Menelaos (Mel) Symeonides, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Impact of Viral Infections on Individual Cells and Cell Populations
PRONOUNS he/him
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)
Area(s) 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
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
Our Lab Team
Keegan Smith, MMG MS candidate
Emma Cunningham, MMG Senior
Amelia Worth, MMG Junior
Wesley Quist, MMG Junior
Madison Tatarian, MMG Sophomore
Christen Frandina, MMG Sophomore
Sophia Witkin, MMG Sophomore
Jonah Harris, Computer Science Junior
Emma Cunningham, MMG Senior
Amelia Worth, MMG Junior
Wesley Quist, MMG Junior
Madison Tatarian, MMG Sophomore
Christen Frandina, MMG Sophomore
Sophia Witkin, MMG Sophomore
Jonah Harris, Computer Science Junior