Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering

Robert Wheeler has just received a five-year, $500,000 fellowship from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF). The University of Maine Assistant Professor of Microbiology will study how and why  Candida albicans  — the most common human fungal pathogen — transforms from an innocuous yeast in the digestive tract of a person with a healthy immune system […]

Dr. David Neivandt was awarded the Graduate Faculty Mentor Award at the 2013-2014 Graduate Student Recognition (Hooding) Ceremony on Friday, May 9, 2014. The awards are given each year to outstanding mentors of graduate students in each of the University of Maine’s five colleges: Business, Education and Human Development, Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and […]

(right to left) Justin Guay, PhD in Biomedical Science with a concentration in Cell and Molecular BiologyRachel Kennedy-Smith, PhD in Biomedical ScienceKira Young, IPhD in Functional GenomicsMelanie Ufkin, PhD in Biomedical Science with a concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology Karen Dowell, PhD in Biomedical Science (not pictured)

The Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology has received a 5-year, $1,628,180 Research Project Grant (R01) from that National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research will focus on how hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) causes lung cancer. Cr(VI) is a known human lung carcinogen with widespread occupational and environmental exposure. http://usm.maine.edu/toxicology/wise-laboratory-earns-major-research-grant

Kate Beard-Tisdale, Professor, School of Computing and Information Science and Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the University of Maine is awarded the 2014 Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award. This award is presented annually to a faculty member whose internationally-recognized research, scholarship, and creative activity distinguish the University of Maine as […]

On April 9th, 2014, at the Annual Banquet of the Pulp and Paper Foundation, Dr. David Neivandt received the Joseph M. Genco Award for his stellar research, teaching, and service. Dr. Neivandt is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of UMaine’s Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering. The Joseph M. Genco Award for […]

Congratulations to CJ Demers and Lisa Weatherly.  Lisa was awarded the Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship (CDRA) and CJ was awarded the Michael J. Eckardt Dissertation Fellowship Award for 2014-2015.

The Whole ScientistThe course directly targets post docs and advanced graduate students providing: science communication, entrepreneurism, mentoring and lab management training. May 27, 2014 – May 30, 2014Event Schedule The Jackson Laboratory – Highseas Conference Center, Bar Harbor ME Preparing for science careers? Join us as we assist in expanding your professional skills leading to […]

Congratulations to UMaine GSBSE faculty members Sam Hess for promotion to the rank of Professor, and Julie Gosse and Rob Wheeler for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with Tenure. http://umaine.edu/news/blog/2014/03/25/thirty-two-umaine-faculty-members-receive-tenure-andor-promotion/

Ginny McLane has been published as first author in the Journal of Neuroimmunology, entitled  ” Morphine increases hippocampal viral load and suppresses frontal lobe CCL5 expression in the LP-BM5 AIDS model.”. http://www.jni-journal.com/article/S0165-5728(14)00060-5/abstract