BMI Weekly News - May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
News
- Next BMI Faculty meeting is Thursday, June 5, 2025, 11:30 a.m., 7364 Scott Hall
This Week’s Event
- BMI Faculty Candidate Seminar: Thursday, May 29, 2025, 11:30 a.m., 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Fengrong Wang, PhD, Research Investigator, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Title: “How a Parasite Tailors Protein Synthesis to Survive: Translation Control in Toxplasma gondii”
Hosted by: Dr. Jeffrey Withey and the BMI Faculty
Student/Speaker Luncheon following seminar in room 7370 Scott Hall.
- Fengrong Wang, Ph.D. presentation of her future research directions, followed by a question-and-answer session will take place on Friday, May 30, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in room 7364. Lunch will be served for the Candidate, Dr. Withey, the Search Committee, and any BMI Faculty members in attendance.
Upcoming Event
- Immunology Focus Group In-Person Seminar: Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Location: Hudson-Webber 2nd Floor, Wertz Auditorium. Lunch for attendees at 11:45 a.m.
Speaker: Maria G. Castro, Ph.D., R.C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery, Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Rogel Comprehensive
Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School
Title: “Epigenetic Reprogramming of the Immune Microenvironment in Gliomas: Impact on Immunotherapies”
Webex Webinar: https://hfhs.webex.com/hfhs/j.php?MTID=m47e0560f1b292ab58cdef3539f6b1d3e
Meeting ID: 2423 422 2983
Password: qFvdPy2cT36
Hosted by: Qing-Sheng Mi, MD, PhD, Director of Center for Cutaneous Biology and Immunology (CCBI), Director, Immunology Program, Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health
Sponsored by: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University
Campus News
- Campus Health Center: Campus Health Center - Wayne State University
- Office of President: Campus Resources link for Students, Faculty and Staff, Campus Resource Link