BMI Weekly News- January 11, 2021
BMI Weekly News
January 11, 2021
A message from Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology Chair, Dr. Phil Pellett:
Greetings and best wishes for the New Year. I wish you all well as we begin a new semester.
All of us are tired of dealing with the complexities, worries, and genuine dangers associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. We are fortunate that new vaccines were developed with unprecedented speed. We now face the challenges of efficient and equitable distribution and administration. It will take several months before most of us will be vaccinated. In the meantime. It remains imperative for all of us to maintain discipline with respect to masks, distancing, and other related practices. As a group, we have done an outstanding job of responding to pandemic challenges – let’s keep it up!
Best wishes with everything you do,
Phil
Event This Week:
• Journal Club: Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm, Masters Student, Farrah Al-Hashimi
Title: “Insights into the role of the LIV-1 subfamily of Human ZIP transporters in Neurodegenerative diseases using ZUPT from E.coli as a model system.”
Mentor: Dr. Bharati Mitra
To view, copy and paste this link to your browser.
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/92605045851?pwd=ZWltY2lLRmVPZHJJS1Fzdi9mbmFTUT09
Meeting ID: 926 0504 5851
Passcode: 6a416b
Alt Passcode: 768152
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, January 19, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker, Andrew Garrett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Wayne State University. Biosketch is attached.
Title: “Balancing adhesion and self-avoidance in retinal neural circuit formation”
Hosted by: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu
Zoom Link Info: TBA
• Next Journal Club: Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Masters Students, Kaitlyn Martin and Emma Graffice
will present.
Titles and Zoom Link Info: TBA
Coronavirus Information:
• WSU COVID-19 Vaccines Virtual Town Hall meeting with President Wilson is January 14, 2021, 3:00-4:00 p.m.: https://wayne.edu/live
• Campus Health Center (CHC) free COVID-19 testing: CHC - January Free COVID-19 Testing Schedule
• Website: https://www.med.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) Free COVID-19 testing thru January: https://i.wayne.edu/view/5ff709fb2b671?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-5ff709fb2b671&utm_campaign=January+COVID-19+testing+schedule&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web
• Domestic & International Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic: