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). 

https://oip.wayne.edu/news/learn-about-fulbright-scholar-experience-get-application-advice-feb-16-41458?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-6021a146c4cec&utm_campaign=Monday%2C+February+8%2C+2021+-+Today%40Wayne+-+Wayne+State+University&utm_content=Learn+about+Fulbright+Scholar+experience%2C+get+application+advic 

•  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:   

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/travel-during-covid19.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-5fe10149941c3&utm_campaign=CDC+guidelines+for+domestic+and+international+travel&utm_content=CDC+travel+website 

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