| Dates |
Items |
| 2020.07.20 | Sen Guo, a computational biologist, has joined our lab as a research scientist on genomics and bioinformatics. Welcome Sen! |
| 2020.04.27 | Sophie
Kogut presented in the University of Vermont Student Research
Conference. Once again, she won a competitive Award with cash prize
(she is a top five with only 16 students selected among all UVM
students). Congratulations! |
| 2020.02.08 | Sophie
Kogut, a UVM undergraduate doing her thesis in our lab, won the award
for best undergraduate poster and a check at the 2020 University of
Vermont Neuroscience, Behavior and Health Forum! Congratulations! |
| 2020.02.03 | Xugang
Shi, enrolled in a PhD program in genetics at Xi'an Jiaotong
University, has joined our lab for genetics and bioinformatics
research.Welcome Xugang! |
| 2019.12.31 | Special request for colleagues and friends who know Arvis Sulovari, our former PhD student in our lab.
Arvis created a GoFundMe link for his mom who is suffering from
late-stage cancer. Please check this link and consider helping him! Any
amount will help. The link is here. Thanks to everyone! |
| 2019.11.15 | Younes
Shafter, M.S, is joining our lab as a new Ph.D student for his Ph.D
thesis research starting from Fall 2020. Younes is from the
Interdisciplinary program in Computer Science. Younes is interested in
bioinformatics. Welcome Younes! |
| 2019 | Our
paper "ERVcaller: Identifying polymorphic endogenous retrovirus and
other transposable element insertions using whole-genome sequencing
data" has been in press in Bioinformatics. |
2019
| Our paper "A virome-wide clonal integration analysis platform for discovering viral etiology" has been in press in Genome Research. |
| 2019 | Our
paper "VIpower: Simulation-based tool for estimating power of viral
integration detection via high-throughput sequencing" has been
published in Genomics. |
| 2018.8.8 | Our paper "Comprehensive comparative analysis of methods and software for identifying viral integrations" has been published in Briefings in Bioinformatics. |
| 2018.1.26 | Our
first (mini-review) paper on cancer viral etiology: "Searching for
human oncoviruses: histories, challenges, and opportunities" has been
accepted for publish. |
| 2017.7.19 |
Congratulations
to Xun. Xun received an ASHG/Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for
Excellence in Human Genetics Research from The American Society of
Human Genetics.
|
| 2017.6.14 |
Congratulations
to Arvis!! Arvis has defended successfully and obtained his PHD. |
| 2017.6.12 |
Daniel
Brooks, a UVM undergraduate student with double majors in Molecular
Genetics and in Microbiology and minor in Computer Science, joins in
our lab for research. Welcome!
|
| 2017.6.7 |
Congratulations
to Arvis. His CNV paper titled "Genome-wide meta-analysis of copy
number variations (CNVs) with alcohol dependence" is accepted by Pharmacogenomics Journal!
|
| 2017.4.28 |
Acadia
Moeyersoms, a Biochemistry undergraduate student who have been
conducting research in our lab, successfully defended her Honors
Thesis.
|
| 2017.1.23-27 |
Michael
Mariani was awarded a competitive scholarship from The Rockefeller
University, and attended an Advanced Gene Mapping Course in New York City.
|
| 2016.10.11 |
A big welcome to Michael Mariani! Mike has joined our lab for his Ph.D. Outside of his study here, Mike is a Black Belt Karater!
|
| 2016.09.27 |
Our
manuscript "Atlas of human diseases influenced by genetic variants with
extreme allele frequency differences" has been accepted for publication
in Human Genetics. Congratulations to Arvis, the first author in this paper! |
| 2016.07.30 |
Michael Mariani joins our lab for his rotation research. Mike is a
incoming second-year Ph.D student in the
Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences (CMB) Graduate Program. Let's give him a warm welcome! |
2016.03.07
|
Jason
Kost has joined our lab as a full-time volunteer computational
geneticist. Kost obtained his M.S. in Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2015. Welcome! |
| 2015.12.13 |
David Miserak has joined our lab as a full-time volunteer software engineer. Welcome!
|
| 2015.04.02 | Our
manuscript "Eye Color: A Potential Indicator of Alcohol Dependence Risk
in European Americans" has been accepted for publication in American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. Congratulations to Arvis, the first author in this paper! |
| 2014.12.05 | Arvis
is invited to give a research talk in the UVM CMB Graduate
Students Recruitment, as the invitation letter describes: "...Arvis,
you were specifically selected for this role because we would like to
showcase the research from some of our most successful graduate
students...". Congratulations to Arvis! |
| 2014.10.13 | Guangchen
Liu joins our lab. Guangchen is a Ph.D candidate in Probability and
Mathematical Statistics from China. Welcome to the UVM! |
| 2014.10.01 | Dr. Xun Chen joins our lab. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D in 2014. Warm welcome! |
| 2014.08.26 | Our new study of genome-wide copy number variation is accepted by Neuropsychopharmacology. |
| 2014.08.25 | Brian Lynch, a senior in Microbiology, joins our lab as a research student. Welcome Brian!
|
| 2014.07.16 | Congratulations
to Arvis, who has passed his "Ph.D. Qualifying Examination" and become a "Ph.D Candidate". |
| 2014.07.10 | Congratulations
to Arvis, whose paper is accepted by BMC Genomics. Arvis is the first-author in this paper. |
| 2014.06.05 |
Our lab is featured by "Lab
Spotlight" on UVM CMB graduate program webpage. |
| 2014.05.21 |
Braeden
Hughes, a student from Macalester College, join our lab for
summer research. |
| 2014.01.24 |
Robert Bachman, a UVM Senior in Molecular
Genetics, joins our lab as a research student. A warm welcome! |
| 2014.01.20 |
Robert Howe, a UVM Senior
in Biochemistry and Computer Science (double major), joins our lab for research. A warm welcome! |
| 2013.10.10 |
Our manuscript is accepted by Neuropsychopharmacology. Arvis
is a major contributor in this paper. |
| 2013.09.05 |
Our offices
move to the Hills Building. |
| 2013.07.16 |
Congratulations
to Arvis, who is awarded a training scholarship in statistical
genetics from University of Washington. He will stay in Seattle for two
weeks. |
| 2013.07.01 |
Dawei
Li is appointed as assistant professor (secondary) with The Department
of Computer
Science, University of Vermont College of Engineering and Mathematical
Sciences. |
| 2013.05.28 |
A
big welcome to Arvis Sulovari! Arvis has joined our lab for his Ph.D.
Arvis graduated from Dartmouth College three years ago, and dedicated
the following two years in a genetics laboratory at Dartmouth before
joining us. |
| 2013.03.19 |
One manuscript
is accepted by
Neuropsychopharmacology. Investigators
from University of Vermont, Fletcher Allen Vermont Center for Children,
Youth, and Families, and Yale
University are involved in this study. |
| 2013.03.08 |
Kelly Nguyen, a UVM
Honors College Junior in Molecular Genetics, joins our lab for her
thesis research. A warm
welcome! |
| 2013.01.14 |
Arvis
Sulovari joins our lab for his rotation research. Arvis is a
first-year Ph.D student in the
Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences (CMB) Graduate Program. Let's give him a warm welcome!
|
| 2013.01.03 |
Roman
Popov joins our lab for his first rotation. Roman is a first-year Ph.D
student in Neuroscience Graduate Program. Let's give him a warm welcome! |
| 2012.12.28 |
Our manuscript
is accepted by Human
Genetics. |
| 2012.12.21 |
Our manuscript is accepted by The American Journal of Medical
Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. Emily LaRocque, who used to be a part-time
research student in our laboratory at
UVM and now in Maryland, is the second author in this paper. |
| 2012.10.01 |
Emily LaRocque
joins our laboratory on a part-time basis to help in a genetics project
related to selected
candidate genes with substance use disorders. Emily is a UVM premed postbac. Let's give a warm
welcome! |
| 2012.09.01 |
Dawei Li joins the faculty of University of
Vermont (UVM). We start our
new laboratory on UVM campus. |
