Ambreen Sayed wins best poster presentation at the New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle conference in New Orleans

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

July 3, 2018 News

Ambreen Sayed attended the 8th biennial meeting of the New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle Conference, held in new Orleans, LA and organized by H. Lee Sweeney and Elizabeth McNally. The conference highlights current developments in muscle biology, disease, and therapy with presentations by leading international researchers from industry and academia. This was Ambreen’s second time presenting at this conference and also her second win. She previously won a travel award to attend the conference in 2016. Ambreen presented her work on “Characterization and Functional Rescue of a Mouse Model of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with Megaconial Myopathy”. She spoke about this rare form of muscular dystrophy, her unique mouse model that emulates this disorder, the rescue model she engineered, and the successful implementation of a gene therapy to rescue this muscular dystrophy in the mouse model.