BMI Weekly News 

January 24, 2022 

News: 

• As announced last week by President Wilson, in-person classes and other activities will resume next  

Monday (January 31).  Please see his full message at this link: Return to Campus 

Events This Week:  

• The 25th Annual C.P. Lee Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day: Monday, January  

24th, 2022, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., via Zoom.  The keynote speaker is Dr. Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., 2019 Nobel Laureate in physiology and medicine, professor of Genetic Medicine, Biological Chemistry, Oncology, Pediatrics, Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, and director of the Vascular Program at the Institute for Cell Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will present “Hypoxia-Inducible Factors and Cancer Progression”.  WSU GSRPD website 

• BMI Seminar:  Tuesday, January 25. 2021, 11:30am – 12:30 pm, via Zoom 

Speaker: Hao Wu, Ph.D., Asa and Patricia Springer Professor of Structural Biology, & Professor, Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School  

Title: “Sentinels: how inflammasomes sense pathogens and other stress”  

Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/91937758593?pwd=ZklhajhxVUNyQms1dXN6YkhRNlpjZz09  

Meeting ID: 919 3775 8593 

Passcode: 599226 

Hosted by:  Dr. Yuan He yhe@med.wayne.edu  

• BMI Journal Club: Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 11:30 – 12:30 pm via Zoom 

Presented by: BMB MS Student, Ravipaul Singh 

Title: "Discussion of flagellar genes in Vibrio cholerae and their relation to hyperinfectivity" 

Zoom link:  https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/93210694374?pwd=dFlJN2hxN1ZERWM2ZEZjdjdZV1l5dz09 

Meeting ID: 932 1069 4374 

Passcode: 927230  

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey 

Upcoming Events: 

• Next BMI Journal Club: Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 11:30 – 12:30 pm via Zoom 

Presented by: IMM MS Student, Fady Bidawit 

Title: "TBA" 

Zoom link: TBA 

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey 

• Next BMI Seminar:  Tuesday, February 8. 2021, 11:30am – 12:30 pm, via Zoom 

Speaker: Paul Stemmer, Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Director Proteomics Core, Wayne State University 

Title: TBA  

Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/91937758593?pwd=ZklhajhxVUNyQms1dXN6YkhRNlpjZz09 

Meeting ID: 919 3775 8593 

Passcode: 599226 

Hosted by:  Dr. Brian Edwards bedwards@med.wayne.edu  

Return to Campus:

• UPDATED - 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=link&utm_medium=email-61d756b21bf13&utm_campaign=Welcome+to+a+new+semester&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web and additional resources https://wayne.edu/safety. 

• CHC Mandate on Booster shots: For full details on CHC mandate on Booster shots: https://i.wayne.edu/view/61bd019924e22?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-61bd019924e22&utm_campaign=Health+Update+and+Booster+Mandate&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web   

• Campus Health Center: COVID-19 booster clinics will be held at the CHC: Appointments are required. For full details and to schedule an appointment click on this link: https://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADI5NTliYWNjLTA5YzAtNDJmOC1hYzI2LWY4ZTkyNTRkZDZlZQAQAPOc07pjo7ZIhPJ%2BON4%2F3Gc%3D  

• For Latest Updates and Information: Warrior Safe is Warrior Strong - School of Medicine - Wayne State University 

• Coronavirus campus updates: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/messages  

• Everyone must complete the Campus Daily Screener Campus Daily Screener - Wayne State University before coming to campus. All visitors and guests must complete the Guest Campus Screener Guest Campus Screener - Wayne State University.  

◦ Mask Mandate Extended:  Campus Health Committee will continue to require masks inside all campus buildings.  For real-time updates on campus requirement click on the coronavirus website. 

• Campus Health Center (CHC) – The COVID-19 Vaccine:  

The COVID-19 Vaccine - Campus Health Center (wayne.edu) 

• Information on the COVID-19 Vaccines: Vaccines for COVID-19 | CDC 

• To schedule a vaccine appointment, click on link: https://health.wayne.edu/covid-vaccine-appointment/