BMI Weekly News
BMI Weekly News
April 1, 2019
News
â- Next BMI Faculty Meeting is Thursday, April 11, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm, 7364 Scott Hall.
Departmental Events
â- Immunology Focus Group Seminar: Speaker, Luc Teyton, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute. Title: "NKT cells: rare cells with general applications for vaccine development" Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 12:15-1:15pm, lunch served at 12pm, Wertz Auditorium, 2ndfloor, Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 4100 John R., Detroit. Hosted by: Qing-Sheng Mi, M.D. /Ph.D., Center for Cutaneous Biology and Immunology, Immunology Program, Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Departments of BMI and Oncology, WSU. Tel.: (313) 876-1017.
â- Two Journal Club/RDP: 1. Masters Student, Ali-RIda Beydoun, presents Title: "De Novo Discovery of Nonstandard Macrocyclic Peptides as Noncompetitive Inhibitors of the Zika Virus NS2B-NS3 Protease". Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari and 2. Masters Student, Vanessa Kamdoum, presents Title: "Structure-Guided Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Oxazolidinone-Based Inhibitors of Norovirus 3CL Protease." Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari, on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine.
â- Next BMI Seminar: Speaker, Dr. Victor DiRita, Rudolph Hugh Professor & Chair, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University. Title: "Physiological mechanisms that drive the fitness of the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni during chicken colonization". Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine. Hosted by: BMI Postdocs, Dr. Andrew Winters awinters@med.wayne.edu
â- American Heart Association's 2019 Metro Detroit Heart and Stroke Walk/Run on Saturday, May 18, 2019. If you would like to join the Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology team and/or make a donation click on linkhttp://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.