The Punihaole Lab

Official account for the Punihaole group @UVMChemistry @uvmvermont | Raman spectroscopy, biophysics, gene therapy, Alzheimer's disease | All tweets are my own

[The Punihaole Lab @ThePunihaoleLab]

Excited to announce our lab's second paper, published today in @JChemPhys (https://t.co/iXmSbr5pDj). It's our foray into Alzheimer's research and particularly meaningful because it is being published exactly one year after my grandma passed away from the disease.

[Pitt Chemistry @Pitt_Chemistry]

Distinguished Professor Sanford Asher sadly passed away on January 16th, 2026.
We send our condolences to the Faculty, Students and staff that knew and worked with him. He will be missed!
Read more about Prof. Asher's life and work using this link https://t.co/K25XM19m16

[UVM Chemistry @UVMChemistry]

Congratulations @ThePunihaoleLab!

[The Punihaole Lab @ThePunihaoleLab]

Excited to announce our groups latest publication!

Revealing two distinct molecular binding modes in polyethyleneimine–DNA polyplexes using infrared spectroscopy - now published in Soft Matter https://t.co/GTqpSff8Qs

[University of Vermont @uvmvermont]

The future is bright! We’re excited to announce Dr. Marlene Tromp as UVM's newly appointed 28th President. With her proven leadership, empathy, and passion for education, we're thrilled to welcome her to our community.
More: https://t.co/8n9mRT3UgE

[UVM Chemistry @UVMChemistry]

Please join us for the A. Paul Krapcho Memorial Symposium on April 5th starting at 8:30 AM. We have an incredible line up of speakers and thanks so much to the Humphrey family for their continuous and generous support of our department! Hope to see you all there! @UVMcas

[Yangguang Ou @theOUlab]

Had a wonderful time catching up with old friends and meeting new faces @Pittcon! Super proud of all the students in my lab and @ThePunihaoleLab for their respective presentations and engagement. 👏 🎉

[Manuel F. Navedo @mf_navedo]

We are trying something new to help our community understand the impact of the science they generously support.

Check out Episode 1 of a new podcast series: https://t.co/HKmKdCDUpJ

Disclaimer: generated by AI, but I think you will thank me as I will be terrible at this 😆

[Yangguang Ou @theOUlab]

Excited to be hosting Dr. Bhavik Patel @BhavikAnilPatel for seminar tomorrow! Thanks for making the trip Bhavik! :)

[UVM Chemistry @UVMChemistry]

This Thurs we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Bhavik Anil Patel from the University of Brighton for seminar! His talk will be on “Sensing the Gut: Monitoring mucosal signaling molecules.” Hope to see you all there! @UVMHeartBrain @UVMLarnerMed @UVMcas

[nature @Nature]

The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some are considering changing jobs or leaving the country. Others say them might abandon research altogether.

https://t.co/9afome3UzX

[UVMHeartBrain @UVMHeartBrain]

See this story about recent research from our co-director @NelsonLab1!

[UVMHeartBrain @UVMHeartBrain]

Cheers to our investigators for this publication!

[Mary Cushman 🫀🧠🩸 @MaryCushmanMD]

Looking forward to this!

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump backed down.

This is a win. It's what happens when we fight back.

[UVM Chemistry @UVMChemistry]

It is our immense pleasure to welcome our newest TT assistant professor to the department! Prof. Clorice Reinhart will join our dept in Fall 2025. Her research will span enzymology, catalysis, protein structure, and computational chemistry.

[UVMHeartBrain @UVMHeartBrain]

Congratulations to our co-director Dr Cushman and her UVM team! @MaryCushmanMD @deborascience Peter Durda, Nels Olson!
Dr Durda co-directs our Study Design and Molecular Epidemiology Core

[UVM Chemistry @UVMChemistry]

It is our pleasure to welcome Prof. Bill Poirier to UVM Chemistry as one of our colleagues and new department chairperson! Bill is a theoretical and computational chemist and chemical physicist. His expertise includes quantum dynamics of chemical reactions and nanomaterials.

[Yangguang Ou @theOUlab]

Thanks for the opportunity to speak at the 4th annual VCCBH symposium and for funding our collaborative work with @ThePunihaoleLab through the inaugural #pilot team grant and the current #RPL award to @ThePunihaoleLab! @UVMHeartBrain

[UVMHeartBrain @UVMHeartBrain]

Day 2 is here! We had a super day yesterday at our 4th Annual Symposium! And thanks @ECHOvt & SugarSnap for a wonderful dinner! Rain held off long enough for a great pic outside! Mountains in the clouds!

[UVMHeartBrain @UVMHeartBrain]

24 hours til our 4th Annual Symposium!