This second edition examines the relations of a host of behavioral and biomedical risk factors, in addition to subclinical and clinical CVDs, to brain and cognitive function. Associations with dementia and pre-dementia cognitive performance are reported, described, and discussed with a focus on underlying brain mechanisms. Future research agendas are suggested, and clinical implications are […]

Former GSBSE student Ryan W. Logan has been awarded a prestigious five-year NIH K01 Career Development Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for a project entitled The Role of the Circadian Transcription Factor NPAS2 in the Nucleus Accumbens to Regulate Cocaine Reward.  This project will investigate the role of circadian clock genes in […]

Crichton, G. E., Elias, M. F., Dore, G. A., Torres, R. V., & Robbins, M. A. Measurement-to-measurement blood pressure variability is related to cognitive performance: The Maine-Syracuse Study. Hypertension 2014; 64;1094-1101. (DOI:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04282.) http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/64/5/1094.abstract  

The University of Maine is seeking outstanding applicants for a doctoral graduate training program in adaptation to abruptclimate change funded by the NSF IGERT program. This is a joint program between the Climate Change Institute and theDepartment of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences at UMaine (http://www.umaine.edu/a2c2igert). Students in this program will receive an annual stipend of […]

The newly arrived Townsend Lab is currently being set up at the University of Maine, as part of the School of Biology and Ecology (SBE) and the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE).  Asst. Prof. of Neurobiology Kristy Townsend most recently was a junior faculty member at Harvard Medical School and the Joslin […]

GSBSE Faculty Melissa Maginnis has received an INBRE Investigator Award through Maine INBRE from July 2014 through April 2019.  http://inbre.maineidea.net/research-projects/http://inbre.maineidea.net/research-resources/functional-genomic-dissection-of-viral-and-cellular-factors-that-regulate-jc-polyomavirus-infection/ http://gsbse.umaine.edu/people/profile/melissa_maginnis

The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor has received an $18.4 million grant to strengthen biomedical research and hands-on workforce training in Maine. The five-year award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health, ensures the continuation of the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), a […]

Dr. Gosse’s NIH R15 grant has been funded for the next three years and will commence on August 1, 2014 .  The grant  title is “Mechanism of Triclosan Disruption of Mast Cell Function.” and her graduate students, Juyoung Shim and Lisa Weatherly (a GSBSE student), will be participating.  Dr. Sam Hess is also participating in […]

In 2014, Hope On Wheels awarded 36 Scholar Hope Grants of $250,000 each for a total of $9 million in support. These Scholar Hope Grant will fund childhood research projects designed to improve the treatment and quality of life for children with cancer. The ultimate goal with our Scholar Hope Grant program is to find […]

The designations, which resulted from months of campus dialogue and faculty forums led by the provost, will inform strategic and focused planning and resource allocation to preserve UMaine’s national stature and impact in Maine. The initiative to define UMaine’s Signature and Emerging Areas is a significant component of Blue Sky Pathway 1 — Serving Our […]