BMI Weekly News - February 9, 2026

February 9, 2026

February 9, 2026

This Week’s Events

BMI Winter 2026 Seminar: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall

Speaker: Mikehl Hafner, Ph.D., Forensic Scientist, Michigan State Police, Metropolitan

Detroit Forensic Crime Laboratory

Title: "From Academia to the Forensic Laboratory: The Journey of a Research Scientist"

Host: Dr. Ladislau Kovari kovari@med.wayne.edu

BMI Winter 2026 Journal Club: Two Student Presentations, Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11:30 a.m., 3125 Scott Hall

First Presentation by: BMB MS Student, Mackenzie Harwood

Title: “Response of Vaginal Epithelial Cells to Disparate Microbiota”

Advisor: Dr. Kevin Theis

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Second Presentation by: BMB MS Student, Jineesha Shah

Title: “TBA”

Advisor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari

Upcoming Events

The Chuan-Pu Lee Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day (GSRPD) 2026 will be held in person on Monday, February 16, 2026, 8:00am-5:30pm at the School of Medicine, in the Scott Hall Cafe/Margherio Conference Center. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Steve Angus, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Chuan-Pu Lee, Ph.D., Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day - Main Events Calendar - Wayne State University
BMI Winter 2026 Seminar: Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall

Speaker: Y. Mindy Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and

Astronomy, Wayne State University

Title: “Explore the Dynamics of Biomolecules through the Lens of Computational

Microscope”

Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@wayne.edu

BMI Winter 2026 Journal Club: Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 11:30 a.m., 3125 Scott Hall

Presented by: IM PhD Student, Yujing Hao

Title: “TBA”

Advisor: Dr. Khang Chen

Campus News

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