BMI Weekly News- March 22, 2021
BMI Weekly News
March 22, 2021
News:
• The Spring/Summer 2021 Course Announcement for Current Trends in Immunology IM 7450 is attached: The Course coordinator is Dr. Yuan He (yhe@med.wayne.edu; 313-577-5075). See attachment for course details.
Events This Week:
• BMI Seminar: Tuesday, March 23, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Walter Chazin, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Chancellor’s Chair in Medicine, Vanderbilt University.
Title: “The action of EF-hand proteins inside and outside cells: From regulating cardiac channel to suppressing the growth of bacterial pathogens.”
Host: Dustin Farr dfarr@med.wayne.edu and IM Students
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/98045897756?pwd=ajRBeC92NGNQRjVtbjBmblg0TXlPZz09
Meeting ID: 980 4589 7756
Passcode: 663135
**After the seminar BMI students and post docs will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker in
the same Zoom session.
• Journal Club – Two Masters Student Presentations: Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 11:30am via Zoom
◦ Jacob Sobota
Title: “Sperm chromatin-condensing protamine enhances SMYD5 thermal stability.”
Mentor: Dr. Zhe Yang
And
◦ Ashomathi Mollin
Title: “Quantitative modeling predicts mechanistic links between pre-treatment microbiome composition and metronidazole efficacy in bacterial vaginosis.”
Mentor: Dr. Robert Akins
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94418261159?pwd=R1hGbE9EV0pxZ1JkS3IrT2lrcUhLUT09
Meeting ID: 944 1826 1159
Passcode: 598587
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, March 30, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Fehl, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, WSU
Title: “TBA”
Host: Dr. Philip Pellett ppellett@med.wayne.edu
Zoom Link: Meeting ID: Passcode: TBA
• Next Journal Club – Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
◦ PhD student candidate, Ummay Tamima Tasnim
Title: “TBA”
Zoom Link: Meeting ID: Passcode: TBA
Coronavirus Information:
• Website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus
▫ Campus Health Center – Covid-19 Vaccine Information: THE CO VID-19 VACCINE
▫ 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 – Covid-19 Vaccine Information:
• 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
• Domestic & International Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic: