VBRN Annual Retreat

Please register here for this event.

Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Venue: Sullivan Classroom in the Larner College of Medicine Medical Education Building (Med Ed 200)

Program:

10:00-10:30      Registration and coffee

10:30-11:00      Welcome remarks and introductions

• Chris Francklyn, PhD, VBRN Director/PI
• Kirk Dombrowski, PhD, UVM Vice President for Research

11:00-12:00      UVM Research Cores, Services, and Capabilities

• Doug Taatjes, PhD, Director, CBSR and Microscopy Core
• Julie Dragon, PhD, Director, VBRN Data Science Core and VIGR
• Wai Lam, PhD, Director, VBRN Proteomics Core
• Roxana Del Rio Guerra, PhD, Director, Flow Cytometry Core
• Gary Stein, MD, Vermont Director of the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network (NNE-CTR) 

12:00-1:00        Lunch

1:00-1:30          Data management and accessibility — NIH’s DMS Plan

• Nate Herzog, IT Specialist, VBRN
• Gagan Bajaj, PhD, UVM Research Development, OVPR

1:30-2:15          Intellectual property/Patents/Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion

• Corine Farewell, DVM & MBA, Director of UVM Innovations (formally the UVM Office of Technology Commercialization)
• Kerry Swift, MS, Technology Licensing Officer, UVM Innovations
• Tina Thorton, PhD, Faculty Entrepreneurship Lead, UVM Innovations
• Jason Botten, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Medicine & Associate Director, Vermont Biomedical Research Network

2:15-3:45          Thematic Interest Groups (TIG)

• Current and developing groups*
• VBRN funding for thematic research
• Breakout sessions and proposal development

3:45-4:00          Thematic group funding proposal summaries and wrap up

Lunch will be provided