BMI Weekly News

January 27, 2020

News

• Congratulations to a member of the BMI adjunct faculty for a recent accomplishment:
  • Dr. Andrew Berti (School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) and lab post-doc, Somrita Dey on a second PubMed publication. “Reduced Production of Bacterial Membrane Vesicles Predicts Mortality in ST45/USA600 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31861446 

• Congratulations to the Theis Lab on two publications:
  • The Theis Lab (Kevin, Andrew, Jonathan & Madison) and Kuhn Lab (Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Department) had a paper titled “Synthetic psychoactive cathinones and amphetamine stimulants differentially alter the gut microbiome in mice” accepted for publication in PLoS One. This is the first publication from several ongoing collaborations between these two labs.
  • The Theis Lab (Kevin, Andrew) and Holekamp Lab (Michigan State University) published a paper titled “Body-site specific microbiota reflect sex and age class among wild spotted hyenas” in FEMS Microbiology Ecology (DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa007). Connie Rojas, the first author on the paper, completed this research while visiting the Theis Lab over two summers. Several other papers from her research visit are in preparation.
• Congratulations to BMI Ph.D. Student, Andrew Kulek and Mentor Dr. Karin Przyklenk on Andrew’s first authored, invited review paper, published in Cells. Link to paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/1/214
• Please join Dr. Yuan He, one of the ten Junior Scientists Speakers at the Mucosal Immunology Symposium, Local Chapter 2020 - Michigan at the University of Michigan on March 6, 2020, 9am-6pm, Palmer Commons, Forum & Great Lakes room. The Keynote Speaker is Nicholas W. Lukacs, PhD, University of Michigan.  Free on-line registration: https://mucosal-immunology-2020-umich.eventbrite.com. Trainees are encouraged to submit an abstract and to attend.  Abstract submission available until Feb 11^th at mucosal-immunol@umich.edu

 

Departmental Events

• BMI Seminar: Speaker, Joongkyu Park, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Title: “Molecular Mechanisms of Fear Learning in Mice and beyond…”.  Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine.  Hosted by: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu 
• Journal Club/RDP: Two Public Student Presentations, January 29, 2020,11:30am-12:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine.
  • Masters student, Vanessa Kamdoum, presents "Studies of the Norovirus Protease as a Target for Viral Therapeutic.".  Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari 
  • Masters student, Abdullah Al-Homoudi, presents “Generation of Neural Stem Cells (NSCs) from Fibroblast using QQ-NeuroD1 & QQ-Sox2 Proteins.”  Mentor: Dr. Jianjun Wang
• Next Seminar - Immunology Focus Group: Speaker, Cheryl Rockwell, Ph.D., Acting Director, Applied Immunology Center for Education and Research, Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University. Title: “The Role of the Stress-activated Transcription Factor Nrf2 in T Cell Function”.  Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 12:00-1:15 pm, Lunch served at 12:00 pm., Wertz Auditorium, 4100 John R. Street, Detroit, MI 48201.  Hosted by: Wei-Zen Wei, Ph.D., Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University.  Visit at: http://immunology.wayne.edu/
• Next Journal Club/RDP:  Two Public Student Presentations, February 5, 2020,11:30am-12:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine.

▪ Masters student, Kaitlyn Gordon, presents "TBA".  Mentor: Dr. Eric Sebzda

▪ Masters student, Jennifer Reish, presents “TBA”.  Mentor: Dr. Andrew Berti