BMI Weekly News- February 15, 2021
BMI Weekly News
February 15, 2021
News:
• Presentation to WSU community on Fulbright Scholar programs by Dr. Jeffrey Withey, at 1:00PM, February 16 (tomorrow).
• 45 applicants have applied for BMI posting of Tenure-Tenured Track Biochemist Faculty position. If you know of someone who would be interested, you can direct them to our application site at https://jobs.wayne.edu (Posting 044646). Job ad is attached.
Events This Week:
• BMI Seminar: Tuesday, February 16, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Susan Weiss, PhD., Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Microbiology, Co-Director Penn Center for Research on Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Pathogens, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Coronaviruses: History, Biology, and Innate Immune Antagonism”
Host: Dr. Ladislau Kovari kovari@med.wayne.edu
To view, copy and paste this link into your browser.
Zoom Link: https://wayneedu.zoom.us/j/95097535454?pwd=Y2t6ZGtPVmQwWnBzTVUyeUhKZ0Iydz09
Meeting ID: 950 8753 5454
Passcode: 548759
*** After the seminar BMI students and postdocs will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker in the same Zoom session.
• Journal Club: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by: Eid Aishammari
Title: "Histone Methyltransferase SMYD1 Regulates Mitochondrial Energetics in the Heart"
To view, copy and paste this link into your browser.
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/99431407033?pwd=ZElONUdjM3pjVlNkRkpYZzRYN1RUdz09
Meeting ID: 994 3140 7033
Passcode: 48-510
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar (Rescheduled from W 2020): Tuesday, February 23, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Huilin Li, Professor, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, and Program Lead Structural
Biology, Van Andel Research Institute https://huilinlilab.cai.org/lead-investigator/
Title: TBA
Hosts: Cameron Roberts, Kendall Muzzarelli and BMI students
Zoom Link Info: TBA
• Next Journal Club: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by: Ravipaul Singh
Title: “The Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion system can modulate host intestinal mechanics to
displace gut bacterial symbionts”
Zoom Link Info: TBA
Coronavirus Information:
• Website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus
▫ Vaccination information: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus
▫ 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: Domestic & International travel and return to campus - CDC guidelines
• 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):
• Campus Health Center (CHC) FAQ and answers on COVID-19 Vaccine: https://health.wayne.edu/coronavirus-vaccine/?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-600b2bf8e870f&utm_campaign=Friday%2C+January+22%2C+2021+-+Today%40Wayne+-+Wayne+State+University&utm_content=Vaccines+FAQ
• Domestic & International Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic: