Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering

Please give a warm welcome to our new faculty Dr. Caitlin Howell. Dr. Howell is a professor of Biological Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. She has her Postdoc from Harvard University (2015), and Ph.D. University of Heidelberg (2011). Dr. Howell bio is here. 

Patients with Charcot–Marie–Tooth Type 2D (CMT2D), caused by dominant mutations in Glycl tRNA synthetase (GARS), present with progressive weakness, consistently in the hands, but often in the feet also. Electromyography shows denervation, and patients often reportthat early symptoms include cramps brought on by cold or exertion. Based on reported clinical observations, and studies of mouse […]

February 22, 2016  Research, UMaine in the News Several media outlets, including The Telegraph and Tech Times reported on a new study by researchers at the University of South Australia, University of Maine and Luxembourg Institute of Health that found chocolate intake is associated with better cognitive function. Merrill “Pete” Elias, a UMaine professor of psychology and cooperating professor in the […]

  Tamara King, Ph.D., assistant professor for the College of Osteopathic Medicine published an original research paper in the peer reviewed journal of the American Pain Society, The Journal of Pain. The paper, entitled “Central Sensitization and Neuropathic Features of Ongoing Pain in a Rat Model of Advanced Osteoarthritis”. This project examined underlying biological mechanisms […]

Dr. Kerry L. Tucker, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Biomedical Sciences at the University of New England, has published a research article in the journal Developmental Biology, entitled “Primary cilia are critical for Sonic hedgehog-mediated dopaminergic neurogenesis in the embryonic midbrain”. Collaborating with a research team at the University of Bonn in Bonn, Germany, […]

Dr. Cliff Rosen and Dr. Leif Oxburgh have been awarded funding through the NIH. http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20150910/NEWS0101/150919995/maine-medical-center-research-institute-gets-$15m

Ms. No.: DBIO-15-231R3Title: Endoglin is required in Pax3-Derived Cells for Embryonic Blood Vessel Formation Corresponding Author: Dr. Calvin Vary Authors: Kira Young, PhD; Luke T Krebs, PhD; Eric Tweedie, BS; Barbara Conley, BS, MS; Maria Mancini, PhD; Helen M Arthur, PhD; Lucy Liaw, PhD; Thomas Gridley, PhD; http://www.journals.elsevier.com/developmental-biology/

The International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) is holding its annual Genes, Brain and Behavior May 13-17  meeting at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, . This meeting presents an excellent opportunity for Maine neuroscientists to share their data and learn what others are doing in the rapidly growing field of behavioral neurogenetics. Please share this information […]

Kerry L. Tucker, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of New England, has received a $65,000 grant from the Saving Tiny Hearts Society to investigate the development of some of the most common congenital heart defects seen in newborn babies, including atrial and ventricular septal defects.  The Saving tiny […]

Editorial: Improved cognitive performance after a single dialysis session: where do we go from here? Merrill F. Elias1,2, Stephen L. Seliger3 Rachael V. Torres1 http://ndt.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/9/1414.extract?sid=9dee3b4b-fca6-48bc-9f42-2be6b09edd73