BMI Weekly Newsletter  

January 23, 2023 

News: 

• Please take a moment of silence in remembrance of Anthony Chifor, a third-year medical student.  There will be a Candlelight Vigil today at 3:30pm in the Margherio Conference Center. For remote attendance:
  •  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8120263125?pwd=TnZETmZcdFRac2hnYm1oUUVSSk8wQT09   
     
• Congratulations to Dr. Kezhong Zhang and colleagues on their discovery of a new stress hormone that counteracts metabolic disorders, including hyperlipidemia (high lipid levels in blood).  The work was published as a cover story in Science Signaling.  Further information about the work is available here. 

 

Events This Week:  

• In-Person Event: 2023 Annual Chuan-Pu Lee Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day (GSRPD), Tuesday, January 24, 2023, starting at 8:00a.m.  For the events schedule: 
  • https://gsrpd9.wixsite.com/gsrpd/schedule.  
     
• Journal Club: Wednesday, January 25, 11:30am, Scott Hall, Room 3125 
  • Presented by: IM PhD student, Ravipaul Singh 
  • Title: “Restructured Membrane Contacts Rewire Organelles for Human Cytomegalovirus Infection” 
  • Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey 

 

Upcoming Events: 

• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 11:30am, via ZOOM 
  • Speaker: Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park and John Hopkins University 
  • Title: “What Cholera Pandemics Can Teach Us” 
  • Mentor: Jonathan Panzer gc7938@wayne.edu and BMI students  
  • Zoom link: https://wayneedu.zoom.us/j/92818543731?pwd=MmNNd1pMbnBrNVhZK1I3TSswQ2hHdz09 
    • Meeting ID: 928 185 3731 
    • Passcode: 967873 
       
• Journal Club: Two Presentations on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 11:30am, Scott Hall, Room 3125 
  • First Presentation: BMB MS student, Susanna Vuljaj 
    • Title: TBA 
    • Mentor: Dr. Maik Huettemann 
  • Second Presentation: BMB MS Student, Emiley Swensen 
    • Title: "The Way Out: Exploring the Host Intracellular Trafficking Protein, Rab3A, in HCMV Virion Release" 
    • Mentor: Dr. Philip Pellett 

 

Return to Campus:     

• Recent Updates for Campus Conditions and Requirements as of January 3, 2023: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus 
   
• SOM Guidelines: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/guidelines  
   
• Campus Daily Screener link: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/  
   
• From Office of President Wilson: Resources with contact numbers to support, guide and assist you while on campus.  https://i.wayne.edu/view/61d756b21bf13?utm_source=lnk&utm_medium-email61d75621bf13&utm_campaign=Welcome+to+a+new+semester&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web and additional resources https://wayne.edu/safety