BMI Weekly Newsletter  

December 4, 2023  

News: 

•BMI Faculty meeting is Thursday, December 7, 2023, 11:30am, 7364 Scott Hall. Agenda and Zoom link  to follow.  

•BMI Holiday Party is Friday, December 8, 2023, 12-4pm, in room 7370 Scott Hall.  

Events:  

•Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) Presentation: Monday, December 4, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268 Scott Hall  
Presented by: BMB PhD Grad Student, Eid Alshammari 
Title: “Structural Basis and Mechanism of Regulation of USP10” 
Mentor: Dr. Zhe Yang  

•No IFG Seminar scheduled for this week.  

•Coffee with SOM Faculty and Dean Wael Sakr: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 3:00pm – 4:30pm, 1325  Scott Hall. 

•Next The last scheduled Fall 2023 BMI Seminar: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall 
Speaker: Marta Gaglia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for  Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: “Hijacking the Host: Viral Mechanisms to Control Gene Expression and Anti-viral Responses” 
Host: IM PhD student, Taylor Vensko gq1369@wayne.edu     

Zoom link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94300010198?pwd=VDJKOFgzUE1wRWcyY1hmN1lqMlFnUT09  

Meeting ID: 943 0001 0198  
Passcode: 156698 

For all in-person seminars, students need to attend in-person, and for zoom seminars, students need to  attend via zoom, in order for attendance to be counted. 

There will be a student/speaker lunch in room 7370 after the seminar. 

Upcoming Events: 

•Next Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) Presentation: Monday, December 11, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268 Scott Hall  
Presented by: IM PhD Grad Student, Bhavita Bhaya 
Title: “TBA” 
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey  

•Next IFG Seminar: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 starts our Winter 2024 Seminar Schedule. 

•Next Winter 2024 BMI Seminar starts: Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 3:00pm < NOTE the TIME Change! 

Speaker: Dr. Maureen O’Malley, Sydney, Australia https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/philosophy/philosophy-science/philosophy-microbiology  

Title: “TBA” 
Host: Dr. Matthew Jackson mpjacks@med.wayne.edu  

Zoom link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94300010198?pwd=VDJKOFgzUE1wRWcyY1hmN1lqMlFnUT09  

Meeting ID: 943 0001 0198  
Passcode: 156698 

For all in-person seminars, students need to attend in-person, and for zoom seminars, students need to  attend via zoom, in order for attendance to be counted. 

Campus News:

•Campus Health Center: CHC ; Holiday Schedule, Feedback wanted, and Flu & Covid 19 vaccines CHC Update    

•Office of President: Campus Resources Link for Student, Faculty and Staff Campus Resource Link