BMI Weekly News

April 8, 2019

News

â- BMI Faculty Meeting is Thursday, April 11, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm, 7364 Scott Hall.

â- Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Withey for his promotion to Professor! Dr. Withey is internationally recognized for his research into the pathogenic mechanisms of Vibrio cholera, the causative agent of cholera, an internationally important disease. We also know Dr. Withey as an outstanding medical and graduate educator who contributes to our department in many ways. A party is in order - details to follow.

â- We also congratulate affiliated faculty members Dr. Yan Yuan (Jeffrey) Tseng for his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, and Dr. Li Zhou (Henry Ford Hospital) for her promotion to Adjunct Associate Professor.

â- BMI Team Heart walk:

â-¦ Competition is heating up! Students are narrowly beating the faculty 10% to 8% on completion to their goals in order to raise $1000 total in the department.

â-¦ We need several brave faculty volunteers for a fundraiser towards our goal.To be discussed at BMI faculty meeting.

â-¦ There will be a student fun night to raise money on one of the last Fridays in April that will include games, prizes, and pizza.

Departmental Events

â- 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 Post-docs, Dr. Andrew Wintersawinters@med.wayne.edu

â- Two Journal Club/RDP: 1. Masters Student, Alice Turner, presents Title: "Posttranslational Modifications of Cytochrome c". Mentor: Dr. Maik Huttermann and 2. Masters Student, Raniya Abdel Haq, presents Title: "Regulation of Intracellular Manganese Homeostasis by Kufor-Rakeb Syndrome-associated ATP132A2 Protein." Mentor: Dr. Bharati Mitra, on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 12:30-1:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine.

â- Dissertation Public Lecture Presentation for the Degree of M.S. Immunology & Microbiology: Master's Student, Brandon Kozlowski, presents"Candida albicans: Loss of Heterozygosity-An Adaptive Mechanism for resistance and virulence." April 11, 2019, 10:00 a.m., 4370 Scott Hall. Advisor: Dr. Robert Akins

â- Dissertation Public Lecture Presentation for the Degree of M.S. Immunology & Microbiology: Master's Student, Steven Cvetkovski presents "Single cell RNA sequencing reveals novel subpopulations and biomarkers of mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells." April 19, 2019, 2:00 p.m., 7364 Scott Hall. Advisor: Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi

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 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.