The CMB Program holds a weekly seminar for students to present their current dissertation research to the UVM community. All students are expected to attend and participate in seminars while in the CMB Program. Second year students and beyond will present an annual formal seminar that describes their research, including background, methods, results, and discussion. CMB faculty and students will submit seminar evaluations virtually through Google Forms.
These evaluations will be shared with each student speaker in an effort to improve their presentation skills.
Our seminars are open to all in the University community. If you would like to be included on our weekly seminar announcement email distribution list, please email us.
2023-2024 Seminar Schedule
Tuesdays, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Zoom
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| July 4 | Holiday Break | |
| July 11 | Gopika Nandagopal | Functional Characterization of STK11 Variants and Exploring the Kinase Independent Functions of the C-terminal domain |
| July 18 | No CMB Seminar | |
| July 25 | Soyeon Gullickson | Arginine Metabolism in Dendritic &Immune Functions |
| August 1 | Kanayo Ikeh | Unraveling the Functional Dynamics of REV1 during cancer cells’ response to therapy |
| August 8 | Paola Pena Shannon Prior | Bariatric Surgery Decreases the Capacity of Plasma from Obese Asthmatic Subjects to Augment Epithelial Cell Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Production |
| August 15 | Josh Victor Jake Dearborn | The Role of Genomic Instability Pathways in SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenicity Refining Resolution: Enhancing Single-Cell Transcriptomics through Selective RNA Capture |
| August 29 | Will Dowell Jacob Mackinder | Implications of Ketone Bodies and Bronchial Smooth Muscle in Asthma and the Great Beyond Sphingosine induction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa hemolytic phospholipase C, PlcH |
| September 5 | Erin Gaston Victoria Gibson | Investigating TMEM16f’s Role In Sepsis Induce Endotheliopathy Biomarkers of Response and Sensitivity to PRX3 Inhibitors in Mesothelioma |
| September 12 | Amber Goerner Brianna Hilton | Investigating host factors involved in chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection The Role of SLAM/SAP signaling in thymic gd T cell development |
| September 19 | Sylvester Languon Zach Miller | Probing the Microenvironment of Coronavirus Double-Membrane Vesicles (DMVs) Elucidating Factors that Regulate Antibody Secretion Following B cell Differentiation |
| September 26 | Katherine Horrigan | Investigation of T cell regulation and function in a novel inducible model of lung adenocarcinoma |
| October 3 | Emily Joyce | Cell-free analysis of DUOX1 NADPH oxidase function and its inhibition by thiol-reactive electrophiles |
| October 10 | Sarah-Catherine Paschall | Investigating Mechanisms for Spatial and Temporal Control of Kinesin Motors |
October 17 | Allison Morrissey Mona Ruban | Endoplasmic Reticulum moves by hitchhiking on Golgi-derived vesicles Elucidating PERK Mediated Cytokine Release and ISR Crosstalk During Influenza Infection |
| October 24 | Cameron Cordero Vanessa Lopez | Unraveling the Pathways of 8-oxodG Mutagenesis and Repair Mechanisms Mechanism of TOP1-dependent mutations in human cancer |
| October 31 | Anne Synder | Powering the Parasite: Connecting Toxoplasma gondii myosin A motor function to parasite biology |
| November 7 | Jubilee Ajiboye | Target-based drug discovery for anticryptosporidials |
| November 14 | Frances Male | Rhoptry-associated perforation of the host cell plasma membrane during Toxoplasma gondii invasion |
| November 21 | No CMB Seminar | |
| November 28 | No CMB Seminar | |
| December 5 | Ethan Mattice | Generation of drug resistant Cryptosporidium parvum as a means of identifying the molecular target of MMV665917 |
| December 12 | Cong Gao | |
| December 19 | Maurice Newton | |
| December 26 | HOLIDAY BREAK | |
| January 2 | HOLIDAY BREAK | |
| January 9 | Bethany Mihavics | |
| January 16 | Marcus Weinman | |
| January 23 | Lea Drogalis | |
| January 30 | Regina Visconti | |
| February 5 | Hannah Despres | |
| February 13 | Pauline DiGianivittorio | |
| February 20 | Randi Gravelle | |
| February 27 | Sebastian Duno Miranda | |
| March 5 | Kate Quinn | |
| March 12 | Emily Holt | |
| March 19 | Kiera Malone | |
| March 26 | Amanda Fastiggi | |
| April 2 | Gopika Nandagopal | |
| April 9 | Nate Shannon | |
| April 16 | Alyssa Richman | |
| April 23 | Soyeon Gullickson | |
| April 30 | Jacob Mackinder | |
| May 7 | Shannon Prior | |
| May 14 | Paola Pena | |
| May 21 | Kanayo Ikeh | |
| May 28 | Josh Victor | |
| June 4 | Jake Dearborn & Juliana Dau | |
| June 11 | Erin Gaston & Anna Belognia | |
| June 18 | Will Dowell & Tyler Kirch | |
| June 25 | Amber Goerner & James Lignos | |
| July 2 | Vctoria Gibson & Israel Odekunle | |
| July 9 | Brianna Hilton & Justin Paluba | |
| July 16 | Sylvester Languon & Anyssa Phaneuf | |
| July 23 | Katherine Horrigan & Allison Recala | |
| July 30 | Alyssa Hurley & Jason Rengo | |
| August 6 | Zach Miller & Alexis Roberson | |
| August 13 | Allison Morrissey & Amelia Semic | |
| August 20 | Maurice Newton & Margaret Trout | |
| August 27 | Sarah-Catherine Paschall & Courtney Waytashek | |
| September 3 | Mona Ruban & Shae Weingart | |
| September 10 | Joe Walzer | |
| September 17 | Jayita Barua | |
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| October 29 |