BMI Weekly News - April 21, 2025
April 21, 2025
This Week’s Event:
- BMI Seminar: Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 11:30 a.m., 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Chris Waters, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Michigan State University
Title: “The Yin and Yang of Bacteria and Their Phage”
Host: Kevin Theis ktheis@med.wayne.edu
Student/Speaker lunch following seminar in room 7370 Scott Hall.
- Thesis Defense Presentation Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Thursday, April 24, 2025, 1:00 p.m., 3125 Scott Hall
Presented by: BMB MS Student, Lauren Pavelich
Title: “Regulation of Respiratory Supercomplexes Through Inhibitory Cytochrome c Oxidase Y304 Phosphorylation Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetic Heart”
Advisor: Dr. Maik Hüttemann
- Thesis Defense Presentation Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Friday, April 25, 2025, 11:30 a.m., 2268 Scott Hall
Presented by: BMB MS Student, Alan Carbajo
Title: “Sequence Based Virus Prediction: A Curated Dataset and Generalizable Framework for Training Artificial Intelligence to Identify Viruses of Humans”
Advisor: Dr. Philip Pellett
Upcoming Events:
- Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 11:30 a.m., 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Matthew Mulvey, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Cell and Genome Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah.
Title: “Delineation of Disease-Driving Factors in Patients with Invasive E. coli Infections.”
Hosted by: Pelumi Oladipo hl8030@wayne.edu and BMI Students
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Thesis Defense Presentation Master of Science in Immunology and Microbiology: Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 11:30 a.m., 3125 Scott Hall
Presented by: BMB MS Student, Natalie Mcginnis
Title: “Metabolic and Ecological Complexities of Sneathia: A Fastidious Emerging Pathogen in the Female Reproductive Tract”
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Theis
Campus News:
- Campus Health Center: Campus Health Center - Wayne State University
- Office of President: Campus Resources link for Students, Faculty and Staff, Campus Resource Link