News of whats happening around MIMM December 2016

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CHAIRS CORNER

Happy HolidaysDear MIMMers The arrival of colder weather and the firstsnowfall are clear signals that the finalexam period is upon us and the fall termis almost over Hang in there we can allsee the light at the end of the tunnel A November tradition in our McGillcommunity is the annual Centraidecampaign As the Holiday Season is fastapproaching we have to keep in mindthat some people in our community are indire need of our support Last year

ACHIEVEMENTS

MIMM won First Prize in PosterPresentation

Feacutelix LaRocheshyJohnston Caroline MonatSamy Coulombe and Dr BenoitCousineau won the First prize inMolecular Biology Poster presentation onCapture of mRNA fragments at thesplice junction of bacterial group IIintrons in the 19th annual Chemistry andBiochemistry Graduate ResearchConference at Concordia University

ASTMH FellowDr Mary Stevenson became a Fellow ofthe American Society of TropicalMedicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) at the65th Annual ASTMH meeting heldNovember 13shy17 2016 in Atlanta GA

McGill ran a recordshybreaking campaign insupport of Centraide raising more than$50000 over and above our goal of$475000 ndash for a grand total of $525607Why Support Centraide How do you choose between rent andfood How do you stay concentrated inschool with an empty stomach Povertyand social exclusion are daily realities forabout one out of six people and aboutone out of five children in GreaterMontreal Please join your fellow facultystudents and staff in making a donationto a vast network of community agenciessupported by Centraide All of theseorganizations help vulnerable individualsand families on the Island of Montreal inLaval and on the South Shore

On Friday November 18th we held ourfirst Faculty Happy Hour The venue waswell attended and the evening was agreat success highlighted by good storiesand laughter If you are disappointed youmissed it stayshytuned as we are planningon organizing another gathering in thewinter term after everybody hasrecovered from the Holiday period Icertainly hope everybody will considerjoining us at the next outing This year the annual MIMM Holiday potluck party will be held on Friday

December 16th at 500pm at ThomsonHouse Cook your best recipe and comejoin the party Finally I would like to wish you and yourfamilies a Happy Holiday Season andbest wishes for 2017 I hope you have arelaxing and joyful Holiday breaksurrounded by your loved ones All the best

Presentation on HIVAdam Hassan presented at the Journeacuteedes Eacutetudiants du Reacuteseau SIDA etMaladies Infectieuses de la FRSQ onNovember 4th 2016 The conferencewas held by various Masters PhD andpostshydoctoral students who worked onHIV Adam was the only undergraduateresearch student who worked in Dr MarkWainbergs lab

EVENTS

Infection and Immunity SeminarSeries

The Department of Microbiology andImmunology hosts its annual seminarseries where prominent scientists areinvited from world over to present theirresearch within the scope of infection andimmunity The objective of this series is toallow interaction between undergraduategraduate students and postshydoctoralfellows and a worldshyrenownedinvestigator in the field of infection andimmunity The forum also providesparticipants with the unique opportunity tospeak with outstanding scientists andcolleagues thus establishing a basis forfuture career opportunities and

Ben

FACE OF THE MONTH

Mr Shahin Khan shy Face of theMonth

Tell us about yourself I completed my Masterrsquos degree inBusiness Management from DhakaUniversity in Bangladesh I worked as anewsroom manager and chiefcoordinator for several TV news channelsin Bangladesh and England for 8years In 2013 I started working at McGillUniversity in the Family Medecinedepartment I completed a professionalaccounting diploma at the MontrealEnglish School Board which led me to mynew career in finance Currently I am theAccounts Administrator in the Departmentof Microbiology and Immunology Describe your nature of work My main role is to administerdepartmental accounts and processfinancial and accounting transactions Ialso assist the Sr AdministrativeCoordinator Lana Kobeici

collaborations Scheduled seminars for the month ofDecember Dec 01 shy Dr Nicole Bernard Dec 08 shy Dr Eric A Cohen Dec 15 shy Dr Mariela Segura Check here the details regarding theseminars series

PUBLICATIONS

Domenech P Zou J Averback A Syed NCurtis D Donato S Reed MB Theunique regulation of the DosR regulon inthe Beijing lineage of Mycobacteriumtuberculosis Journal of Bacteriologydoi101128JB00696shy16 Read thisarticle Scarborough RJ Adams KL Del CorpoO Daher A and Gatignol A Evaluationof the efficacy and toxicity of RNAstargeting HIVshy1 production for use ingene or drug therapy J Vis Exp 2016115e54486 Read this article Meli AP Fonteacutes G Avery DTLeddon SA Tam M Elliott MBallesterosshyTato A Miller JStevenson MM Fowell DJ TangyeSG and King IL The Integrin LFAshy1Controls T Follicular Helper CellGeneration and Maintenance Immunity45 831shy846 2016 doi101016jimmuni201609018 Read thisarticle Xu J Tam M Samaei S Lerouge SBarralet J Stevenson MM andCerruti M Mucoadhesive chitosanhydrogels as rectal drug delivery vesselsto treat ulcerative colitis Acta BiomaterS1742shy7061 (16) 30553shy0 doi101016j

Whatrsquos your favorite part in this role My favorite part of this role is to monitorand reconcile various accounts of thedepartment and identify if there are anydiscrepancies or errors so that necessarycorrections can be completed in time What is your passion in life I have a burning passion to help othersand those in need

STUDENT ASSOCIATIONUPDATES

MISA MISA now has a YouTube channel Watch MIMM students perform themannequin challenge here Thanks to everyone who boughtmicrobial crafts for our Small WorldInitiative event We raised a ton of moneyso that undershyresourced schools can jointhe SWI A big thank you also to everyone whoattended our Wine amp Cheese event We wish you all good luck on all of yourfinal exams and projects

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SERVICES

Duff Biobar UpdatesThe Biobar stocks useful lab suppliesincluding Kleenex bleach gloves andpaper towels at competitive pricesBioBar operating hours are from Mondayto Friday 800 shy1200 amp 100 shy330 More information

Jobs AvailableStill looking for a job Visit the postingsavailable online or have a look at the jobbinder located in Room 511 of the DuffMedical Building

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