BMI Weekly News- April 12, 2021
BMI Weekly News
April 12, 2021
News:
• University suspended on-campus activities due to COVID-19 outbreaks. Effective Wed, April 7 – 17, 2021. From the Office of the President M. Roy Wilson
• Call for 2021 SOM Award Nominations due Friday, May 21, 2021: https://facaffairs.med.wayne.edu/faculty-recognition
Events This Week:
• BMI Seminar: Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Dax Fu, Associate Professor of Physiology, John Hopkins School of Medicine
Title: “In-cell molecular functions of human zinc transporter-8 and its role in diabetes pathophysiology”
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/98234810768?pwd=ZG02ME1ud2xMd1pDQjY5N3dJL2oxQT09
Meeting ID: 982 3481 0768
Passcode: 635814
*After the seminar BMI students and post docs will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker in the same Zoom session.
• Journal Club – Public Student Presentation, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by Michael Muczynski, First year Ph.D. student
Title: “Virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation approaches to COVID-19 drug
discovery”
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/99710598754?pwd=WkpVakZjK0ZCK0dmemNZR0dFY2huZz09
Meeting ID: 9971059 8754
Passcode: 628371
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Kay-Uwe Wagner, Lloyd and Marilynn Smith Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer Research, Professor, Department of Oncology, Leader, Tumor Biology & Microenvironment Program, School of Medicine, Wayne State University
Title: “New Insights into the Biology of Claudin-low Mammary Cancer”
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/98441772062?pwd=OG9TWnBScjd0K3BydjlCOWNqRnpjQT09
Meeting ID: 984 4177 2062
Passcode: 914314
• Next Journal Club – Public Student Presentation, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by Bradley Vandecar
Title: "The manganese transport activity of ZupT".
Zoom Link: [https://wayne=edu.zoom.us/j/99674189435?pwd=d20weUlwMFpJS0VveFJlL0tmWWdQUT09]https://wayne=edu.zoom.us/j/99674189435?pwd=d20weUlwMFpJS0VveFJlL0tmWWdQUT09
Meeting ID: 996 7418 9435
Passcode: 606753
Coronavirus Info:
• Website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus
▫ Campus Health Center – Coronavirus: COVID-19 – Recent updates: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus
▫ WS students, faculty and staff eligible for COVID-19 testing for no out-of-pocket charge: COVID-19 Testing
▫ Facts about the COVID-19 Vaccine: COVID-19 Vaccine Facts
▫ Warrior Safe Training: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/warrior-safe-training/
▫ Campus Daily Screener: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/
▫ Medical Campus operations: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/med-campus
▫ Campus screener/follow-up process: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/campus-screener-process
• Domestic and International Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Travel During COVID-19 | CDC
• Complete SOM guidelines: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/guidelines
• COVID-19 SOM return guidelines pdf: https://www.med.wayne.edu/pdfs/covid-som-guidelines.pdf
Links (as embedded in items above):
• President Roy Wilson – suspended changes on Wayne State campus due to COVID-19 outbreaks
• Campus Health Center – Facts about the Covid-19 Vaccine
• Domestic & International Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic: