The mission of VBRN is to build a culture to promote biomedical research infrastructure in Vermont. Our focus is on human health and behavior as broadly defined. The goal is to build and sustain a culture of research throughout the state by facilitating the research capacity of faculty members, and the education of undergraduates, at our baccalaureate partner institutions.
Name: Caleb Opoku Sarfo Home Institution: Norwich University Year in Fall 2023: Sophomore (2nd semester) Research Institution: Dr. Bruno Martorelli Di Genova Lab (Stafford Hall, UVM) What I am researching: We know that the “TGME49_288540” gene, which we refer to as...
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We welcome Jonathan Emery from the Northern New England Center for Translational Research (NNE-CTR) to VBRN! Jonathan is available to provide biostatistics support services at no charge to network faculty for their biomedical research projects. If you are interested...
Find and Explore is a new pilot program for partner institutions to utilize the Vermont Advanced Computing Center (VACC) at the University of Vermont. The VACC provides state-of-the-art high-performance research cyberinfrastucture, including data storage and...
Bio-organic Chemistry Thematic GroupGroup Leader: Dr. Robert Hondal, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of VermontMembers: Five faculty from VBRN baccalaureate partner institutions (BPIs) The Bio-organic Thematic Group provides...
The National Association of IDeA Principal Investigators (NAIPI) BIOMMED Virtual Fall Training Programs for students and faculty are designed to address the pressing needs of students, faculty, and researchers to deal with growing amounts of high throughput data...
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new $20 million investment in Entrepreneurial Fellowships through a multi-year cooperative agreement with Activate.org. The Activate Fellows supported by NSF will be scientists and engineers from a variety of...
Description of the Internship Position: Training Provided: Training will be provided at the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN) Proteomics Facility. Trainees will learn modern proteomics approaches using state-of-the art mass spectrometry instrumentation, as...
New NIH Funding Mechanism – the R16 Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) ProgramThe NIH SuRE program supports research capacity building at institutions that enroll significant numbers of students from backgrounds nationally underrepresented in biomedical research,...
Request for Information: Soliciting ideas for new NIH Common Fund programsOffice of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund) The NIH Common Fund is soliciting ideas for potential new scientific programs that may be supported in fiscal year 2025 or beyond. The Common Fund...
National Research Mentoring Network's Mentee Course for Student Researchers"Launching Research, Part 2: Tools for Organization and Investigation"The purpose of this course is to inspire students to confidently explore research and acquaint them with skills they will...
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI):Administrative Supplements for Research on Women’s Health in the IDeA StatesThe Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), along with the other participating NIH...
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