BMI Weekly News- October 2, 2023

October 2, 2023

BMI Weekly Newsletter

October 2, 2023

News:

2023 BMI Department Retreat

Thank you to everyone who had a hand in making this year’s BMI Department Retreat a success! It was a great opportunity for all of us to get to know what our department has to offer and make connections that will help us accomplish our goals.

A big thank you also goes out to April Wolak and the 2023 BMI Retreat Organizing committee (Abdullah Al-Homoudi, Alan Carbajo, Phil Pellett, and Nouran Yonis) for their hard work in putting the event together!

Events:

Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) Presentation:

Monday, October 2, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268 Scott Hall

Presented by: BMB PhD Grad Student, Thamarahansi Mugunamalwaththa
Title: “The Lysine Methyltransferase SMYD5 Amplifies HIV-1 Transcription and is Post-transcriptionally Upregulated by Tat and USP11”
Mentor: Dr. Zhe Yang

BMI Seminar:

There is no seminar scheduled for this week.

Upcoming Events:

Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) Presentation:

Monday, October 9, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268 Scott Hall

Presented by: IM PhD Grad Student, Tamina Tasnim
Title: "Studying the genes related to Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation and their role in the transmission of cholera."
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey

BMI Seminar:

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall

Speaker: Dr. Tsan Sam Xiao, Professor, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University
Title: “Fire management: activation and regulation of gasdermin.”
Host: Dr. Yuan He

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