Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering

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 […]

Robert Wheeler has just received a five-year, $500,000 fellowship from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF). The University of Maine Assistant Professor of Microbiology will study how and why  Candida albicans  — the most common human fungal pathogen — transforms from an innocuous yeast in the digestive tract of a person with a healthy immune system […]

Dr. David Neivandt was awarded the Graduate Faculty Mentor Award at the 2013-2014 Graduate Student Recognition (Hooding) Ceremony on Friday, May 9, 2014. The awards are given each year to outstanding mentors of graduate students in each of the University of Maine’s five colleges: Business, Education and Human Development, Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and […]

(right to left) Justin Guay, PhD in Biomedical Science with a concentration in Cell and Molecular BiologyRachel Kennedy-Smith, PhD in Biomedical ScienceKira Young, IPhD in Functional GenomicsMelanie Ufkin, PhD in Biomedical Science with a concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology Karen Dowell, PhD in Biomedical Science (not pictured)

The Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology has received a 5-year, $1,628,180 Research Project Grant (R01) from that National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research will focus on how hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) causes lung cancer. Cr(VI) is a known human lung carcinogen with widespread occupational and environmental exposure. http://usm.maine.edu/toxicology/wise-laboratory-earns-major-research-grant

Kate Beard-Tisdale, Professor, School of Computing and Information Science and Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the University of Maine is awarded the 2014 Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award. This award is presented annually to a faculty member whose internationally-recognized research, scholarship, and creative activity distinguish the University of Maine as […]