Biological Sciences at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
5047 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI
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🌿 New Publication Alert! 🌿
Check out the latest paper from the labs of Professors Ed Golenberg, Aleksandar Popadic, and Weilong Hao:
Transcriptomic Analysis of Phylloclade in Ruscus aculeatus Is Consistent with Unifacial Morphology.
Plants (2026)
mdpi.com/2223-7747/15/8/1168
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Today is Giving Day, every gift makes a difference for Biological Sciences .
🎉 Unlock a $75,000 match!
When 25 donors give to any Biological Sciences fund, a generous matching gift will be unlocked.
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📢 New Review Published by the Hariri Lab!
Congratulations to Daniel Adebayo for leading this work from the lab of Dr. Hanaa Hariri:
Sphingolipid and Methionine Metabolism in Aging
📑 Published in Journal of Cell Science
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jcs.264026
🎓 Successful PhD Dissertation Defense!
Congratulations to Abu Ramim from the lab of Miriam Greenberg for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation!
His work advances our understanding of mitochondrial dysfunction and its impact on cellular metabolism.
📢 BioSci Seminar Series – Oct 27
🧬 Dr. Patrick Edger (MSU)
📍 BioSci Bldg Rm 1167
🕦 11:30AM–12:30PM
🎙️ Subgenome dominance in hybrids & allopolyploids
Hybrid event – contact [email protected]
Join us! #Genomics #PlantScience #WayneState
New publication! 🧬
Led by Emma Fidler from the Ansari lab: ASC1 & APE2 introns impact cellular fitness, transcription & RNA dynamics
This study explores how introns in ASC1 and APE2 genes influence transcriptional regulation and RNA dynamics.
🔗 febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
Publication alert!🧬
Lead by Hadi Yassine from @schraderlab: APEX2 proximity labeling of RNA in bacteria
This study introduces APEX2-based RNA proximity labeling in bacteria, opening new doors for spatial transcriptomics in prokaryotic systems.
🔗 cell.com/cell-reports-method…
📘 New book by BioSci alum Joseph Graves: Why Black People Die Sooner
🔗 cup.columbia.edu/book/why-bl…
🌟 Read the review in Science: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
New publication! 🧫
Shelby Kasto & Penelope Higgs : Regulatory network driving cell fate segregation in Myxococcus xanthus biofilms
This study reveals how regulatory networks shape cell fate segregation in M. xanthus biofilms
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
🎉 Big congrats to Antoinette Cunningham (10 yrs) & Rebecca Russell (15 yrs) for their WSU anniversary milestones!
They have been advising undergraduates to help them succeed! 👏
🎉 🎉 Congratulations to Shelby Kasto on her recent defense! #PhDone!
She did her work the Dr. Penelope Higgs on:
"Characterization of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Myxococcus xanthus"
Well done Dr. Kasto! 🥂🥂🥂
📢 Publication alert! 📢
Check out the latest work on aging from the lab of Dr. @sadagurski
"Canagliflozin Reprograms the Aging Hippocampus in Genetically Diverse UM-HET3 Mice and Attenuates Alzheimer's-Like Pathology"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
🚨 Seminar announcement! 🚨
Our very own @PCLeeWSU will be giving a seminar today.
⚔️ ⚔️ Break out your light sabers and prepare yourselves:
"Host-Pathogen War: The Hippo Awakens"
Room 1167 of the biology building @ 11:30AM
📢 Dissertation defense announcement! 📢
Shelby Kasto from the lab of Dr. Penelope Higgs will be defending her thesis on Tuesday, Oct. 21st. at 1PM in room 1167. Zoom link is also available. All are welcome!
🚨 Publication Alert! 🚨
New work from the lab of Dr. Justin Kenney (@Fish4Brains) looking at the effects of Arabian Jasmine on zebrafish behavior. The work was led by @tripatchara who visited Wayne State last year from Thailand.
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
📢 Seminar announcement!📢
Dr. Matthew Dent will be telling us about "Carbon monoxide, sensing, selectivity, and signaling in microbes" this afternoon. 11:30-12:30 in room 1167 of the biology building.
All are welcome!
📰 Faculty member in the news alert!📰
Professor Donna Kashian (@dkashian) was recently interviewed by Michigan Public about microplastics in the aquatic environment.
Check it out here:
michiganpublic.org/environme…?
Wayne State University Biological Sciences retweeted
It’s not just #WarriorWednesday, it’s WSU’s first-ever Warrior Week! This week is full of campus activities guaranteed to bring out your Warrior spirit 💚💛 #wsuchemistry
ALT 1 person standing by the Wayne State shield sculpture on campus
🎙️ Podcast Alert!🎙️
Post-doc Dr. Abby Wicks and PhD student Julie Nitz from the lab of Tom Dowling were on the recent 'Fish of the Week' podcast from the US Fish and Wildlife Service:
Check it out here:
fws.gov/fish-of-the-week-pod…
Podcast #37 on Round Gobies!
