BMI Weekly News- February 22, 2021
BMI Weekly News
February 22, 2021
News:
• Special BMI Faculty meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, February 25, 2021, 11:30am.
• We have begun to screen applications for a Tenure-track Biochemist Faculty position in BMI. If you know of someone who would be interested, please direct them to our application site at https://jobs.wayne.edu (Posting 044646). The job ad is attached.
Events This Week:
• 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/
To view, copy & paste this link into your browser.
Title: “Molecular mechanism of DNA replication - from origins to forks and factories.”
Hosts: BMI Students Cameron Roberts and Kendall Muzzarelli
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/98299687619?pwd=RnJtanVWQy9HdjlmL1dGcHhJZzVUUT09
Meeting ID: 982 9968 7619
Password: 140055
***After the seminar BMI students and post docs will have an opportunity to meet with speaker in the
same Zoom session.
• 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”
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey
To view, copy & paste this link into your browser.
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/92154269231?pwd=UjR0b0VwM2pHZIZIRjVaN1p4YXRJUT09
Meeting ID: 921 5426 9231
Password: 445139
Upcoming Events:
• Next Journal Club – Two Masters presentations:
Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
◦ Antoine Khobeir
Mentor: Dr. Maik Huettemann mhuttema@med.wayne.edu
Title: “TBA”
And
◦ Rutuja Patil
Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari
Title: “TBA”
Zoom Link Info: TBA
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, March 9, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Allen, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago
Title: “TBA”
Host: Dr. Jeffrey Withey jwithey@med.wayne.edu
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: