Vermont Biomedical Research Network

UVM Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds
2023-04-24 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York)
8:00 – 9:00 am, Join the seminar, Meeting ID: 941 8945 2885 online or in-person, Davis Auditorium
“TBA”
Ruth McGovern, MD, Family Medicine Resident, Department of Family Medicine, UVM Larner College of Medicine

“Preventing Parkinson’s”
2023-04-21 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Department of Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds Seminar
12:00-1:00 PM – Join the seminar
2nd Annual Ashok Gupta Memorial Lecture in Parkinsonian Disorders
“Preventing Parkinson’s”
Michael A. Schwarzschild, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

“What is a Cell Phone? Theories for Pediatric Psychiatry”
2023-04-21 10:30 - 11:45
UVM Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Seminar
10:30-11:45 AM – Join online Meeting ID: 929 273 94040, (Passcode: [REDACTED]
“What is a Cell Phone? Theories for Pediatric Psychiatry”
Tyler Fanning, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, UVM

“Conserving Springs and Streams in Oregon's High Desert”
2023-04-20 16:15 - 17:15
UVM Department of Plant Biology Marvin Memorial Seminar Series
4:15-5:15 PM Jeffords 110 or join online with Teams link
“Conserving Springs and Streams in Oregon’s High Desert”
Hayley Kolding, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student

‘Forest Health in the Ossipee and Waterboro Pine Barrens: Preparing for the Arrival of the Southern Pine Beetle’
Sonya Kaufman, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student

“Immunogenicity and protective mechanisms for a live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine.”
2023-04-20 10:00 - 11:30
UVM Translational Global Infectious Disease Research (TGIR) Workshop
10:00 11:30 AM – Join online, Meeting ID: 96151843017, Passcode: [REDACTED] or in-person in Health Science 400
“Immunogenicity and protective mechanisms for a live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine.”
Sean Diehl, PhD

“Contribution of Interfering and infectious particles in arenavirus pathogenesis”
2023-04-20 09:00 - 10:00
UVM Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Disease (VCIID) Research-in-Progress Meeting
9:00-10:00 AM – Join the meeting, or in-person in HSRF 300, UVM campus
“Contribution of Interfering and infectious particles in arenavirus pathogenesis”
Rebekah Honce, Post Doc, Jason Botten’s Lab

“Surgeon Wellness”
2023-04-20 07:30 - 08:30
UVM Surgical Grand Rounds – John H. Davis Lectureship
7:30-8:30 AM, Davis Auditorium
“Surgeon Wellness”
Christine Kariya, MD, Vascular Fellow, Division of Vascular Surgery Department of Surgery, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine University of Vermont Medical Center

“A fly’s eye view of corneal development”
2023-04-19 14:00 - 15:00
NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS)
2:00-3:00 PM, Join the seminar
“A fly’s eye view of corneal development”
Jessica Treisman, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

“Health Literacy in Cardiovascular Rehab: Bridging Gaps for Better Health Outcomes”
2023-04-19 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Vermont Center on Behavioral Health (VCBH) Community Rounds Workshop
Online 12:00-1:00 PM – Davis Auditorium, UVM Medical Center
“Health Literacy in Cardiovascular Rehab: Bridging Gaps for Better Health Outcomes”
Paul Oh, MD< FRCPC, Medical Director, Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehab, University of Toronto

“Designing a Multi-Mission Healthcare Vehicle”
2023-04-19 12:00 - 13:00
BME Research Conference
12-1 PM, In-person HSRF 200/ Zoom
“Designing a Multi-Mission Healthcare Vehicle” Mike Rosen, PhD, University of Vermont
“Introducing the New BME Capstone” Sam Fox, BS BME, University of Vermont

"Needles in haystacks and chasing windmills: the lot of Base Excision Repair glycosylases in genome maintenance."
2023-04-19 09:30 - 10:30
UVM Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Seminar
9:30-10:30 AM – Join the seminar online (Passcode: [REDACTED] or in-person in MedEd 200, UVM campus
“Needles in haystacks and chasing windmills: the lot of Base Excision Repair glycosylases in genome maintenance.”
Shelia David, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemistry, UC-Davis

“IMPACT VT - Pediatric Clinical Trials Update”
2023-04-19 08:00 - 09:00
UVM Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00-9:00 AM – Join online (Passcode: [REDACTED] or in person in the Davis Auditorium, UVM campus,
“IMPACT VT – Pediatric Clinical Trials Update”
Kelly Cowan, MD , Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UVM Larner College of Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonologist UVM Children’s Hospital
Leslie Young, MD, Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, UVM Larner College of Medicine, Neonatologist, UVM Children’s Hospital

“Fat: Biology and Staying Thin”
2023-04-18 16:00 - 17:30
NIH Demystifying Medicine Series
4:00-5:30 PM, Join the seminar
“Fat: Biology and Staying Thin”
Aaron Cypess, MD, PhD, (NIKKD)
Kevin Hall, PhD, (NIDDK)

"Efficient megakaryopoiesis and platelet production require phospholipid remodeling and PUFA uptake through CD36"
2023-04-18 15:15 - 16:15
CVRI-VT Article Review
3:15 – 4:15 pm, In-person HSRF 400
“Efficient megakaryopoiesis and platelet production require phospholipid remodeling and PUFA uptake through CD36”
Maria Cristina Bravo, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry, Mansour Gergi, MD
Dept of Medicine, Hematology Oncology

“Exploring the Role of Host-Derived Sphingolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions with the Host”
2023-04-18 15:00 - 16:00
Dartmouth College Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Seminar Series
3:00-4:00 PM – Join online (Passcode: [REDACTED] or in-person, Chilcott Auditorium, Vail Building
“Exploring the Role of Host-Derived Sphingolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions with the Host”
Pauline Digianivittorio
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Wargo
CMB Program/ Department Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

“Exploring the Role of Host-Derived Sphingolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions with the Host”
2023-04-18 11:30 - 12:30
UVM Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) Seminar Series
11:30 AM-12:30 PM – Join online or in person in the Sullivan Classroom, Med Ed 200, UVM
“Exploring the Role of Host-Derived Sphingolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions with the Host”
Pauline Digianivittorio
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Wargo
CMB Program/ Department Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

“Women have been misled about menopause”
2023-04-18 07:30 - 08:30
UVM Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds
7:30-8:30 AM – Join the seminar
“Women have been misled about menopause”Julia Johnson, MD, Professor, Ob/Gyn, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UVM LCOM / UVMMC

"Bacterial proprioception: Mechanosensitive control of chemotaxis signaling"
2023-04-17 15:00 - 16:00
Dartmouth Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
3:00-4:00 PM – Join the seminar (Passcode: [REDACTED]
“Bacterial proprioception: Mechanosensitive control of chemotaxis signaling”
Pushkar Lele, Ph.D. – Texas A&M University,
Host: George O’Toole

“Neurobiology of Cognitive Impairments Associated With Autism”
2023-04-17 12:00 - 13:00
Dartmouth College Department of Molecular and Systems Biology Seminar
12:00 PM – Chilcott Auditorium, DHMC
“Neurobiology of Cognitive Impairments Associated With Autism”
Gain Rumbaugh, PhD, Professor Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute

“Electro-Calcium Coupling and Alzheimer’s disease”
2023-04-17 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Research-in Progress Seminar
12:00 – 1:00 PM, In-person HSRF 400, UVM campus
“Electro-Calcium Coupling and Alzheimer’s disease”
Amreen Mughal, PhD, UVM Pharmacology

“Acclimation and adaptation in a changing ocean: Unifying spatial and temporal patterns”
2023-04-17 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Department of Biology Seminar Series
Online 12:00-1:00 PM – Teams link, or in person, Aiken 102
“Acclimation and adaptation in a changing ocean: Unifying spatial and temporal patterns”
Matt Sasaki, PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology
University of Vermont

"Evolution of Thrombolysis in Treating Acute Stroke"
2023-04-14 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Department of Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds Seminar
12:00-1:00 PM – Join the seminar online

“Evolution of Thrombolysis in Treating Acute Stroke”
Parisa Heidari, MD, Resident, Department of Neurological Sciences
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
University of Vermont Medical Center

"The NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR): A new ecosystem facilitating reliable comparative genomics"
2023-04-14 12:00 - 13:00
NIH Office of Data Science Strategy’s Data Sharing and Reuse Seminar
12:00-1:00 PM – Register for the seminar
“The NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR): A new ecosystem facilitating reliable comparative genomics”
Valerie Schneider, PhD, Staff Scientist and Program Head, National Library of Medicine (NLM) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

“Why the Axe Forgets What the Tree Remembers: Psychoanalytic Considerations of Systemic Racism, its Prevalence, its Persistence and its Remediation”
2023-04-14 10:30 - 11:45
UVM Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Seminar
10:30-11:45 AM – Join online Meeting ID: 929 273 94040, (Passcode: [REDACTED]
“Why the Axe Forgets What the Tree Remembers: Psychoanalytic Considerations of Systemic Racism, its Prevalence, its Persistence and its Remediation”
Dorothy Holmes, PsyD, Professor and PsyD Program Director Emerita, George Washington University

“Mechanisms of Covid-19”
2023-04-14 08:00 - 09:00
UVM Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Seminar
8:00-9:00 AM – Join the seminar online (Passcode: [REDACTED] or in person in the Davis Center Auditorium, UVM campus
“Mechanisms of Covid-19”
Jason Botten, PhD, Professorof Medicine Immunobiology Unit, UVM Larner College of Medicine

“Montpelier PLACE: Ecological assessment, management, and connection in Vermont's capital city”
2023-04-13 16:15 - 17:15
UVM Department of Plant Biology Marvin Memorial Seminar Series
4:15-5:15 PM Jeffords 110 or join online with Teams link
“Montpelier PLACE: Ecological assessment, management, and connection in Vermont’s capital city”
Erica Hample, UVM Plant BIology Graduate Student

“Eco-evolutionary mechanisms of diversification in the Adiantum pedatum complex (Pteridaceae)”
Morgan Southgate, UVM Plant Biology graduate students

“Like polio, do we need both oral and inactivated vaccines for optimal prevention against rotavirus?”
2023-04-13 10:00 - 11:30
UVM Translational Global Infectious Disease Research (TGIR) Workshop
10:00 11:30 AM – Join online, Meeting ID: 96151843017, Passcode: [REDACTED] or in-person in Health Science
“Like polio, do we need both oral and inactivated vaccines for optimal prevention against rotavirus?”
Baoming Jian, CVM, PhD, CDC

UVM Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Disease (VCIID) Research-in-Progress Meeting
2023-04-13 09:00 - 10:00
9:00-10:00 AM – Join the meeting, or in-person in HSRF 300, UVM campus
“TBD”
Dev Majumdar

“Cerebral Edema- Current Look at an Old Problem”
2023-04-13 07:30 - 08:30
UVM Surgical Grand Rounds – John H. Davis Lectureship
7:30-8:30 AM, Davis Auditorium
“Cerebral Edema- Current Look at an Old Problem” John Muse, MD, Chief Resident, Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center

VBRN Career Day
2023-04-12 14:30 - 20:00
Career Day Agenda:
1:00-2:30 Optional UVM lab tours* (details below)
2:30-3:00 Registration and poster set-up
3:00-4:00 Student poster session (odd)
4:00-5:00 Student poster session (even)
5:00-6:00 Dinner
5:50-6:00 Prizes, giveaways, introductions after attendees split into faculty and student groups
6:00-7:00 Dessert and 1) student career networking or 2) faculty data science panel discussion
7:00 PM Closing remarks

*Optional lab tours on the UVM campus:
Center for Biomedical Shared Resources Lab Tours in the Firestone Medical Reearch Building, Larner College of Medicine, UVM
o Microscopy Core Facility
o Proteomics Core Facility
o Flow Cytometry Core Facility
o Vermont Integrated Genomics Resource (VIGR)
