BMI Weekly Newsletter  

February 27, 2023 

News: 

The 2023 MI-ASM Annual Meeting Registration* is now open at mi-asm.org/currentmeetingindex.html. 

• The meeting will be held from 8am to 4:30pm on April 1 at the Oakland Center, Oakland University, Rochester, MI. 
• Their plenary speaker this year is Mecky Pohlschroder, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania). 
• The registration deadline for all attendees is March 22. Students and postdocs are encouraged to submit their oral presentation abstracts by March 16, or poster abstracts by March 22. 

*The department will reimburse for the registration fee ($75 for faculty, $15 for everyone else).

A Message of Interest from Dr. Robert Akins: You are Invited to a Career/Workforce Event - the Michigan BioTalent Strategy Exchange on March 21st.

• This virtual event is meant to gather life sciences/bio-industry companies, educators, workforce development partners, curriculum developers, STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) retraining experts, job seekers and other stakeholders, together to discuss the challenges surrounding workforce sustainability and talent scarcity in life sciences careers. The first part of the event will be educational sessions focused on exploring hiring strategies used by companies, curriculum development processes, public private partnerships, non-technical skills required for life sciences employment, and the career paths available at different degree levels – from high diploma to PhD. The afternoon is then structured as a series of roundtables where targeted discussions, Q&A, and other types of engagement can begin to identify areas for partnerships, new programs, etc. Throughout, industry organizations will give short presentations from their virtual booths about their specific hiring needs and philosophies, open positions and more.  

It is important to have as many different voices in the conversations as possible to explore all avenues for addressing the talent challenges in the life sciences and how best to prepare the next generation of the workforce.   

Wayne State is a member. To make it easy for our member academic contacts to register at the discounted price, we created coupon code ACAMEMBER-BT2023 that will take $30 off.  

Students are free with this code, faculty $30.  

Events This Week:  

BMI Seminar:  February 28^th seminar has been postponed until the Fall term. 

Journal Club: Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 11:30am, Room 3125 

• Presented by:  First year BMB Ph.D. student, Savni Sawant 
• Title: “Associations between Semen Parameters and Sperm Epigenetic Age to Predict Reproductive Outcomes” 

Dissertation Public Lecture Presentation For the degree of Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy: In-Person, Friday, March 3, 2023, 1:00 PM, Margherio Family Conference Center Mazurek Education Commons 

• Presenter: IM Ph.D. student, Madison Walton 
• Title: “Identifying critical genetic factors in pandemic Vibrio cholerae colonization of the zebrafish natural host” 
• Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey 
• Alternate viewing option: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/91461767419?pwd=OFNaa2wxb1FFRmp3d2JQV2N6SWRodz09  
  • Meeting ID: 914 6176 7419  
  • Passcode: 812280 

Upcoming Events: 

Next Journal Club: Two Presentations on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 11:30am, 3125 Scott Hall 

• First Presentation: BMB MS student, Vignesh Morappur Pasupathi  
  • Title: “Characterization of Cytochrome C Tyrosine 97 Phophorylation” 
  • Mentor: Dr. Maik Hüttemann 
• Second Presentation: IM MS Student, Vaishnavi Akula 
  • Title: TBA 
  • Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey 

Dissertation Public Lecture Presentation For the degree of Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy: In-Person only, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 2:00 PM, Room 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine 

• Presenter: IM Ph.D. student, Nathan Kelley 
• Title: “Characterization of the Novel NLRP10 Inflammasome” 
• Advisor: Dr Yuan He 

Next BMI Seminar is scheduled for March 21, 2023, via Zoom   

• Speaker: Dr. Ariel Fernandez Stigliano http://www.profarielfernandez.com/home.html,  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ariel-Fernandez-3  
• Title: TBA 
• Hosted by: Dr. Domenico Gatti dgatti@med.wayne.edu 
• Zoom link: TBA 

Return to Campus:     

Recent Updates for Campus Conditions and Requirements as of February 27, 2023: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus 

Campus Daily Screener link: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/  

From Office of President Wilson: Resources with contact numbers to support, guide and assist you while on campus.  https://i.wayne.edu/view/61d756b21bf13?utm_source=lnk&utm_medium-email61d75621bf13&utm_campaign=Welcome+to+a+new+semester&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web and additional resources https://wayne.edu/safety