Posts that are topical for incoming or current Cellular, Molecular, & Biomedical Sciences PhD students.
Paola E. Peña Garcia is a Ph.D candidate in the Cellular, Molecular & Biomedical Sciences Program at the University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine.
In the following blog post, Garcia writes about relocating from Puerto Rico and searching for community in her new home.
Alicia A. Finney is a Ph.D. student in the Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program at the University of Vermont.
In the following blog post, Finney writes about her experiences as a first-generation student.
Two years ago, University of Vermont Cellular, Molecular, & Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. student Hannah Despres was working in the Botten Lab and primary focused on research of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)—a largely understudied tropical virus that causes meningitis/encephalitis. Then, SARS-CoV-2 began its first deadly journey around the globe and, like many researchers, Despres’s research shifted quickly.
Now, Despres works in the lab of Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Emily Bruce, Ph.D. Alpha, Delta, Omicron—Despres’s research in the Bruce Lab has followed the trajectory of the virus, from one variant-of-concern to the next.
