BMI Weekly News- September 21, 2020
BMI Weekly News
September 21, 2020
News:
• BMI Retreat Update:
• Wayne State University is requiring that all enrolled students receive flu shots by October 15, 2020. The flu shot will be available for no-out-of-pocket cost to all enrolled students if administered by the Campus Health Center. They will bill your insurance, if you have it, but if insurance does not cover the cost, you will not be billed for the service. Appointments are required.
There will be Flu Shots at Scott Hall: Margherio on October 5,6,7,8 & 15, 2020. Click on Campus Health Center link: https://health.wayne.edu/medical-school-flu-shot/ for the full details and dates/locations of other sites. Appointments are required.
• Free COVID-19 testing available to all faculty, staff and students: Campus Health Center COVID-19 Testing
This Week Events:
• Journal Club: Monday, September 21, 2020, 12:30 pm, PhD student candidate, Kendall Muzzarelli, presents title: “Structural and drug design studies of 3CL protease inhibitors targeting Coronaviruses, Enteroviruses, and Noroviruses.”
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87882619980?pwd=dFJ1b1plS2gwbXREVi9rYVRCb2d3QT09 Mentor: Dr. Ladislau Kovari
• BMI Seminar: Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 11:30am, Speaker, Hannah Rowe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University. Title: “Direct bacterial-viral interactions promote respiratory transmission”.
Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/94752600188?pwd=V1FQRkNxRGdKNDY2K1ZITEVyT3VnZz09. Host: Dr. Jeffrey Withey jwithey@med.wayne.edu
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 11:30am, Speaker, Dr. Kristin Parent, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. Title: “Deciphering virus entry mechanisms: from bacteriophages to giant viruses”. Zoom Link: TBA closer to date. Host: Kendall Muzzarelli kmuzzare@med.wayne.edu and BMI students
• Immunology Focus Group Seminar: Thursday, October 1, 2020, 12:00 – 1:00 pm., Speaker, Niroshana Anandasabapathy, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College. Title: “Balancing tissue homeostasis and tumor immune surveillance through DC:T cell crosstalk”.
Meeting Link: https://hfhs.webex.com/hfhs/j.php?MTID=md983f01ff8ba4f41568a37536f3565dd
Meeting number: 171 130 2809 Password: mcHZgFpy943
Contact Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi for further information (313) 876-1017
• Next Journal Clubs:
Monday October 5, 2020,12:30pm, PhD candidate Michael Pawlitz. Title and meeting link to follow closer to the date. Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Withey
Monday, October 12, 2020, 12:30pm, PhD student candidate, Yingxue Zhang, presents title: “Crystal Structure of SMYD2 in Complex with a PARP1 Peptide Reveals Both a Productive and Non-productive Complex”. Zoom Link: TBA closer to date. Mentor: Dr. Zhe Yang
• 2020 Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology Departmental Retreat Program is tentatively scheduled for on Friday, October 30, 2020. ZOOM: TBA closer to date. Still in the planning stages with more details to follow soon.
• 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.
Abstract submissions open Monday, August 31st and will stay open until Friday, September 26th. 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:
• Updated 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
• Reminder: Do not throw away the disinfectant bottles & sprayers because they are reusable.
• 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
• Warrior Safe Training: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/warrior-safe-training/
• Campus Daily Screener: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/
• 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 - Attached are the guidelines for any outside vendors scheduled to work on your research equipment in a WSU building. Please make sure you and your vendors follow these instructions prior to coming to WSU campus.
• WSU Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) for employees for fall 2020 https://parking.wayne.edu
Links (as embedded in items above):
• Central Receiving Updated Delivery information: