Vermont Biomedical Research Network

“Mechanisms of Covid-19”
2023-04-14 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York)
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)

“Wisdom on Aging from the RNA World: Old Molecules in Young Roles”
2023-04-12 14:00 - 15:00
NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS)
2:00-3:00 PM, Join the seminar
“Wisdom on Aging from the RNA World: Old Molecules in Young Roles”
Myriam Gorospe, PhD, Senior Investigator, NIA Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute of Aging, NIH

“Preparing for tomorrow’s pandemics today: Models of coronavirus pathogenesis for broad-spectrum therapeutic development”
2023-04-12 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
“Preparing for tomorrow’s pandemics today: Models of coronavirus pathogenesis for broad-spectrum therapeutic development”
Tim Sheahan, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Perinatal Social Support During the COVID Pandemic - Impacts on Child Development”
2023-04-12 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
“Perinatal Social Support During the COVID Pandemic – Impacts on Child Development”
Leigh-Anne Cioffredi, MD,Associate Professor Departments of Pediatrics, UVM Larner College of Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist, UVM Children’s Hospital

“Psychobiology: Mushrooms….Others”
2023-04-11 16:00 - 17:30
NIH Demystifying Medicine Series
4:00-5:30 PM, Join the seminar
“Psychobiology: Mushrooms….Others”
Roland Griffths, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
David Olson, PhD, University of California – Davis

BCB Seminar Series: “All Residues Considered: Selectivity determinants in peptide-binding domains”
2023-04-11 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
BCB Seminar Series: “All Residues Considered: Selectivity determinants in peptide-binding domains”
Jeanine Amacher, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Western Washington University
Host: Nicholas Gill, PhD

"Working on your RPPR? Learn how to report publications using My Bibliography"
2023-04-11 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-04-04 13:00 - 14:30
NCBI Outreach RPPR Reporting Workshop
April 4, 2023 & April 11, 2023 1:00 2:30 PM – choose only one date
Register for workshop
“Working on your RPPR? Learn how to report publications using My Bibliography”
Congratulations on your successful NIH grant proposal! As part of the post-award process, you will now have to create and send in annual and final reports (RPPRs) on your progress. This workshop introduces tips and tricks for use of NCBI Account tools for NIH post-award reporting. This session is for NIH funded researchers, their delegates and institutional grants officers with specific task-based, hands-on activities.

UVM Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) Seminar Series
2023-04-11 11:30 - 12:30
11:30 AM-12:30 PM – Join online or in person in the Sullivan Classroom, Med Ed 200, UVM
“TBA”
Lea Drogalis, CMB Student

UVM Department of Chemistry Seminar
2023-04-11 10:00 - 11:00
10:05 am – 11:00 am, Innovation E105
Blaine Mooers, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Host: Monika Ivancic

“Angular” vs “Interstitial” Pregnancy
2023-04-11 07:30 - 08:30
UVM Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds
7:30-8:30 AM – Join the seminar
“Angular” vs “Interstitial” Pregnancy
Elisabeth Wegner, MD, Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn, UVM LCOM / UVMMC

“Combatting AMR to Cryptosporidium drugs"
2023-04-10 15:00 - 16:30
UVM TGIR Monday Workshops
3:00-4:30 PM, in-person Stafford 220
“Combatting AMR to Cryptosporidium drugs”
Dr. Chris Huston

"Disseminated breast cancer cells ‘reduce reuse recycle’ to survive in the brain metastatic microenvironment"
2023-04-10 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Research-in Progress Seminar
12:00 – 1:00 PM, In-person HSRF 400, UVM campus
“Disseminated breast cancer cells ‘reduce reuse recycle’ to survive in the brain metastatic microenvironment”
Erin Howe, Dept of Biological Sciences, Harper Cancer Research Institute
University of Notre Dame

“Divergence of gene function after duplication events in subfamily 1 of the nitrate transporter/peptide transporter family of plant genes”
2023-04-06 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
“Divergence of gene function after duplication events in subfamily 1 of the nitrate transporter/peptide transporter family of plant genes”
Black Ash: Managing a Culturally and Ecologically Significant Tree in the Time of EAB
Julie Raiguel & Charlotte Cadow, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Students

“How Surrounding TIssues Control Cell Invasion”
2023-04-06 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Seminar
12:00 pm, HSRF 400
“How Surrounding TIssues Control Cell Invasion”
Maria Akhmanova, PhD, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria

UVM Translational Global Infectious Disease Research (TGIR) Workshop
2023-04-06 10:00 - 11:30
10:00 11:30 AM – Join online (Passcode: [REDACTED] or in-person in Health Science
“TBD”
John Openshaw, PhD, UVM

UVM Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Disease (VCIID) Research-in-Progress Meeting
2023-04-06 09:00 - 10:00
9:00-10:00 AM – Join the meeting, or in-person in HSRF 300, UVM campus
“TBA”
Bristy Sabikunnahar

UVM Surgical Grand Rounds - John H. Davis Lectureship
2023-04-06 07:30 - 08:30
7:30-8:30 AM, Davis Auditorium
“TBA”
Department of Transplant Surgery

“TP53 Mutation in Myeloid Neoplasms: The Great Equalizer”
2023-04-05 16:30 - 17:30
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds
4:30 PM, Borwell 658W, WebEx link
“TP53 Mutation in Myeloid Neoplasms: The Great Equalizer”
Robert P. Hasserjian, MD, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Hematopathologist, Dept. of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

“A Smear Campaign in the Hematology Lab? It’s not what you think!”
2023-04-05 13:00 - 14:00
UVM Department of Pathology Grand Rounds
1:00pm-2:00pm, Join the seminar, Passcode: [REDACTED] MedEd 100
“A Smear Campaign in the Hematology Lab? It’s not what you think!”

"A potential role for FoxM1 in obese allergic asthma"
2023-04-05 11:00 - 12:00
UVM Redox Biology and Pathology Program Seminar
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Join the seminar , Meeting ID: 959 9166 6098 Passcode: [REDACTED] in-person HSRF 300
“A potential role for FoxM1 in obese allergic asthma”

“No Hit Zones and Child Abuse Prevention"
2023-04-05 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
“No Hit Zones and Child Abuse Prevention” Randell Alexander, M.D, Professor and Chief, Division of Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics, University of Florida – Jacksonville

“Neuronal mitochondrial regulation in health and disease”
2023-04-04 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
“Neuronal mitochondrial regulation in health and disease”
Chantell Evans, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Duke University

“A Glucose Polymer and A Toxic Gas Walk into A Bar…A Dendritic Cell Activation Puzzle”
2023-04-04 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
“A Glucose Polymer and A Toxic Gas Walk into A Bar…A Dendritic Cell Activation Puzzle”
Bay Vagher
Advisor: Dr. Eyal Amiel
CMB Program/ Department Biomedical and Health Sciences

“Coordination of cell adhesion and cytoskeletal reorganization to drive collective cell migration in vivo”
2023-04-03 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Research-in Progress Seminar
12:00 – 1:00 PM, In-person HSRF 400, UVM campus
“Coordination of cell adhesion and cytoskeletal reorganization to drive collective cell migration in vivo”
Katheryn Rothenberg, PhD, University of Toronto, Biomedical Engineering
