BMI Weekly News- November 9, 2020
BMI Weekly News
November 9, 2020
News:
• BMI Faculty meeting is Thursday, November 12, 2020, 11:30 AM.
• Thank you to the 2020 BMI Retreat Planning Committee members, Bhavita Bhaya, Isabella Cubillejo, Antoine Khobeir, Raghavendar Thipparthi, Phil Pellett and to all the others who helped to make the 2020 BMI Retreat a great success!
Events This Week:
• 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
• 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 and 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
Upcoming Events:
• Next Journal Club: Monday, November 16, 2020, 12:30 – 1:20pm, IMM PhD student candidate, Isabella Cubillejo presents title: “TBA”
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/92140731524?pwd=cXREemk5TytPa25uNlNLZWQzWmMvQT09
Meeting ID: 921 4073 1524
Passcode: 014853
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 11:30am via Zoom
Speaker, Julie Pfieffer, Ph.D., Professor, Kern and Marnie Wildenthal President’s Research Council Professorship in Medical Science, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Pfeiffer’s research spans three main areas: (i) virus evolution, tropism, and pathogenesis, (ii) virus-microbiota interactions, and (iii) innate response to infection. Pfeiffer lab link.
Title: “TBA”
Hosted by: Dustin Farr dfarr@med.wayne.edu and BMI Students
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/96221359073?pwd=QzRVbVpudnllZDFObEV2eXpCTVhiQT09
Meeting ID: 962 2135 9073
Passcode: 006647
• 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 – 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):
• From the Office of the Provost - Faculty and Staff Resources:
• Central Receiving Updated Delivery information: