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BMI Weekly News- December 5, 2022

BMI Weekly Newsletter  

December 5, 2022 

News: 

  • The BMI Department Holiday Event is Friday, December 9th, 11:30am-3:00pm, 7th floor of Scott Hall, Room 7370.  See following message from the BMI Social Committee. 

    BMI faculty and students, 

    Your BMI Social Committee is happy to announce that the BMI Winter Holiday Party is right around the corner! We have lots of fun and good food planned to be shared with everyone, however, we are still in need of donations. Please forward electronic donations to @emzi123 via PayPal or cash donations to Emiley, Nouran, or Olivia before Friday, Dec. 9th. Catering is expensive and we need all the help we can get! The event will begin at 11:30am and run until 3:00pm. Food will be available by 12:00 noon. 

    The main entrees from Shield’s Pizzeria will include signature pizzas, herb chicken, roasted redskins, fettuccini alfredo, veggies, and a garden salad. If you are interested in bringing a side dish to share, please do so. 

    We will have a hot chocolate bar set up (current available toppings are miniature marshmallows and candy canes) to pair well with a cinnamon cranberry punch. 

    There will be a white elephant gift exchange, as well as an ugly sweater contest (custom prizes for the winners). 

    We will have some holiday music playing to keep the spirit alive, board games (bring your own and share the fun), and ornaments to decorate (to hang on our tree or take home as souvenirs). We look greatly look forward to the fun and hope you as well. 

    Cheers, 
    BMI Social Committee 
    Emiley, Nouran, & Olivia 
     
  • Dr. Ladislau Kovari will be presenting their research this week, Tuesday, December 6, at the HIV and Respi DART 2022 Conference in Los Cabos, Mexico. The title of his oral presentation is “Pre-clinical development of a broad-spectrum antiviral agent against SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease”. In addition to being an invited speaker, he serves on the scientific committee and will also co-chair an Industry Session: Therapeutics against respiratory viruses: Clinical advances and industry perspective. Here is a link to the conference website: Scientific Program — Informed Horizons Education Inc. Note: Minor changes to the program are still occurring as the participants update the organizers about the latest development. 

Events this Week:  

  • Journal Club: Monday, December 5, 2022, is CANCELLED TODAY
     
  • Immunology Focus Group Seminar: Tues, December 6, 2022, 12:00-1:15pm via Zoom*
    • Speaker: Alan Tackett, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas Medical Services 
    • Title: “Leveraging the NIGMS IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics for Your Cancer Immunology Research: Service, Outreach and Education” 
      • Dr. Tackett will introduce the relatively new NIGMS R24 National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. The fundamental mission of this National Resource is to provide NIH-funded investigators unmatched access to state-of-the-art quantitative proteomics platforms and skilled bioinformaticians to increase cutting-edge research. During the presentation, I will provide examples of how we have enabled research relevant to the field of Cancer Immunology. 
    • Hosted by: Wei-Zen Wei, PhD, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University 
    • Sponsored by: The Office of Vice President for Research, Wayne State University, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System 
    • Zoom link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/99143495173?pwd=ekhlYkZodEN3bUdsVGt2NURlUVZGZz09  
      • Meeting ID: 991 4349 5173 
      • Passcode: 568413 
    • There will not be a meeting between the speaker and students after the seminar. 
  • In-Person BMI/MOTT Center Seminar: Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 3:00pm, Margherio Family Conference Center 
    • Speaker: Marta Rodriguez-Garcia, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, Tufts  University School of Medicine 
    • Title: “Understanding HIV infection in the Female Genital Tract” 
    • Hosted by: Dept. of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology and CS MOTT Center for Human Growth & Development 

Upcoming Events:

  • Journal Club: Monday, December 12, 2022, 12:30pm, Scott Hall, Room 2268 
    • Presented by: IM PhD student, Bhavita Bhaya 
    • Title: “The Vibrio Cholerae Seventh Pandemic Islands act in tandem to defend against a circulating phage” 
    • Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey 
  • ZOOM BMI Seminar: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 11:30am  
    • Speaker: Ariel Fernandez, PhD,  
    • Title: “TBA” 
    • Hosted by: Dr. Domenico Gatti 
    • Zoom link: TBA 

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