BMI Weekly News - March 23, 2026

March 23, 2026

BMI Weekly Newsletter

March 23, 2026

This Week’s Events

BMI Winter 2026 Seminar: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall, School

Speaker: Dustin Zhi Zeng, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director, Pacific Horizon Medical Center, Director, Royal Medical Institute of Reverse Aging

Title: “Clinical Rejuvenation: Mechanisms and Translational Strategies for Reversing Human Biological Aging”

Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu

A student/speaker lunch will follow in room 7370.

BMI Winter 2026 Journal Club: Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 11:30am, 3125 Scott Hall

Presented by: First Year Ph.D. Student, Shalini Suman

Title: “Overexpression of TSG101 in the Mouse Mammary Gland Induces Adenosquamous Carcinoma Through Activation of Oncogenic Signaling Pathways”

Michigan Branch ASM (MI-ASM) 2026 Annual Meeting is Saturday, March 28, 2026, 8:00am – 5:00pm, University of Michigan – Flint, 1 Riverfront Plaza, Flint, MI 48502.

Keynote Lecturer: Anne W. Thompson, PhD, Distinguished Lecturer, Portland State University https://asm.org/biographies/anne-w-thompson,-ph-d

Title: “The Invisible Forest: Life and Death of the Earth’s Most Numerous Photosynthetic Cells”.

For registration, click on https://mi-asm.org/currentmeetingindex. There will be no registration available on-site.

Upcoming Events

BMI Winter 2026 Seminar: Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall

Speaker: Hasan Zaki, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical School https://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/143333/hasan-zaki.hmtl

Title: “Innate Immune Sensors at the Crossroads of Immunity and Cancer.”

Host: Dr. Yuan He yhe@med.wayne.edu

BMI Winter 2026 Journal Club: Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 11:30am, 3125 Scott Hall

Presented by: First Year Ph.D. Student, Felisha Dwomoh

Title: “Discovery of Small-Molecule Inhibitors Against Norovirus 3CLpro Using Structure-Based Virtual Screening and FlipGFP Assay.”

BMI Winter 2026 Seminar: Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall

Speaker Dr. Neena Grover, Professor, RNA Biochemist, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Colorado College

Title: “TBA”

Host: Thamarahansi Mugunamalwaththa Hansi@wayne.edu and BMB Students

Campus News

Campus Health Center: Be well, Warriors: Tips for a safe and healthy spring break