BMI Weekly News - November 3, 2025
November 3, 2025
This Week’s Events
- Journal Club: Tuesday, November 3, 2025, 12:30pm, 2268 Scott Hall
Presented by: IM PhD Student, Abiola Abolade
Title: “From CpG Sites to Semen Quality: A Bioinformatics Exploration of Sperm DNA Methylation Patterns”
Mentor: Dr. Richard Pilsner
- Immunology Focus Group In-Person Seminar: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 11:45am – 12:45pm
Lunch will be served to attendees at 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall, 540 E Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201
Speaker: Candy Jiahui Ding, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University
Title: “Long-Term and Sex-Dimorphic Impact of Maternal Environmental Exposures in Offspring”
Hosted by: Kang Chen, PhD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University kchen@med.wayne.edu
Supported by: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health, Wayne State University
There will NOT be a speaker/student lunch after the seminar. Pizza will be provided in the seminar room starting at 11:30am.
- BMI Faculty meeting: Thursday, November 6, 2025, 11:30am, 7364 Scott Hall.
Upcoming Events
- SOM Thematic Research Committee invitation to the 4th Mini-Symposium, scheduled for Monday, November 10, 2025, from 12:00 – 3:00 PM at the Margherio Conference Center.
This event will focus on the thematic areas of Neuroscience & Immunology, Inflammation and
Infectious Diseases (I3D).
Symposium presenters are:
▪ Joongkyu Park (Dept. Pharmacology)
▪ Elizabeth Berger (OVAS)
▪ Kevin Theis (BMI)
▪ Hilary Marusak (Dept. Psychiatry)
▪ Yongsheng Chen (MR Core)
This is part of a new initiative launched by the Dean with the goals of:
▪ Enhancing collaborations and promoting joint grant applications
▪ Providing seed funding for innovative and collaborative projects
▪ Hosting quarterly research mini symposia to foster interdisciplinary dialogue through an informal
platform to learn about our colleagues’ research
Lunch will be available starting at 11:30 AM, and following the presentations, there will be an opportunity for networking and discussion with Dr. Sakr, the speakers, and attendees from 2:00 – 3:00 PM.
This is a free event, but registration is required for lunch, which will be available starting at 11:30 a.m. https://rsvp.wayne.edu/som-mini-symposium-nov2025
- Next Journal Club: Tuesday, November 17, 2025, 12:30pm, 2268 Scott Hall
Presented by: IM PhD Student, Zachary Pomicter
Title: “Proteomic Analysis of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps from the Female Genital Tract”
Mentor: Dr. Marta Rodriguez-Garcia
- Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall
Speaker: Richard Bertolla, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mott Center, Wayne State University
Title: “TBA”
Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Theis ktheis@med.wayne.edu
- BMI Department Holiday Party: Friday, December 12, 2025. More details to come.
Campus News
- Campus Health Center: Campus Health Center - Wayne State University
- Office of President: 2025-26 Campus health and safety resources