BMI Weekly News- November 2, 2020
BMI Weekly News
November 2, 2020
News:
• BMI Faculty meeting is Thursday, November 5, 2020, 11:30 AM.
• Don’t forget to join us for a day of events this Friday, November 6, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM for our BMI Retreat 2020. See details below.
• Congratulations go out to Dr. Pellett’s lab. As part of their Covid-19 activities, members of the Pellett lab wrote a paper, “Betaherpesvirus assembly and egress: Recent advances illuminate the path,” by Amina Wofford, Ian McCusker, Jillian Green, Taylor Vensko, and Dr. Pellett. The paper was included in Volume 108 of Advances in Virus Research, which is focused on virus assembly and exit pathways. The article is available via this link.
• An Immediate Short-Term Full-Time Molecular Microbiology Position is available. If you are interested or if you know someone who might be, please click on the attached posting and pass it on.
Events This Week:
• Journal Club: Monday, November 2, 2020, 12:30 – 1:20pm, IMM PhD student candidate, James Glassbrook presents title: “Identifying host-intrinsic resistance mechanisms to antibody-based cancer therapies.”
Mentor: Dr. Heather Gibson
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94384480147?pwd=VU05Q3lseXZSRlRoMWtpRXdJL281Zz09
Meeting ID: 943 8448 0147
Passcode: 588473
• No BMI Seminar scheduled for Tuesday, November 3 – WSU Closed – Election Day.
• BMI Retreat 2020:The BMI retreat is Friday November 6, from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM via Zoom, rather than ending at 4:30 as previously announced. In addition, there have been some changes in the schedule, so please check to make sure there are no conflicts for your presentation. The purposes of the retreat are to learn what goes on in labs across the department and in labs of our extended faculty, and to get to know each other better. The program will include 3MT talks from our faculty, brief research presentations from students who are in at least their second year, and a talk from a postdoctoral fellow. The keynote talk will be given by Dr. Maik Hüttemann from the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics (also a member of our Retreat faculty). Dr. Hüttemann will speak about “Mitochondrial mechanisms of neuronal ischemia/reperfusion injury and a novel therapy”. The Zoom link will be communicated Wednesday.
Upcoming Events:
• Next Journal Club: Monday, November 9, 2020, 12:30 – 1:20pm, BMB PhD student candidate, Cameron Roberts presents title: “Investigating Zinc and Iron Binding and Transport Mediated by ZupT.”
Mentor: Dr. Bharati Mitra
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/97647038140?pwd=di8rWmpLbkFiZkp6ckczMW5NSDFNUT09
Meeting ID: 976 4703 8140
Passcode: 540733
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 11:30am via Zoom
Speaker, Jessy J. Alexander, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.
Title: “Complement System: Its role in the kidney”
Hosted by: Dr. Raghavendar Thipparthi
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/96724266491?pwd=QllxK1hpRXRWTkFiTEovTUtlOVxwZz09
Meeting ID: 967 2426 6491
Passcode: 785844
• The 24th Annual C.P. Lee Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day (GSRPD) is going virtual. Join us on Thursday, November 19, 2020 via Zoom as we celebrate another year of graduate student STEM research at Wayne State with keynote speaker Dr. Marlene Belfort of University at Albany - SUNY.
Due to time limitations of a virtual format, we will feature 5 oral presentations and 20 poster rapid-fire presentations this year. As tradition, the top 7 presentations will receive monetary awards, so get out there and show us what you've got!
Keep an eye out for more details to come soon! For more information, like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, or visit the 2020 WSU GSRPD website. Questions can be directed to conference co-chairs, Shreya Banerjee, and Madison Walton, via email at gsrpd@wayne.edu.
Information for Students:
• Covid-19 website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus
• Medical Campus Operations: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/med-campus
• SOM guidelines: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/guidelines
• Warrior Safe Training: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/warrior-safe-training/
• Campus Daily Screener: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/
• Dean of Students Office: https://doso.wayne.edu/
• Office of International Students and Scholars (OISSO): https://oiss.wayne.edu/
• Parking and Transportation Services Department
◦ The OneCard/Parking Service Center is in the Welcome Center, Room 257, Detroit, MI 48202,
313-577-CARD (2273).
◦ For 24/7 Parking Assistance or Motorist Assistance which includes
battery jumps, vehicle lock outs, and help locating your vehicle, please call 313-577-1979.
• Academic and Registration Calendar 2020-2021: https://wayne.edu/registrar/registration/calendar20-21/
• Academic and Registration Calendar 2021-2022: https://wayne.edu/registrar/registration/calendar21-22/
Lab restart information:
• Medical Campus Operations: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/med-campus
• Warrior Safe Training: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/warrior-safe-training/
• Campus Daily Screener: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/
• Scott Hall Building is open to authorized students, faculty, staff, and visitors. All individuals must follow all
SOM guidelines and use their unique daily QR code to scan IN to the building.
https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/guidelines
• Gloves (all sizes) and disinfectant (qt and gallon) are available – contact Joe or Dr. Pellett; a supply will
be maintained in the office.
• Reminder: Do not throw away the disinfectant bottles & sprayers because they are reusable.
• If Parking Structure 4 is still closed, use the adjacent surface lot (Lot #75) for parking.
• Campus and U.S. Postal Service mail delivery to medical school buildings: Central Receiving
• Important new guidelines for equipment servicing – there are guidelines for any outside vendors
scheduled to work on your research equipment in a WSU building. Make sure you and your vendors
follow these instructions prior to coming to WSU campus. Contact Joe or Mary for the guidelines and
form to complete.
• From the Office of the Provost - Faculty and Staff Resources Link
• WSU Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) for employees for fall 2020 https://parking.wayne.edu
Links (as embedded in items above):
• Dr. Pellett’s lab Article: Volume 108 of Advances in Virus Research:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065352720300439
• From the Office of the Provost - Faculty and Staff Resources:
• Central Receiving Updated Delivery information: