Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering

  Lisa Weatherly current GSBSE student and Rachel Kennedy a former GSBSE student  are co-first authors of  a paper published in this years Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  It is titled “A Microplate Assay to Assess Chemical Effects on RBL-2H3 Mast Cell Degranulation: Effects of Triclosan without Use of an Organic Solvent” Congratulations to both […]

Friday, November 15, 2013Wells Conference CenterUniversity of Maine   The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (GSBSE) the Maine INBRE Network are hosting a day-long bioinformatics workshop on the Ensembl genome browser at the University of Maine on November 15.  Ensembl ([ http://www.ensembl.org/ ]http://www.ensembl.org) is the world’s most comprehensive genome browser that provides automatic annotation […]

The GSBSE celebrates the graduation of the following students: Josh Boucher Ying Chen Karen Dowell Janice Duy Yan Gong Qing He Rachel Kennedy Sarah Sterling   Congratulations to all our students who successfully defended their Ph.D. thesis and graduate this Spring and Summer!

The 2013 GSBSE Annual Meeting will be held September 20 & 21. Mark your calendars! Annual Meeting Information for Faculty and Students:  http://gsbse.umaine.edu/annualmeeting Meeting location:  Wells Conference Center, Orono ME Time:  Friday, 9/20 at 8:00am until Saturday, 9/21 at 2:00pm  

GSBS student Amanda Favreau is the first author on a recent publication in the journal Leukemia Research entitled, “miR-590-5p, miR-219-5p, miR-15b and miR-628-5p are commonly regulated by IL-3, GM-CSF and G-CSF in acute myeloid leukemia.” This manuscript is available online ahead of print. Amanda is a first year GSBS student rotating in the Sathyanarayana Laboratory at […]

Rachel Kennedy Palmer is the first author on a newly accepted manuscript titled, “Antibacterial agent triclosan suppresses RBL-2H3 mast cell function.” This manuscript will be published in the journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Congratulations to Rachel and the Gosse lab!

Congratulations to GSBS student Molly Harris who successfully defend her thesis on Friday, Sept. 16. Her thesis title is “Novel Roles for Matrix Remodeling during Zebrafish Development”.  Congratulations Molly!

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR U.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS – 2012 APPLICATION NOW OPEN(Link: www.nsfsi.org   )    The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally  engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about […]

GSBS Student Kim Brothers and her mentor Rob Wheeler recently had a paper published in the journal Eukaryotic Cell.  The paper is entitled “Live Imaging of disseminated candidiasis in zebrafish reveals role of phagocyte oxidase in limiting filamentous growth”. Congratulations! Article Summary: Yeast infections are experienced by 3/4 of women, and the most common cause is […]

Dr. Carol Bult of The Jackson Laboratory and mentor of GSBS Student Jill Recla (Functional Genomics) has been granted a 2-year award in the amount of $250,000.  Work on this project will proceed this fall.  The funded project is a follow-up to Jill’s thesis project.  The grant is entitled “Systems Genetics of Chronic Pain”.  The primary […]