BMI Weekly News - January 22, 2024

January 22, 2024

BMI Weekly Newsletter

January 21, 2025

News:

From Wayne State University Police: WSU Alert: Due to dangerously low temperatures, Wayne State University will transition to remote operations on Tuesday, January 21 and Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Reminder from BMB PhD Student, Thamarahansi Mugunamalwaththa

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER!

Graduate Student Research Presentation Day 2025 is Monday, January 27th!

Enjoy a variety of presentations from STEM graduate students as well as keynote speaker Dr. Samar Hattar.

Full event schedule and registration are available here. https://gsrpd9.wixsite.com/gsrpd

This Week’s Events:

Please note that today's seminar will now be presented via Zoom.

BMI Seminar: Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 11:30a.m., via Zoom

Speaker: Alyson Sujkowski, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Title: “Using Drosophila Exercise to Bridge the Health Span-lifespan Gap”
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.eu

Zoom link: https://wayneedu.zoom.us/j/95097573932?pwd=jmFAk4SD7aCFshbaDItfmUdIw8QfB2.1
Meeting ID: 950 9757 3932
Passcode: 382887

There will be no luncheon after the seminar today.

Due to weather conditions, Journal Club for Wednesday, January 22, 2025, will be rescheduled to Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

Upcoming Events:

The 28th Annual Chuan-Pu Lee Endowed Graduate Student Research Day: Monday, January 27, 2025, 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Mazurek Medical Education Commons, Margherio Family Conference Center, 320 E Canfield St, Detroit, MI 48201. To register and more information on this event can be found here: https://gsrpd9.wixsite.com/gsrpd See attached flyer.
BMI Seminar: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 11:30a.m., Room 2268 Scott Hall

Speaker: Ryan Insolera, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Title: “Investigation of In Vivo Neuronal Mitophagy”

Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu

Journal Club: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 11:30a.m., Room 3125 Scott Hall

Two presentations:

1st Presented by: IMM MS student, Natalie McGinnis

Title: “Sneathia: An Emerging Pathogen in the Female Reproductive Tract”

Mentor: Dr. Kevin Theis

2nd Presented by: IMM MS student, Himani Karunathilake

Title: TBA

Mentor: Dr. Kevin Theis

IFG Midwest Immunology Conference: The annual meeting of the Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium (TRCCC) will be held February 19-21, 2025, Seven Springs Mountain Resort Champion, Seven Springs, PA. Host: Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, Director. Organizers: Wei-Zen Wei, PhD and Heather Gibson, PhD. The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. See the attached flyers for updates and event details.

Campus News:

Campus Health Center: https://health.wayne.edu/
Office of President: Campus Resources link for Students, Faculty and Staff, Campus Resource Link

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