BMI Weekly Newsletter  

March 27, 2023 

News: 

Congratulations goes out to Jonathan Panzer in the Theis lab on his first first-author manuscript that was published in BMC Microbiology: Panzer, J.J., Romero, R., Greenberg, J.M. et al. Is there a placental microbiota? A critical review and re-analysis of published placental microbiota datasets. BMC Microbiol 23, 76 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-02764-6 

The Michigan Physiological Society (MPS) will be hosting their 10^th annual research symposium at Alma College on June 26^th & 27^th, 2023.  

Events This Week:  

BMI Seminar is scheduled for March 28, 2023, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall* 

• Speaker: Dr. Andrew Lipchik, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Wayne State University  
• Title: “From Pathogenic to Therapeutic: Engineering IgG as an anti-inflammatory therapy
• Hosted by: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu  

*There will be a student/speaker lunch following the seminar in room 7370. 

Journal Club: Two presentations on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 11:30am, 3125 Scott Hall  

• 1^st Presentation by:  BMB MS student, Alan Carbajo 
  • Title: TBA 
  • Advisor: Dr. Philip Pellett 
• 2^nd Presentation by: BMB MS student, Apoorva Rao 
  • Title: "LysR family activator-regulated major facilitator superfamily transporters are involved in Vibrio cholerae antimicrobial compound resistance and intestinal colonization" 
  • Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey 

2023 MI-ASM Annual Meeting is Saturday, April 1, 2023, 8am to 4:30pm at Oakland Center, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 

• Speaker: Mecky Pohlschroder, Ph.D., Professor and Undergraduate Chair of the Biology Department at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) 
• https://asm.org/Biographies/Mecky-Pohlschroder,-Ph-D  

Upcoming Events: 

Next Immunology Focus Group (IFG) Seminar is scheduled for April 4, 2023 

• Speaker: Dr. Amal Amer, Professor of Microbial Infection & Immunity from Ohio State University (https://medicine.osu.edu/find-faculty/non-clinical/microbial-infection-and-immunity/amal-amer)  
• Title: “The Role of the Non-Canonical Inflammasome in Health and Disease” 
• Host: Dr. Yuan He yhe@med.wayne.edu   

Next Journal Club: Two presentations on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 11:30am, 3125 Scott Hall  

• 1^st Presentation by: IM MS student, Nouha Odeh 
  • Title: TBA 
  • Advisor: Dr. Yuan He 
• 2^nd Presentation by: BMB MS student, Duncan Smith 
  • Title: TBA 
  • Advisor: Dr. Bharati Mitra 

From the Office of the Vice President of Research - Research Development Seminar Series: The RDS series is being offered for WSU faculty, chairs & directors, postdoctoral trainees & graduate students, and administrators.  The seminars are free but require registration Event registration.  

• Upcoming Seminar:  Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 10:00am-11:30am, via Zoom. 
• Title: Leveraging Resources & Relationships to Support Research 
• Presenters: 
  • Jennifer Har, PhD, (moderator), Associate Professor of African History
  • Maik Huetteman, PhD, Professor, Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  • Noa Ofen, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and the Institute of Gerontology
  • Rachel Wallace, PhD, Assistant Vice President for Research Development 

RSVP at: https://events.wayne.edu/research-events/2023/04/05/research-development-seminar-95384/ . Information will be emailed to all registrants prior to April 5. For Seminar Series Event Details: Research Development Seminar Series. 

Return to Campus:     

Recent Updates for Campus Conditions and Requirements as of March 27, 2023: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus 

Campus Daily Screener link: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/  

From Office of President Wilson: Resources with contact numbers to support, guide and assist you while on campus.  https://i.wayne.edu/view/61d756b21bf13?utm_source=lnk&utm_medium-email61d75621bf13&utm_campaign=Welcome+to+a+new+semester&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web and additional resources https://wayne.edu/safety