BMI Weekly News- April 19, 2021
BMI Weekly News
April 19, 2021
News:
• Congratulations to Antoine Khobeir for successfully defending his master's thesis, "Functional Characterization of Threonine 49 Phosphorylation of Cytochrome c".
• WXYZ-TV Channel 7 - Spotlight on the News Examines Michigan’s recent surge in COVID-19 cases with guests Professor Marcus Zervos and Associate Professor Paul Kilgore, Wayne State.
• President Roy Wilson, due to the increased rate of COVID-19 infection in Michigan and in Detroit, has made the decision to extend the suspension of on-campus activities through the end of the semester, effective through April 26, 2021. From the Office of the President
• 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 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
**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 21, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by Bradley Vandecar, First year Ph.D. student
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
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Chunyu Wang, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences & Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Title: “Structural mechanisms and drug discovery in Alzheimer’s disease and Cancer”
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu
Zoom Link: Meeting ID: Passcode: TBA
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):
• WXYZ-TV Channel 7 – Spotlight on the News:
• President Roy Wilson – extended suspension of on-campus activities through the end of the semester, effective through April 26, 2021.
• Campus Health Center – Facts about the Covid-19 Vaccine
• Domestic & International Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic: