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The growth of biomedical research and education in Maine

Clarissa Henry, Professor of Biological Sciences in the School of Biology & Ecology at the University of Maine, takes part in discussing the growth of biomedical research and education in Maine. Clarissa’s research is in a cell and molecular biology of segmentation and muscle development in zebrafish. The goal of the lab Clarissa run is to […]

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GSBSE NIH T32 Institutional Research Training Grant 2021-2022 Awardees

The Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE) T32 Steering Committee has chosen eight current GSBSE Ph.D. students as the third cohort of the UMaine GSBSE NIH T32 Institutional Research Training Grant. The awardees are: Zaid Al-Abbasi, mentor Dr. Derek Molliver of the University of New England Audrie Langlais, mentor Dr. Katherine Motyl of […]

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New study finds Med diet found to lower blood pressure in older adults in U.S.

Eating a diet similar to the Mediterranean diet is associated with lower blood pressure among U.S. adults, according to a study by University of Maine and the University of South Australia researchers. The study, conducted by researchers Fayeza Ahmed, Benjamin Guenther and Merrill Elias at UMaine, and Alexandra Wade and Karen Murphy at the University […]

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Regan, Soucy receive top honors at 2020 UMaine Student Symposium

Daniel Regan, GSBSE PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the Dr. Susan J. Hunter Presidential Research Impact Award for the top Graduate Presentation overall at the 2020 UMaine Student Symposium held virtually on October 2nd, 2020. He was additionally selected as the top graduate presenter in the category of Engineering and Information Sciences. His […]

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Two affiliated GSBSE faculty, Drs. Maginnis & May, to present in “MSF Pop-up event: Science on Tap hits the road”

Drs. Melissa Maginnis, Assistant Professor of Microbiology in the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Maine, and Meghan May, Associate Professor in Microbiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of New England College of Medicine, will present in the next installment of the popular “Science on Tap” series […]

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Portrait of Aric Rogers

Dr. Aric Rogers receives R01 and publishes three papers

Dr. Aric Rogers, Assistant Professor at the MDI Biological Laboratory and affiliated faculty at the GSBSE, recently received a $1,867,500 R01 grant from NIA/NIGMS. Additionally, he published three papers in 2019: Lan J, Rollins JA, Zang X, Wu D, Zou L, Wang Z, Ye C, Wu Z, Kapahi P*, Rogers AN*, Chen D* (2019). Translational Regulation […]

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Two GSBSE Biomedical Science PhDs co-authors on GSBSE Faculty Paper

Jesse Rochester and Sarah Holbrook in the Updike Lab at MDI Biological Laboratory and the Burgess Lab at the Jackson Laboratory, respectively, were featured as co-authors in a recent publication titled “Germline Maintenance Through the Multifaceted Activities of GLH/Vasa in Caenorhabditis elegans P Granules” in the latest publication of the journal Genetics. Sarah Holbrook’s contribution […]

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