BMI Weekly Newsletter

September 25, 2023

News:

The 2023 BMI retreat will be held this coming Friday (September 29) from approximately 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM in the Margherio Conference Center.  Details about the retreat program will be communicated later this week.

Events: 

Fall 2023 RDP/JC (BMB790) Presentation:

Monday, September 25, 2023, 12:30-1:20pm, 2268 Scott Hall

• Presented by: IM PhD Grad Student, Taylor Vensko
• Title: “The Way Out: Cellular Secretory Proteins and Human Cytomegalovirus Virion Release”
• Mentor: Dr. Philip Pellett

BMI Seminar: 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 11:30am-12:25pm, 2268 Scott Hall

• Speaker: Duxin Sun, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Michigan https://pharmacy.umich.edu/people/duxins
• Title: “Why 90% of drug development fails and how to improve this?”
• Host: Dr. Ladislau Kovari kovari@med.wayne.edu

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

BMI Retreat: 

Friday Sept. 29, 2023, 8 AM to 5 PM. More details to follow.

Upcoming 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”

The next 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.

Campus News:    

For a Campus Health Center Update: CHC link, Flu Shot information, and current Covid-19 guidance 

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