BMI Weekly News- March 29, 2021
BMI Weekly News
March 29, 2021
News:
• CURES Seminar on Thursday, April 1, 2021, 12:30-1:30PM. Dr. Yuan He will be presenting “Inflammasome: Activation Mechanisms and Role in Inflammation”. https://events.wayne.edu/research-events/2021/04/01/cures-seminar-assistant-professor-wsu-88905/
• BMI Faculty meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 1, 2021, 11:30am. Meeting will be done in time to join the CURES Seminar for Dr. Yuan He’s presentation.
• Message from April to BMI students, faculty & staff: Our water that was reserved for seminars this school year will expire before it can be utilized next semester. Bottles will be in room 7370, for those that want one.
• 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 30, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Fehl, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, WSU (CV attached)
Title: “Real-time chemical tools to modulate dynamic sugar signaling in cells”
Host: Dr. Philip Pellett ppellett@med.wayne.edu
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94946359624?pwd=RmtwUXNRNVBPbHp3SzM3cFR1VVNadz09
Meeting ID: 949 4635 9624
Passcode: 085449
**After the seminar BMI students and postdocs will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker in the
same Zoom session.
• Journal Club – Public Student Presentation, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by: Ummay Tamima Tasnim
Title: “Upregulation of virulence genes promotes Vibrio cholerae biofilm hyperinfectivity”
Zoom link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/98885003713?pwd=TjZkamZJcGJOdE9tM0M5QWlia0owZz09
Meeting ID: 988 8500 3713
Passcode: 530527
• CURES Seminar: Thursday, April 1, 2021, 12:30 – 1:30 PM
BMI Faculty Speaker: Yuan He, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University
Title: “Inflammasome: Activation Mechanisms and Role in Inflammation”
Hosted by WSU’s Institute of Gerontology
https://events.wayne.edu/research-events/2021/04/01/cures-seminar-assistant-professor-wsu-88905/
Join us on Zoom by clicking: HERE
Meeting ID: 977 8751 3998
Passcode: 754272
Upcoming Events:
• Next Journal Club – Public Student Presentation, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 11:30am – 12:20pm via Zoom
Presented by Bradley Vandecar
Title: TBA
Zoom Link: Meeting ID: Passcode: TBA
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom.
Speaker: Dr. Dax Fu, Associate Professor of Physiology, John Hopkins School of Medicine
Title: “In-cell molecular functions of human zinc transporter-8 and its role in diabetes pathophysiology”
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu
Zoom Link: Meeting ID: Passcode: TBA
Coronavirus Info:
• Website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus
▫ Campus Health Center – Coronavirus: COVID-19 – Recent updates: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus
▫ WS students, faculty, and staff eligible for COVID-19 testing for no out-of-pocket charge: COVID-19 Testing
▫ Facts about the COVID-19 Vaccine: COVID-19 Vaccine Facts
▫ 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: Travel During COVID-19 | CDC
• 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 – Facts about the Covid-19 Vaccine
• Domestic & International Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic: