BMI Weekly News- September 12, 2022
BMI Weekly Newsletter
September 12, 2022
News:
►The BMI Retreat has been postponed. Please respond to the poll about alternative dates that was emailed to students, staff, and faculty this past Friday.
- Congratulations on a recent publication from the Akins lab, first authored by a graduating BMB MS student, with the second author having been a summer BCAP student:
- Mollin A, Katta M, Sobel JD, Akins RA. Association of key species of vaginal bacteria of recurrent bacterial vaginosis patients before and after oral metronidazole therapy with short- and long-term clinical outcomes. PLoS One. 2022;17(7):e0272012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272012. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35901180; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9333308.
Events this Week:
- In-Person BMI Seminar: September 13, 2022, 11:30am-12:30pm, 2268 Scott Hall
- Speaker: Dr. Vijay Rathinam, Associate Professor, Immunology, U. Conn. Health https://facultydirectory.uchc.edu/profile?profileId=Rathinam-Vijay2
- Title: “The Causes and Consequences of Inflammatory Cell Death”.
- Host: Dr. Yuan He yhe@med.wayne.edu
- Zoom link: If unable to attend, copy and paste this link into your browser:
- https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/92818543731?pwd=MmNNd1pMbnBrNVhZK1I3TSswQ2hHdz09
- Meeting ID: 928 1854 3731
- Passcode: 967873
Upcoming Events:
- In-person BMI Seminar: September 20, 2022, 11:30am-12:30pm, 2268 Scott Hall
- Speaker: Dr. Alexander Galkin, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience (Interim), Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, N.Y. https://vivo.weill.cornell.edu/display/cwid-alg2057
- Title: TBA
- Host: Susanna Viljaj fp1080@wayne.edu and BMI Students
- Journal Club: September 19, 2022, 11:30am-12:30pm, Room 2268 Scott Hall.
- Presenter: Tamima Tasnim, IMM PhD student
- Title: “Vibrio cholerae biofilms in zebrafish colonization and transmission”.
- Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey
- BMI New Student Portrait Session scheduled for all new Winter and Fall 2022 Students in BMI Program. Student portraits are for inclusion in the departmental website: https://biochemmicroimmuno.med.wayne.edu/.
- Date: Monday, September 19, 2022
- Times: 11:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-2:30pm
- Location: Medical Communications Department, Scott Hall, Room 1367
- For Assistance: James Jackson and April Wolak will be present and available on the first floor of Scott Hall during the event to assist with locating the Medical Communications Department in room 1367, where the portraits will be taken.
- For questions, contact either James at james.jackson@wayne.edu or April at awolak@wayne.edu
Return to Campus:
- Campus Health Committee: WSU has mandated all students, faculty and staff to receive a flu shot by October 15, 2022. There are three dates for each in September and October that they will be at School of Medicine to give out the flu shots. Please visit their flu page for more information on no out-of-pocket cost to receive the flu shot for enrolled students, faculty & staff and also for other locations where the flu shot will be given too.
- CHC Update on Campus Daily Screener, Vaccine Mandate and Masks: Click on this link for details
- Screener Campus Daily Screener - Wayne State University.
- All visitors and guests must continue to complete the Guest Campus Screener Guest Campus Screener - Wayne State University.
- From Office of President Wilson: Resources with contact numbers to support, guide and assist you while on campus.