Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering

Lindsey Avery Fitzsimons, GSBSE PhD student in Biomedical Science at the University of New England, was awarded the (Trainee) Thomas Maciag Award for Excellence in Basic & Translational Science, and was asked to give a talk at the Annual Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat, held at Maine Medical Center  (May 1, 2019). The talk was entitled […]

Kayla Gjelsvik won 2nd prize in poster competition at the Annual Drosophila Research conference. She is a GSBSE PhD student in the Losick Lab at the Biological Laboratory. Her poster was titled “Polyploid cell growth restores tissue mechanics post injury”. Link to full story: http://genestogenomes.org/dros19-gsa-poster-award-winners/ For more information, please contact the GSBSE at gsbse@maine.edu

On April 25th 2019, GSBSE student Matthew Hartmann successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Characterization of ethanol-related phenotypic differences between C57BL/6J and C57BL/6NJ substrains: Role of Cyfip2?” Matt was co-advised by Dr. Alan Rosenwasser of the  UMaine Psychology Department and Dr. Vivek Kumar of The Jackson Laboratory. Matt has accepted a postdoctoral position in the Department of […]

“I am happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Clarissa Henry as the new Program Director of the  (GSBSE),” Dr. Kody Varahramyan, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School. Henry, a faculty member in the University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology, has been associated with the GSBSE since its inception in 2006. She […]

Who: Gareth Howell, Ph.D., Principal Investigator (Jackson Laboratory) When: Tuesday, October 2, 4:00 p.m. Where: Kinne Library Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) are the two most common forms of dementia with increasing age representing the greatest risk factor for both. There has been a great deal of research identifying the overlapping risk factors and […]

Understanding the creation of new nerve cells in adult brains while engaging more Maine college students in biomedical research is the focus of a five-year study being led by a University of Maine researcher. Kristy Townsend, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Maine, is leading the research that will focus on adult […]

Seven new GSBSE students will be starting this upcoming fall semester. To learn more about each student click on their bio link below: Victoria DeMambro https://gsbse.umaine.edu/people/kayla-gjelsvik/ https://gsbse.umaine.edu/people/vivin-karthik/ Monique Mills George Murray Lucy Liaw https://gsbse.umaine.edu/people/caitlin-stieber/