BMI Weekly News

March 9, 2020

News

• Because of travel complications due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Vera Fay Righthand Lecture in Virology scheduled for Tuesday April 14 will be postponed indefinitely.

• Dr. Pellett published an article “Clinical Diagnostic Testing for Human Cytomegalovirus Infections” in Journal of Infectious Diseases (link), in collaboration with investigators from Mayo Clinic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy), Gifu Pharmaceutical University (Gifu, Japan), and University of Alabama Birmingham.
•  The SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) program application deadline is March 13, 2020. There’s still time for eligible students to apply. If you have a student in mind, please pass along the attached flyer information to him/her.
•  E-waste recycling (computers, monitors, printers, other electromechanical equipment) is still ongoing. If you have items in Scott Hall or the Lande Building to dispose of, contact April awola@med.wayne.edu in the BMI Office.

 

Departmental Events 

• NO BMI SEMINAR THIS WEEK – MARCH 10, 2020 – SPRING BREAK
• NO JC/RDP THIS WEEK – MARCH 11, 2020 – SPRING BREAK
• Next BMI Seminar: Speaker, Huilin Li, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Program Lead, Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI. Title: “Molecular mechanism of the eukaryotic DNA replication.” Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall, School of Medicine.  Hosted by: Cameron Roberts & BMI Students croberts@med.wayne.edu 
• Next Journal Club/RDP: Two Public Student Presentations, Wednesday, March 18, 2019, 11:30-12:20pm, 3125 Scott Hall School of Medicine.
  •  Masters student, Farah Al-Hashimi, presents “The solute carriers ZIP8 and ZIP14 regulate manganese accumulation in brain microvascular endothelial cells and control brain manganese levels.”.  Mentor: Dr. Bharati Mitra
  • Masters student, Dipanwita Chowdhury, presents “Serine-47 phosphorylation of cytochrome c in the mammalian brain regulates cytochrome c oxidase and caspase-3 activity.”  Mentor: Dr. Brian Edwards

 

Other Important Event

• The Department of Physiology presents: The Walter H. Seegers Endowed Symposium, Thursday, March 26, 2020, 12:00-4:30pm, Green Auditorium, School of Medicine.  Guest speakers:
  • Jacob Estes, Ph.D., Professor and Chief-Vaccine and Gene therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, “Finding and Characterizing HIV’s Hiding Places.”
  • Mark Kaplan, Ph.D., Billie Lou Wood Professor of Pediatrics, Dept. of Cell Biology, Indiana University.  “Allergic Inflammation in your Biggest Organ.”  Dr. Kaplan is an alumnus of the Immunology & Microbiology PhD program.
  • John Schuetz, Ph.D., Vice Chair, of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. “Roles for ABC Transporters in Platelets and Megakaryocytes.”
  • Sidney Whiteheart, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky. “Platelet Cell Biology in Hemostasis and Beyond.”