Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering

Lindsey Fitzsimons, M.S., R.C.E.P., C.E.P., a Ph.D. student from the University of Maine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, has recently been selected to deliver a lecture at the European Molecular Biology Organization conference on Primary Cilia in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on October 6, 2016.  Her talk is entitled “Primary cilia of cardiac neural crest […]

The 2016 Annual Meeting Awards announced … Oral Presentations1st Place, Sri Pullagura2nd Place, Erin Carter3rd Place, Emily Spaulding Poster Presentations1st Place, Lindsey Fitzsimons2nd Place, Ian Gans3rd Place, Carolina Figueroa Service AwardsFaculty, Lucy LiawStudent, Kathy MorelliStaff, Tammy Crosby Congratulations to everyone on their great presentations!

Christopher J. Demers ,  Prabakaran Soundararajan ,  Phaneendra Chennampally ,  Gregory A. Cox ,  James Briscoe , Scott D. Collins ,  Rosemary L. Smith   Embryogenesis is a highly regulated process in which the precise spatial and temporal release of soluble cues directs differentiation of multipotent stem cells into discrete populations of specialized adult cell […]

The Rieger Lab seeks a motivated postdoctoral research fellow, to begin immediately. The Rieger Lab investigates mechanisms of cutaneous sensory axon de- and regeneration utilizing in vivo imaging in zebrafish and cell culture models. The lab aims to analyze mechanisms of sensory axon regeneration under conditions of chemotherapy and/or skin injury with emphasis on the […]

The MDI Biological Laboratory seeks a highly motivated research assistant to join the laboratory of Assistant Professor, Vicki P. Losick. The primary focus of this position will be to carry out experiments investigating the molecular mechanisms controlling wound healing in the model organism, Drosophila melanogaster. For mroe info please visit  https://mdibl.org/about/careers/Show less

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, […]