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.
2021-2022 Seminar Schedule
Tuesdays, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Zoom
Date | Presenter | Title |
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September 28 | Alex Thompson | "Pathogenic Mutations in the Chromokinesin KIF22 Disrupt Anaphase Chromosome Segregation" |
October 5 | Annalis Whitaker | "An agnostic approach to map the human anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody repertoire" |
October 12 | Evan Hoffman | "Ex vivo human alveolar hydrogels promote iPSC-derived alveolar type 2 epithelial cell maturation and differentiation" |
October 19 | No Seminar | |
October 26 | Dean’s Excellence in Research Celebration | |
November 2 | Rachel Stadler | “Visualizing force production during 3D motility of Toxoplasma gondii” |
November 9 | Katie Svec | "Mechano-chemical regulation of subcellular signaling during cell migration" |
November 16 | Andrea Foote | "Investigating the role of aromatic residues in Purβ transcription factor function" |
November 23 | Thanksgiving Break | |
November 30 | Alisa Cario | "A New Take on Tau Dysfunction: The Pathogenic Mutation, R5L, Disrupts Tau Patch Formation on Microtubules" |
December 7 | Lucy Pilcher | "Snord116p- mice undergo less pathological remodeling after myocardial infarction" |
December 28 | Winter Break | |
January 4 | Emory Pacht | "Hydroxymethylation across the cattle brain" |
January 11 | Mingu Kang | "Investigating Talin as a putative focal adhesion A-kinase anchoring protein (AKAP)" |
January 18 | Theresa Montgomery | "Commensal Lactobacillus reuteri tryptophan catabolism promotes host susceptibility to CNS autoimmunity" |
January 25 | Julia Snyder | "Genetic regulation of nitric oxide -mediated metabolic reprogramming in dendritic cells" |
February 1 | Trevor Wolf | "Transcription Factor Recruitment of Polycomb Repressive Complex in Autism Spectrum Disorder" |
February 8 | Frances Male | "Perforation of the host cell membrane and parasite protein injection during invasion by Toxoplasma gondii" |
February 15 | Bristy Sabikunnahar | "LncRNA U90926 is induced in activated macrophages, encodes a novel secreted peptide, and is protective in endotoxic shock" |
February 22 | No CMB Seminar | |
March 1 | Town Meeting Day | |
March 8 | Spring Break | |
March 15 | Cole Davidson - Defense | "Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta Inhibits PI3K Signaling and Glycogen Metabolism in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer" |
March 22 | Cong Gao | "Epigenomic analysis of breast cancer progression" |
March 29 | Sean Lenahan | "Linking STK11 Loss with the Tumor Immune Response in an Inducible Mouse Model of Kras-driven Lung Adenocarcinoma: Implications for Anti-PD-1 Therapy Resistance" |
April 5 | Ethan Mattice | "Drug Detectives: Target Identification Unit Utilizing Complimentary Approaches to Identify the Molecular Target of anticryptosporidial lead MMV665917" |
April 12 | Katie Queen | "Modification at S357 in the neck linker of KIF18A alters the localization and function of the motor" |
April 19 | Alqassem Abuarqoub | "Exploring the Intersection of the Mitochondria and Epigenetics in DIPG" |
April 26 | Bethany Mihavics | "Crypto Culture: In vitro intestinal epithelial models to study Cryptosporidium infection" |
May 3 | Hannah Despres | "The Role of Influenza Filaments in Virulence and Transmission" |
May 10 | Lea Drogalis | "Double-Strand Break Repair in Human Polymerase θ and Trypanosoma cruzi Polymerase θ" |
May 17 | Pauline DiGianivittorio | "Exploring the Role of Host-Derived Sphingolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions with the Host" |
May 24 | Sebastian Duno-Miranda | “β-Cardiac Myosin Mutations in Dilated Cardiomyopathy” |
May 31 | Emily Giddings | "The Effect of AUTS2 in Models of Alcohol Use Disorders" |
June 7 | Jonathon Ferrell | "Molecular Modeling as a Combinatorics Problem in Analysis and Coarse Graining" |
June 14 | Amanda Fastiggi | "Bronchial Smooth Muscle as a Target for Therapeutic Ketosis in Asthma" |
June 21 | Randi Gravelle | "The role of Miro1-mediated mitochondrial positioning in the development and metastasis of breast cancer" |
June 28 | Emily Holt | "Genetic Analysis of CNS Autoimmunity Using Collaborative Cross Mice Reveals Unique Disease Phenotypes" |
July 5 | Emily Joyce | "Investigating the Role of Selenium in Bacterial tRNA: A Stress Responsive tRNA Modification?" |
July 12 | Kiera Malone | "Insights into the chromatin interaction domains of ATAD2 and ATAD2B using a structure-function approach" |
July 19 | Kate Quinn | "Investigating chromatin reader proteins in endocrine therapy resistant breast cancer" |
July 26 | Alyssa Richman | "Epigenetic mechanisms of IKAROS tumor suppressor in acute lymphoblastic leukemia" |
August 2 | Regina Visconti | |
August 9 | Pika Nandagopal | |
August 16 | Kip Strother | |
August 23 | Marcus Weinman | |
August 30 | Nate Shannon | |
September 6 | Jayita Barua | |
September 13 | Bay Vagher | |
September 20 | Anne Snyder | |
September 27 | Jubilee Ajiboye Soyeon Gullickson | |
October 4 | Shannon Prior Kanayo Ikeh | |
October 11 | Paola Pena Jacob Mackinder | |
October 18 | Josh Victor |