BMI Weekly News - November 11, 2024

November 11, 2024

BMI Weekly Newsletter

November 11, 2024

News:

BMI Faculty meeting is Thursday, November 14, 2024, 11:30am. This faculty meeting will be by Zoom.

This Week’s Events:

Journal Club: In-person, Monday, November 11, 2024, 12:30p.m., 2268 Scott Hall

Presenter: BMB PhD Student, Savni Sawant

Title: “Using Machine Learning for Biomarker Selection to Predict Couples’ Fecundity”

Mentor: Dr. Richard Pilsner

Presenter: Robert Allen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Invivyd, Waltham, Massachusetts https://invivyd.com/about/#overview

Title: “Serial Discovery and Development of Antibody Therapies for COVID-19"

Hosted by: Dr. Philip Pellett Phil_Pellett@wayne.edu

For all in-person seminars, students need to attend in-person, and for zoom seminars, students need to attend via zoom, for attendance to be counted.

Student/Speaker Luncheon following seminar in room 7370 Scott Hall.

Upcoming Events:

Journal Club: In-person, Monday, November 18, 2024, 12:30p.m., 2268 Scott Hall

Presenter: BMB PhD Student, Pelumi Oladipo

Title: “TBA”

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Ram

Next Week’s BMI Seminar: November 19, 2024 - POSTPONED to WINTER 2025
International Education Week: November 18-22, 2024. Support needed for promoting International Education Week. See flyer for details.
No Seminar scheduled for Thanksgiving Week, Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
BMI Holiday Party: Friday, December 6, 2024, 12 PM to 4 PM, 7364 Scott Hall. See flyer for details.
Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall

Presenter: Amy Weise, DO, Medical Oncologist, Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System

Title: “TBA”

Hosted by: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu

For all in-person seminars, students need to attend in-person, and for zoom seminars, students need to attend via zoom, for attendance to be counted.

Student/Speaker Luncheon following seminar in room 7370 Scott Hall.

Midwest Immunology Conference: The annual meeting of the Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium (TRCCC) will be held February 19-21, 2025, Seven Springs Mountain Resort Champion, Seven Springs, PA. Host: Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, Director. Organizers: Wei-Zen Wei, PhD and Heather Gibson, PhD. The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. See the attached flyer for more details.

Campus News:

Campus Health Center: Campus Health Center - Wayne State University; Online Appointment Scheduling: i.wayne.edu/view/670ff53c34b69?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-670ff53c34b69&utm_campaign=Be+well%2C+Warriors%3A+Walk-in+flu+shot+Wednesdays%2C+self-scheduling&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+web
Office of President: Campus Resources link for Students, Faculty and Staff, Campus Resource Link