BMI Weekly News- October 9, 2023

October 9, 2023

News:

Congratulations Savini Sawant (BMB PhD program) on winning an award for the best oral presentation "The associations between Sperm Epigenetic Age and Semen Parameters" at the Michigan Alliance for Reproductive Technology and Sciences – MARTS 2023 conference held at Michigan State University on Friday, October 6, 2023. We heard Savni’s talk at our recent departmental retreat.

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 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 yhe@med.wayne.edu

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

Upcoming Events:

Fall Break – No Journal Club or Seminar scheduled for this week.

Next 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: "TBA
Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari

Next BMI Seminar:

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

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: “TBA”
Host: IM PhD student, Bhavita Bhaya for the Microbiology and Immunology students gq7515@wayne.edu
Zoom link: TBA