BMI weekly news- October 23, 2023

BMI weekly newsletter  

October 23, 2023  

News: 

Congratulations to Dr. Yuan He for receiving his certificate of Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure at the recently held School of Medicine Promotions & Tenure Awards event.  

Students:

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.  

Events:  

Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) presentation: 

Monday, October 23, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268 Scott Hall 

  • Presented by: BMB PhD Grad Student, Abdullah Al-Homoudi 
  • Title: “The Path to Potent and Selective Non-Covalent Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 PLpro'” 
  • Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari 

Zoom BMI seminar: 

Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 11:30am-12:25pm 

  • Speaker: Timothy Hand, PhD, Associate Professor, of Pediatrics and Immunology, and Director of University of Pittsburgh Gnotobiotic Core, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh 
  • Title: “Inter-generational Adaptive Immunity Against the Intestinal Microbiota” 
  • Host: IM PhD student, Bhavita Bhaya for the Microbiology and Immunology students gq7515@wayne.edu  
  • Zoom link
    • Meeting ID: 943 0001 0198  
    • Passcode: 156698 

There will be a student/speaker discussion after the seminar 

Upcoming events:

BMI seminar: 

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall 

  • Speaker: Margaret Petroff, PhD., Professor and Associate Chair, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University 
  • Title: “Knocking the AIRE out of Fertility: Central Immune Tolerance and Reproduction.” 
  • Host: IM PhD student, Bhavita Bhaya for the Microbiology and Immunology students gq7515@wayne.edu  
  • Zoom link
    • Meeting ID: 943 0001 0198  
    • Passcode: 156698 

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

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

Campus news:     

Campus Health Center: 

CHC, and current Covid-19 guidance 

Office of President:

Campus resources link for student, faculty, and staff

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