BMI Weekly News - July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025
News
- Department Picnic update: On July 17th and 31st at 12pm, Shalini Suman, will be going around to the labs to collect cash donations if you would like to donate at this time.
- There is a new final exam schedule starting this fall that will limit the amount of exam days to four instead of five. It can be viewed on this website: https://wayne.edu/registrar/upcoming-exam-schedules#fall2025
This Week’s Events
- No events scheduled for this week.
Upcoming Events
- Dissertation Public Lecture Presentation for the degree of Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy: Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m., 2268 Scott Hall
Presented by: BMB PhD student, Eid Alshammari
Title: “Structural and Mechanistic Insights Into USP10 and USP7: Conformational Regulation and Inhibition Strategies”
Advisor: Dr. Zhe Yang
- IFG – Summer Mini-symposium, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 2nd Floor, Wertz Auditorium, 4100 John R. Road. Pizza Lunch at 11:45 a.m.
From Class to World-Class, A 30-Year Retrospective of Three WSU-KCI Alumni
▪ 11:00 a.m. Discussion with Trainees: “Charting Your Scientific Career in Academia and Industry” - Amy Wesa, PhD and Shari Pilon-Thomas, PhD
▪ 12:00 p.m. Welcome: Wei-Zen Wei, PhD, Distinguished Service Professor, Wayne State University
▪ 12:10 p.m. Lecture: “Adoptive Cell Therapy with Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes”
Shari Pilon-Thomas, PhD, Co-Director, Center for Immunization & Infection Research in Cancer Member, Moffitt Cancer Center
Wei Lab, PhD ’02, Graduate Program of Immunology and Microbiology
▪ 12:35 p.m. Lecture: “Biomarkers in Clinical Development of Immunomodulatory Cancer Therapeutics”
Amy Wesa, PhD, Vice President, Precision Medicine and Biomarkers, IO Biotech
Galy Lab, PhD ’02, Graduate Program of Cancer Biology
▪ 1:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: “Novel Approaches in Cell and Gene Therapy Targeting the Immune System”
Anne Galy, PharmD, PhD, Director, Accelerator of Technological Research in Gene Therapy, INSERM, France
Assistant and Associate Professor ’95 – ’01, Department of Immunology & Microbiology and Karmanos Cancer Institute
▪ 2:00 p.m.: Questions & Answers
IFG Summer Mini-symposium - July 2025 agenda: immunology.wayne.edu/email/em_250701w.html
Supported by: Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health, Wayne State University
BMI Department Picnic: Monday, August 18, 2025, on Belle Isle, Shelter 12, starting at 11:00 a.m. Feel free to bring a side dish to share. See attached flyer for the donation details.
- Thesis Defense Presentation Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 2:00 p.m., 2268 Scott Hall
Presented by: BMB MS Student, Peter Haworth
Title: "Computational Methods for de novo Design and Optimization of Inhibitors"
Advisor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari
Campus News
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