BMI Weekly Newsletter  

November 6, 2023  

News: 

• Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) Seminar is on  November 16, 2023, 12:30 pm.  Guest Speaker: Hao Feng, Ph.D., assistant professor of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine. Dr. Feng presentation: “Personalized cell-type-specific omics Profile Deconvolution and Influence”.  Seminar is free; registration is required. The Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants prior to Nov. 16. To RSVP: https://go.wayne.edu/75d9db  

•Faculty: Mark your calendar to join the next Monthly Coffee Hour for SOM Faculty, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 3:00-4:30pm, in room 1358 Scott Hall.  All SOM faculty are welcome.  Coffee and light snacks will be provided. Meet with the current and new faculty, celebrate faculty successes, and reconnect or learn more about your faculty colleagues.

Events:  

•Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) Presentation: Monday, November 6, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268  Scott Hall 
Presented by: BMB PhD Grad Student, Savni Sawant 
Title: “SpermClock - a Sperm Ageing Clock to Predict the Chances of Pregnancy’” 
Mentor: Dr. Richard Pilsner 

•BMI Seminar: Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 11:30am-12:30pm, in-person, 2268 Scott Hall 

Speaker: Dr. Hasan Korkaya, Associate Professor, Oncology and Co-Leader of the Tumor  Biology and Microenvironment Program (TMB) at Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University 
Title: “Immune Suppressive Myeloid Cells in Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment and Pre-metastatic Niches” 
Host: Dr. Eric Sebzda eric.sebzda@wayne.edu  

Jointly hosted by: Henry Ford Health System, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Immunology Focus Group, & Wayne State University 

Alt Zoom link:  

https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94300010198?pwd=VDJKOFgzUE1wRWcyY1hmN1lqMlFnUT09  

Meeting ID: 943 0001 0198  
Passcode: 156698 

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

There will be a student/speaker lunch in room 7370 after the seminar. 

Upcoming Events: 

•Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) Presentation: Monday, November 13, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268 Scott Hall  
Presented by: IM PhD Grad Student, Pelumi Oladipo 
Title: “TBA” 
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Ram 

•BMI Seminar: Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall 
Speaker: Dr. Hanaa Hariri, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine 
Title: “New Pathways for Metabolic Organization at Organelle Contact Sites.” 
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@wayne.edu   
Zoom link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94300010198?pwd=VDJKOFgzUE1wRWcyY1hmN1lqMlFnUT09  
Meeting ID: 943 0001 0198  
Passcode: 156698 

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

There will be a student/speaker lunch in room 7370 after the seminar. 

Campus News:     

•Campus Health Center: CHC Flu shot deadline is November 15; click on Flu Document to  download.  
•Office of President - Campus Resources Link for Student, Faculty and Staff:  https://i.wayne.edu/view/64f1eb3a1f1a6?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-64f1eb3a1f1a6&utm_campaign=Campus+safety+resources&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web