www2.heart.org/goto/BMI. Donations can also be made with cash or check which you can dropped off at the BMI office (7374 Scott Hall) to either April or Mary.

Departmental Events

â- BMI Seminar, Speaker, Ding Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Oncology, Director, Clinical Trial Center and Phase 1 Clinical Trial Office Henry Ford Hospital. Title: "Translations from Benchtop Science to Bedside Medicine in Anti-Cancer Drug Development", Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 11:30 am, Room 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine. Hosted by: Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu

â- Journal Club/RDP: Two Public Student Presentations, February 27, 2019, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine.

• Masters student, Tetyana Bukavyn, presents "Discovering and development of novel Chikungunya virus protease inhibitors". Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari

And

• Masters student, Maggie Stangis, presents "The Effects of the Vaginal Microbiome on Infection with Human Papillomavirus". Mentor: Dr. Robert Akins

â- BMI Faculty Candidate Seminar: Speaker, Pascale G. Charest, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona. Title: "Understanding chemical attraction…of cells!" Thursday, February 28, 2019, 1-2:00pm, 2268 Scott Hall. Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu

â- Immunology Focus Group Lecture: Speaker, Dr. Pawel Kalinski, Rustum Family Professor for Molecular Therapeutics and Translational Research, Rosewell Park

Comprehensive Cancer Center. Title: "Dendritic Cells and Combinatorial Adjuvants in the Therapy of PD-1 Non-responsive Tumors". Thursday, February 28, 2019, 4:30pm, Wertz Auditorium (Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 2nd floor) 4100 John R., Detroit, MI 48201. Hosts: Wei-Zen Wei, PhD, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, and Department of Oncology, Wayne State University

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