BMI Weekly News- November 30, 2020
BMI Weekly News
November 30, 2020
News:
• The BMI Faculty meeting is Thursday, December 3, 2020, 11:30 am.
Events This Week:
• Journal Club: Monday, November 30, 2020, 12:30 – 1:20pm, IMM PhD student candidate, Taylor Vensko presents title: “Adding a New Dimension to Human Cytomegalovirus Virion Maturation and Egress.”
Mentor: Dr. Philip Pellett
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/91636706175?pwd=cXB3R1JaUXRjTTJENnRUQUF6c1V1QT09
Meeting ID: 916 3670 6175
Passcode: 010081
• Immunology Focus Group (IFG) Seminar: Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm via Zoom.
Speaker, Cheryl Rockwell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University.
Title: “When T cells Get Stressed: Role of the Stress-Activated Transcription Factor Nrf2 in Food Allergy”
Hosted by: Jennifer Jacob, PhD (jacobj@wayne.edu), Oncology Department, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University.
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/99400914354?pwd=SXVNNGF5SVQ3endPeTlucUpWcjhkQT09
Meeting ID: 994 0091 4354
Passcode: 265397
Upcoming Events:
• Next Journal Club: Monday, November 30, 2020, 12:30 – 1:20pm, IMM PhD student candidate, Madison Walton presents title: “TBA”
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey
Zoom Link: TBA
Meeting ID:
Passcode:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm via Zoom.
Speaker, Jinsheng Zhang, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders; Professor and Research Director, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University.
Title: “Investigate and Treat Tinnitus”
Hosted by: Dr. JianJun Wang
Zoom Link TBA
Meeting ID:
Passcode:
• MI-ASM Monthly Seminar Series – Lunch-N-Learn Seminar will be live streaming on the MI-ASM YouTube page with Speaker, Elizabeth DeLorme-Axford, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, December 11, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. presenting title: “TBA”. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/I1xUzl9h3og
Interested microbiologists or learners can also subscribe to the MI-ASM You Tube page that will show the scheduled streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiwPHOfOs_VZWTMHnIVPclw
Information for Students:
• Covid-19 website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus
• 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 – these 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):
• Activities and Resources to Practice Mental Health First Aid by Madison Walton
• From the Office of the Provost - Faculty and Staff Resources:
• Central Receiving Updated Delivery information: