Menelaos "Mel" Symeonides

Assistant Professor

Impact of Viral Infections on Individual Cells and Cell Populations

PRONOUNS he/him

menelaos.symeonides@med.uvm.edu
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menelaos.symeonides@med.uvm.edu

318 Stafford Hall
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
Pronouns he/him
Affiliated Department(s)
  • Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
  • Translational Global Infection Diseases (TGIR) - Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)

Areas of expertise

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – cell-to-cell transmission, latency, and pathogenesis
  • Placental biology – syncytins and trophoblast cell fusion
  • Adaptive immune response to Rotavirus in infants – single-cell RNAseq, flow cytometry
  • Fluorescence microscopy – widefield and light sheet

BIO

  • PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Vermont, 2015 (Advisor: Dr. Markus Thali)
  • Postdoctoral research: PIs – Dr. Markus Thali (2016-2021) and Dr. Benjamin Lee (2020-2021)
  • Faculty Scientist, UVM MMG (2021-2024)
  • Assistant Professor and TGIR COBRE Junior Faculty since April 2024

Courses

  • MMG2060: Introduction to Biomedical Research Methods (3 credits, every Spring)

Publications

Mel's publications

Bio

  • PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Vermont, 2015 (Advisor: Dr. Markus Thali)
  • Postdoctoral research: PIs – Dr. Markus Thali (2016-2021) and Dr. Benjamin Lee (2020-2021)
  • Faculty Scientist, UVM MMG (2021-2024)
  • Assistant Professor and TGIR COBRE Junior Faculty since April 2024

Courses

  • MMG2060: Introduction to Biomedical Research Methods (3 credits, every Spring)

Publications

Mel's publications

Our Lab Team

Amelia Worth, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Senior
Madison Tatarian, Microbiology Senior
Eve Brzoza, Biochemistry Senior
Christen Frandina, Microbiology Junior (Honors College)
Sophia Witkin, Microbiology Junior (Honors College)
Emelia Wacker, Biochemistry First Year
Ky Smith, Molecular Genetics