BMI Weekly News - February 24, 2025
BMI Weekly Newsletter
February 24, 2025
News:
- The March BMI Faculty meeting is being held on Wednesday, March 5, 10:30 a.m., 7364 Scott Hall.
This Week’s Events:
- BMI Seminar: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 11:30a.m., In-person, Room 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Julia van Kessel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington
Title: “Cutting off Communication: A Chemical Approach to Blocking Bacterial Pathogenesis”
Hosted by: Dr. Jeffrey Withey jwithey@med.wayne.edu
- Journal Club: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 11:30a.m., Room 3125 Scott Hall
Two Presentations:
First Presenter: BMB MS Student, Gurleen Sandhu
Title: “Defining Super-Enhancer Landscape in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Multiomic Profiling”
Mentor: Dr. B. Kidder
Second Presenter: IMM MS Student, Savannah Schick
Title: “Downregulation of Transcriptional Activity, Increased Inflammation, and Damage in the Placenta Following in utero Zika Virus Infection Is Associated With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes”
Mentor: Dr. Jiahui Ding
Upcoming Events:
- Next IFG Seminar: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 a.m., Room 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Zhen Xi, Ph.D., Li Ka Shing Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Co-Inventor of Histotripsy, Co-Founder, HistoSonics, Fellow of NAI, AIMBE, and IEEE
Title: “Non-invasive Histotripsy Cancer Treatment: The Road from Bench to Bedside”
Hosted by: Kang Chen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sponsored by: Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System.
- Next Journal Club: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 11:30a.m., Room 3125 Scott Hall
Presenter: IMM PhD Student, Zachary Pomicter
Title: TBA
Mentor: Dr. Marta Rodriguez-Garcia
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