BMI Weekly News - May 27, 2025

BMI Weekly Newsletter

May 27, 2025

News

  • Next BMI Faculty meeting is Thursday, June 5, 2025, 11:30 a.m., 7364 Scott Hall

This Week’s Event

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

  • Office of President: Campus Resources link for Students, Faculty and Staff, Campus Resource Link

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