BMI Weekly News- January 25, 2021
BMI Weekly News
January 25, 2021
News:
• We are currently in the process of posting a new job ad for a Tenure-Track Biochemist Faculty Position in the BMI department. If you might 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:
• No Seminar scheduled for this week.
• Journal Club: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Speaker: Masters student, Kay Ekwuazi
Title: “Investigating Zip Transporters in the Prostate using ZupT from E.coli as a Model system.”
Mentor: Dr. Bharati Mitra
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Speaker: Masters student, Emma Graffice
Title: "Detecting Common Invaders of the Amniotic Fluid"
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Theis
To view copy and paste this link into your browser:
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/95534368411?pwd=dHFnNEY0QUNRQ01EKzNsMXo1Qmo0dz09
Meeting ID: 955 3436 8411
Passcode: 236086
Upcoming Events:
• Next Immunology Focus Group (IFG) Seminar: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Via Zoom. (Student-speaker meeting immediately following).
Speaker: Jim Song, Ph.D., Professor of Microbial Pathogenies and Immunology, Texas A&M
Title: “Regulation of NAC1 in T cells and T cell-mediated immunity”
Hosted by: Wei-Zen Wei, PhD, Herrick Endowed Chair for Cancer Research, Oncology Department, Wayne State University
To view copy and paste this link into your browser:
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/91315779990?pwd=anIzWFd0OTdVMHQ5cTFJUGhISjNpUT09
Meeting ID: 913 1577 9990
Password: 001925
• Next Journal Club: Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Speaker: Masters Student, Aliza Fatema
Title: “TBA”
Mentor: Dr Yuan He
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Speaker: Masters Student, Dipanwita Dutta Chowdry
Title: “TBA”
Mentor: Dr. Brian Edwards
To view copy and paste this link into your browser:
Zoom Link Info: TBA
• Next 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: “TBA”
Hosted by: Dr. Phil Pellett
To view copy and paste this link into your browser:
Zoom Link Info: TBA
Coronavirus Information:
• Campus Health Center’s FAQ and answers on COVID-19 Vaccine: The COVID-19 Vaccine
• Past event - WSU COVID-19 Vaccines Virtual Town Hall meeting with President Wilson can be reviewed at: Wayne State University COVID-19 Vaccines Virtual Town Hall (View)
• 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
• 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: