BMI Weekly News- May 17, 2021

May 17, 2021

BMI Weekly News

May 17, 2021

News:

• Congratulations to Immunology & Microbiology Ph.D. student James Glassbrook (mentored by Dr. Heather Gibson) for being awarded a competitive fellowship from the WSU & Karmanos Cancer Center National Cancer Institute training grant. The fellowship will support his work for the 2021-2022 academic year.

• The June BMI Faculty Meeting has been moved to Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 11:30am.

• THANK YOU to the following for their service on the 2020-2021 BMI Student Council

◦ President – Nathan Kelley

◦ Vice President – Madison Walton

◦ Graduate Student Representative – Madison Walton (IM PhD), Emma Graffice (IM MS Rep), Cameron

Roberts (BMB PhD Rep), and Kaitlyn Martin (BMB MS Rep)

◦ Seminar Committee – Dustin Farr (IM Div.), Kendall Muzzarelli (BMB Div.)

◦ Social Committee – Emma Graffice, Jillian Green and Taylor Vensko

◦ Graduate Program Committee – Taylor Vensko

and

• WELCOME to the new members of the 2021-2022 BMI Student Council

◦ President - Madison Walton

◦ Vice President - Jonathan Panzer

◦ Graduate Student Representative – Michael Muczynski (BMB PhD), Ashomathi Molin (BMB MS),

Tamima Tasnim (IM PhD), and Fady Bidawit (IM MS)

◦ Seminar Committee – Jillian Green (BMB Div.), Taylor Vensko (IM Div.)

◦ Social Committee - Bhavita Bhaya and Michael Muczynski

◦ Graduate Program Committee – If graduate student representative is needed at meetings, Taylor Vensko

will continue to hold this position.

• Campus Health Center announces available appointments for J&J vaccine. Employees and students can call now for vaccine appointment. Click link for five-step process.

• Don’t forget to mark your calendar for this year’s BMI Department Picnic, Friday, August 27^th (the Friday before classes start). It will be at Belle Isle Park, Shelter 12, the same large shelter that was used for the 2019 picnic. Any questions or concerns contact Jillian Green fo1050@wayne.edu or Taylor Vensko gq1369@wayne.edu. More details to come as we get closer to the event.

Event This Week:

This is the first of three BMI Faculty Candidates virtual seminar. The format will be the same as for our usual seminars, one zoom session for the seminar itself first attended by everyone, followed by a discussion session with students and post-docs.

• BMI Faculty Candidate Seminar: Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:00noon – 1:00pm via Zoom

Speaker: Simone Brixius-Anderko, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicinal Chemistry (College of Pharmacy), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor https://pharmacy.umich.edu/people/sbrixius

Title: “Understanding Aldosterone Biosynthesis for Enhanced Treatment of Hypertension”

Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu

Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/93568696011?pwd=UkQ0d09EWlNDZVk1TkVNUDEvVXVyZz09

Meeting ID: 935 6869 6011

Passcode: 844986

**After the seminar BMI students and post docs will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker in the same Zoom session, 1-2pm.

Upcoming Events:

• Next BMI Faculty Candidate Seminar: Monday, May 24, 2021, 12:00noon – 1:00pm via Zoom

Speaker: Sarah R. Wessel, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University, Department of Biochemistry

Title: “Identification of novel genome maintenance proteins at the DNA replication fork”.

Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra bmitra@med.wayne.edu

Zoom Link: https://wayneedu.zoom.us/j/91707846734?pwd=RU9CSXl4bXNsK2lnVWhFTmtpVkFmZz09

Meeting ID: 917 0784 6734

Passcode: 759765

**After the seminar BMI students and post docs will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker in the same Zoom session, 1-2pm.

• Please see the attached flyer and registration information for a free upcoming virtual symposium about Alzheimer’s disease, which will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Thanks to Immunology and Microbiology Emerita Professor Judith Whittum-Hudson for sharing.

Coronavirus Info:

• Website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus

▫ Campus Health Center – The COVID-19 Vaccine: The COVID-19 Vaccine

♦ Public Health Committee – Reminder the COVID-19 vaccine is available to ALL Faculty, Staff and Students. For appointment process click link: Six Step-by-step process for COVID-19 vaccination appointment

▫ 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):

CHC announces available appointments for J&J vaccine: https://i.wayne.edu/view/609d38f7bf435?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-609d38f7bf435&utm_campaign=Campus+Health+announces+available+appointments+for+J%26amp%3BJ+vacc&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web