BMI Weekly Newsletter

January 29, 2024

News: Congratulations to our BMI Student GSRPD winners, Michael Muczynski (2^nd prize (Oral presentation) and to Isabella Cubillejo (Honorable mention). Thanks to all students and faculty who participated.

This Week’s Events:

• ZOOM BMI Seminar: Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
  Speaker: Brianna Bibel, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, St. Mary’s College of California
  Title: “Developing and Teaching a Biochemical Intuition”
  Hosted by: Michael Muczynski and the BMI Students Michael.muczynski2@med.wayne.edu

Zoom link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94300010198?pwd=VDJKOFgzUE1wRWcyY1hmN1lqMlFnUT09
Meeting: 943 0001 0198
Passcode: 1566988

For all in-person seminars, students need to attend in-person, and for zoom seminars, students need to attend via zoom, in order for attendance to be counted.

A speaker/student discussion will follow.

• Journal Club: Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:30 a.m., 3125 Scott Hall

Presented by: IM MS Student, Nouha Odeh
Title: “Hexokinase Dissociation from Mitochondria Promotes Oligomerization of VDAC that Facilitates NLRP3 Inflammasome Assembly and Activation”
Mentor: Dr. Yuan He

• BMI Faculty meeting: Thursday, February 1, 2024, 11:30am, 7364 Scott Hall.

Upcoming Events:

• Immunology Focus Group Lecture: Tuesday, February 6, 2024, !2:00 – 1:00 p.m., In-person Hudson Weber Auditorium, 4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201. A simple lunch will be provided.

Speaker: Kathleen M. Kokolus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Kokolus studies immunotherapy, with a focus on strategies to enhance response to immunotherapy in patients with advanced cancers. In particular, she is interested in the interplay between stress and the anti-tumor immune response and manipulating the tumor microenvironment to promote susceptibility to immune-based therapies. In addition, Dr. Kokolus works to encourage the next generation of cancer researchers by training junior researchers and teaching graduate students.

Title: “Chemokine Modulation as An Anti-PD-1 Sensitizing Strategy”
Host: Jennifer Jacob, Ph.D., Department of Oncology, Wayne State University
Sponsored by: The Office of Vice President for Research, Wayne State University, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Henry Ford Health System

• Journal Club: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 11:30 a.m., 3125 Scott Hall

Presented by: IM MS Student, Natalie Mcginnis
Title: “TBA”
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Theis

• February 28, 2024: Wayne State Graduate Research Symposium (GRS). Event details:  https://gradschool.wayne.edu/students/professional-development/research-symposium

Campus News:

• Campus Health Center: CHC
• Office of President: Campus Resources Link for Student, Faculty and Staff Campus Resource Link