BMI Weekly News- November 22, 2021

BMI Weekly News 

November 22, 2021 

News: 

• Congratulations to the Mitra lab for publication of a paper, "The Zinc and Iron Binuclear Transport Center of ZupT, a ZIP transporter from Escherichia coli" in Biochemistry, by Cameron Roberts, Fei Ni and Bharati Mitra, Ph.D.  The link is: DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00621 

Events This Week:  

• Immunology Focus Group: Monday, November 22, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm*   

Speaker: Laurent Gapin, PhD, Professor, Department of Immunology & Microbiology,  

University of Colorado School of Medicine and National Jewish Health, Denver, USA 

Title: “Transcriptional regulation of Innate T cell development” 

https://hfhs.webex.com/hfhs/j.php?MTID=m69ac0ac76981543191c94bd5a13b008b  

Meeting number (access code): 2433 276 4985  

Meeting password: fVrHJMTM396  

Hosted by: Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi, M.D./Ph.D., Center for Cutaneous Biology and Immunology,  

Immunology Program, Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Departments of BMI and Oncology, WSU.  Tel.: 313-876-1017 

*There will be a discussion between the speaker and students following the seminar. 

 

Upcoming Events: 

• Next BMI Journal Club: Monday, November 29, 2021, 12:30 – 1:20 pm, 2268 Scott Hall 

Presented by: IMM PhD Student, Nathan Kelley   

Title: The NLRP10 inflammasome: a novel member of the inflammasome family” 

Mentor: Dr. Yuan He 

• Next In-Person BMI Seminar:  Tuesday, November 30. 2021, 11:30am – 12:30 pm, 2268 Scott Hall** 

Speaker: Tomoaki Ogino, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, University of Toledo 

Title: “The transcription machinery of non-segmented negative strand RNA viruses” 

Alternate viewing option on Zoom Link:  

https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94791227854?pwd=TTVpYUhGc29sWmxtei9HckxGeEloZz09  

Meeting ID: 947 9122 7854  

Passcode: 797661  

Host: Dr. Philip Pellett ppellett@wayne.edu   

**Luncheon meeting between the speaker and BMI students will be held in room 7370 Scott Hall, following the seminar.

• Dissertation Notice: Friday, December 3, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom   

BMB Ph.D. Candidate, Cameron Roberts 

Thesis Title: “Investigating the Metal Binding and Transport Properties of ZntA and ZupT” 

Mentor: Dr. Bharati Mitra 

Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/96514520172?pwd=REY5ZmNuMGtwUW5ZY3Fseng0VElRUT09
Meeting ID: 965 1452 0172 

Passcode:  095581 

• 2021 Departmental Winter Gathering: Friday, December 10, 11:30am – 2:00pm.   

See attached flyer for details. 

Return to Campus:

• From Office of President Wilson: Resources with contact numbers to support, guide and assist you while on campus. https://i.wayne.edu/view/6139026798d32?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-6139026798d32&utm_campaign=Welcome+to+a+new+academic+year&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web and additional resources https://wayne.edu/safety 

• For Latest Updates and InformationWarrior Safe is Warrior Strong - School of Medicine - Wayne State University 

• Coronavirus campus updates: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/messages  

• Everyone must complete the Campus Daily Screener Campus Daily Screener - Wayne State University before coming to campus. All visitors and guests must complete the Guest Campus Screener Guest Campus Screener - Wayne State University.  

◦ Mask Mandate Extended:  Campus Health Committee will continue to require masks inside all campus buildings.  For real-time updates on campus requirement click on the coronavirus website

• Campus Health Center (CHC) – The COVID-19 Vaccine:  

The COVID-19 Vaccine - Campus Health Center (wayne.edu)  

• Information on the COVID-19 VaccinesVaccines for COVID-19 | CDC 

• To schedule a vaccine appointment, click on link: https://health.wayne.edu/covid-vaccine-appointment/   

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