BMI Weekly News - December 8, 2025
December 8, 2025
News
- Congratulations to BMI BMB MS Student, Himani Karunathilake, on successfully defending her Master of Science thesis “The Silent Influencers – Prevotella bivia and Prevotella disiens Impact on Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis”. Advisor: Dr. Kevin Theis
Upcoming Events
- Journal Club: Monday, December 8, 2025, 12:30pm, 2268 Scott Hall
Presented by: IM PhD Student, Bhavita Bhaya
Title: "From Infection to Long-Term Colonization: What Makes Vibrio cholerae Stick Around in the Zebrafish Gut?"
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Withey
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BMI Seminar: Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Dr. Christina Espinosa-Diez, Assistant Professor, Center Molecular Medicine & Genetics, and Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Title: “LncRNAs in Vascular Homeostasis & Stress Adaptation”
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@wayne.edu
- BMI Department Holiday Party: Friday, December 12, 2025, from 12:00-4:00 p.m., in room 7370 Scott Hall. Nkosingivile Sibandze hv3167@wayne.edu is still accepting donations.
Upcoming Events
- BMI Winter Seminar 2026 starts: Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Dr. Jianjun Wang, Professor, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Title: “TBA”
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@wayne.edu
- Dissertation Public Lecture Presentation For the degree of Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 10:00 AM, Room 135, C.S. Mott Center, 275 Hancock St, Detroit, 48201
Presented by: BMB Ph.D. Student, Savni Sawant
Title: “Characterizing Biomarkers of Male Fertility via Computational Analyses using Sperm DNA Methylation, Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, and Semen Parameters”
Advisor: Dr. J. Richard Pilsner
- GSRPD is scheduled for February 16, 2026. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Steve Angus, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Campus News
- Campus Health Center: Campus Health Center - Wayne State University
- Office of President: 2025-26 Campus health and safety resources