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BMI Weekly News- October 31, 2022

BMI Weekly Newsletter  

October 31, 2022  

News: 

  • Dr. Pellett’s dad, Reverend C. Edwin (Ed) Pellett, passed away on Saturday.  Our deepest condolences go out to him and his family. The funeral is Wednesday, November 2.  A link for the funeral will be sent out when arrangements have been finalized.  
     
  • The BMI faculty meeting is Thursday, November 3, 11:30am, via Zoom. 
     
  • Message from BMI Social Committee  
    • BMI faculty/staff and students:  
      • “Your BMI Social Committee is beginning to plan the annual Winter Holiday Party. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to answer this short (anonymous) survey due by Thursday, November 3, to help us decide on a date and activities to be included. When a majority has selected a date, we will move forward with putting together a flyer to be sent out the following week of November 7th. In addition to taking the survey, we are now accepting donations for the Winter Holiday Party. Donations are currently $5 for students and $20 for faculty. Cash donations may be submitted to Emiley Swensen at 6225 Scott Hall or electronically via PayPal @emzi123. We look forward to your participation and are excited to provide updates as soon as we can.” 
      • Thank you,
        • BMI Social Committee
        • Emiley, Olivia, Nouran 

Events this Week:  

  • Journal Club: Monday, October 31, 2022, 12:30pm, Scott Hall, Room 2268 
    • Presented by: IM PhD student, James Glassbrook 
    • Title: “Unraveling the Genetic Determinants of Targeted mAb-therapy Response” 
    • Mentor:  Dr. Heather Gibson 
  • Immunology Focus Group Seminar, Tuesday, November 1, 12-1pm via Zoom 
    • Speaker: Dr. Huang Xuefei, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University 
    • Title: "Development of Next Generation Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines" 
    • The target of Dr. Huang’s lab is the development of an effective vaccine construct against tumor associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) for cancer treatment and prevention. He will present strategies in engineering virus like particle bacteriophage Qβ to significantly enhance the immunogenicity of TACAs as potential anti-cancer vaccines using ganglioside GD2 as a representative antigen, which are overexpressed on many tumor types, utilizing N-acetamide (NHAc) to enhance immunogenicity.   
    • Hosted by: Jennifer Jacob, Department of Oncology 

Upcoming Events: 

  • Journal Club: Monday, November 7, 2022, 12:30pm, Scott Hall, Room 2268 
    • Presented by:  IM PhD student, Jonathan Panzer 
    • Title: "In Pursuit of Sneathia Isolation" 
    • Mentor:  Dr. Kevin Theis 
       
  • No BMI Seminar – WSU Holiday Closure November 8, 2022 

Return to Campus: 

  • Current Trash Pick Up Procedures for Scott Hall:  During the current staffing shortage in the custodial department, if your regular custodian is out, please take your trash to the central location (near the elevators) until your custodian returns.  If you need more bags, please call the School of Medicine’s Facilities & Support Services office at 313 577-1460 and they will get some for you.  
     
  • When coming to campus, Students, Faculty and Staff please continue to complete the Campus Daily Screener: Campus Daily Screener - Wayne State University.   

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