Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering

Project Title: “Fungal-immune recognition dynamics during infection” Project Summary: Infectious fungal disease is an important but underappreciated clinical problem worldwide (Brown et al., 2012). The innate immune system distinguishes self from non-self during infection on the basis of conserved microbial components (Lionakis and Netea, 2013; Netea et al., 2008). Our laboratory discovered that some fungal […]

Lisa Weatherly’s first-author paper “Antimicrobial Agent Triclosan is a Proton Ionophore Uncoupler of Mitochondria in Living Rat and Human Mast Cells and in Primary Human Keratinocytes” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Toxicology.

Diet Soft Drink Consumption is Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome: A Two Sample Comparison Abstract Comparative analyses of soft drink intakes in samples from the United States and Europe, and assessed intakes in relation to prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its individual components are currently lacking. We used data collected on cardiovascular health and […]

Winners of the GSBSE Awards in Biomedical Science and Engineering are: 1st, Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions Result in Fungal Epitope Unmasking: Insights into a High Stakes Game of Hide and Seek 2nd, Alex Hopke, Dynamic Host-Pathogen Interactions Result in Fungal Epitope Unmasking: Insights into a High Stakes Game of Hide and Seek 3rd, Erin […]

GSBSE Student Sarah Peterson and MMCRI Research Education Program Coordinator Liz Bergst recently received a poster presentation award at the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, on  March 13 -15th. Their presentation focused on a unique program to provide personnel management training for research trainees at MMCRI. The NPA mission is “to improve […]

Interactions between plasma homocysteine and arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease in community-dwelling individuals: The Maine-Syracuse StudyMF Elias1,2, GE Crichton3,4 and WP Abhayaratna5 Plasma homocysteine (tHcy) is associated with kidney disease. However, few, if any, studies have examined homocysteine in relation to arterial stiffness, with stratification by the presence or absence of early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD). The […]

GSBSE 2014 Graduate Kira Young, along with current GSBSE students Jackie Ames and MaryLynn FitzSimons publishes in PLoS ONE. Young K, Tweedie E, Conley B, Ames JJ, FitzSimons M, Brooks P, Liaw L, Vary CPH. BMP9 crosstalk with the Hippo pathway regulates endothelial cell matricellular and chemokine responses. PLoS ONE. 2015;In Press.

The Maine Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) data base may be of value to GSBSE faculty and students interested in the genetics of neuronal repair, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, cholesterol, dementia, and cognitive functioning, among other outcomes adversely influenced by the presence of the  APOE 4 allele (https://www.oapublishinglondon.com/article/442) .  The MSLS seek collaboration from GSBSE faculty and […]

Ginny McLane was awarded the Michael J. Eckardt Dissertation Fellowship in MEIF Areas and Cong Tian received the Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship for 2015-2016. For a complete listing of award winners … http://www.umaine.edu/graduate/community/news-entry/2015-2016-award-recipients  

Article title: Microglial Content-Dependent Inhibitory Effects of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) on Murine Retroviral Infection of Glial Cells Reference: JNI476072 Journal title: Journal of Neuroimmunology Final version published online: 30-JAN-2015 Full bibliographic details: Journal of Neuroimmunology  (2015), pp. 64-70 DOI information:  10.1016/j.jneuroim.2015.01.010 http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QSncbfPiqfAJ