BMI Weekly News- February 8, 2021
BMI Weekly News
February 8, 2021
News:
• 37 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 9, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Travis Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo https://www.utoledo.edu/med./depts/micr/faculty/Travis_Taylor.html
Title: “Crossing the Ts: The unique intersection of tick-borne flaviviruses with TRIMs and TRAFs”
Hosted by: Dr. Phil Pellett ppellett@med.wayne.edu
To view, copy & paste this link into your browser.
Zoom Link:
https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/98342232561?pwd=LzhEUndObEd1WlpqczBvdmxGMWUrQT09
Meeting ID: 983 4223 2561
Passcode: 912331
***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 10, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Speaker: Masters Student, Bhavita Bhaya
Title: "Mechanistic determination of V. cholerae ToxT response to its positive effector"
Mentor: Dr Jeffrey Withey
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Speaker: Masters Student, Detjona Zhaho
Title: “The role of Klf2 in B cell-mediated mucosal immunity.”
Mentor: Dr. Eric Sebzda
To view, copy and paste this link into your browser.
Zoom Link:
https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/91961004594?pwd=VGppQWNRWFRlSjFMYVlYNUtFTEZsUT09
Meeting ID: 919 6100 4594
Passcode: 680251
• Grand Rounds: Fri, February 12, 2021, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Neurology Grand Rounds, via Zoom
“Focus Immunotherapy in Myasthenia Gravis". Robert Lisak, MD, FRCP, (E), FAAN, FANA, Parker Weber Chair in Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
To Join, contact Debbie Moore debbiemoore@wayne.edu for Zoom invitation.
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, February 16, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Susan Weiss, PhD., Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “TBA”
Hosted by: Dr. Ladislau Kovari kovari@med.wayne.du
Zoom Link Info: TBA
• Next Journal Club: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by: Eid Alshammari
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
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: