BMI Weekly Newsletter  

March 13, 2023 

News: 

Congratulations goes out to Nathan Kelley in the He lab on successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation, “Characterization of the Novel NLRP10 Inflammasome”.  We wish him all the best! 

Dr. Eric Sebzda will present a seminar, entitled “An Ultra-exciting seminar on Peripheral Tolerance Starring a Very Boring Lymphocyte”, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., at  the CS Mott Center, 275 East Hancock St.  

• Zoom option: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/92726927126?pwd=VDcwd253ZTBNU3M4WTRRWlY4SlVtZz09 
  • Meeting ID: 927 2692 7126 
  • Passcode: 238565 

Important Message from School of Medicine’s Facilities Manager, Krista Mitchell: 

In preparation for our final city inspection on the Scott Hall elevators, a pre-test to check the elevator’s reaction to the fire alarm and all the fire system components within the elevators will take place on Tuesday, March 14 from 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM.  While this testing is taking place, one or two elevators at a time will be taken off line and tested with the fire alarm system.  During this time there will be visual and audible fire alarms activated for short periods.  It will not be necessary to leave the building when these alarms are activated. 

Testing should be completed by 10:00 AM.  At that time, the elevators and fire alarm will be returned to normal function. 

Please accept our apology for any inconvenience this may cause, but we thank you for your patience and understanding during this vital pre-test period. 

Krista Mitchell 
Facilities Manager 

Events This Week:  

No Seminar or Journal Club scheduled for this week – Spring Break 

Upcoming Events: 

Career/Workforce Virtual Event - the Michigan BioTalent Strategy Exchange on March 21st.  Wayne State is a member. To make it easy for our member academic contacts to register at the discounted price, we created coupon code ACAMEMBER-BT2023 that will take $30 off.  Students are free with this code, faculty $30. 

2023 MI-ASM Annual Meeting is April 1, 2023, 8am to 4:30pm at Oakland Center, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 

• Speaker: Mecky Pohlschroder, Ph.D., Professor and Undergraduate Chair of the Biology Department at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) https://asm.org/Biographies/Mecky-Pohlschroder,-Ph-D  
• Registration* Deadline for All attendees is March 22 at http://mi-asm.org/currentmeetingindex.html 
• Students and Postdocs are asked to submit their oral presentation abstracts by March 16, or poster abstracts by March 22. 
  • *The department will reimburse for the registration fee ($75 for faculty, $15 for everyone else). 

Next Journal Club: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 11:30am, 3125 Scott Hall  

• Presented by:  IM PhD student, Callen Bleick 
• Title: TBA 
• Advisor: Dr. Michael Rybak 

Next BMI Seminar is scheduled for March 28, 2023, 11:30am, 2268 Scott Hall 

• Speaker: Dr. Andrew Lipchik, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,  
• College of Pharmacy, Wayne State University  
• Title: “From Pathogenic to Therapeutic: Engineering IgG as an anti-inflammatory therapy” 
• Hosted by: Dr. Jianjun Wang jjwang@med.wayne.edu  

Return to Campus:     

Recent Updates for Campus Conditions and Requirements as of March 13, 2023:  https://wayne.edu/coronavirus 

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