Liz Bergst

MHIR Contact

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Elisabeth.bergst@mainehealth.org

Kyle Bond

Biomedical Sciences

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

kyle.bond@maine.edu

| Thesis Topic: Kidney Cancer, Models

Kidney

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Josh Boucher

Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2013

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

boucherj@mmc.org

Thesis: Regulation of vascular smooth muscle phenotype by notch signaling

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Peter Brooks

Professor

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Peter.E.Brooks@mainehealth.org

(207) 885-8239

Biomedical Engineering, Cancer, Functional Genomics, Genomics, Metastasis, Molecular and Cellular Biology, T32 Faculty

Brooks Bio

Aaron Brown

Assistant Professor

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

aaron.c.brown@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8379

Accepting Rotating Students, Aging, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Development, Metabolism, Signaling Pathways, Stem Cells, T32 Faculty, Tissue, Tissue Generation

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Victoria DeMambro

Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D. Student

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

victoria.demambro@mainehealth.org

Mentor: Clifford Rosen | Thesis Topic: The Role of Alkaline Phosphatase in Adipogenesis and Mitochondrial function

Metabolism, Phenotypes

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Casey Doucette

Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2015

Alumni

IDEXX

casey-doucette@idexx.com

Thesis: Effects of nutritional and environmental stress on bone and adipose tissue in mice

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Carolina Figueroa

Biomedical Sciences

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

carolina.figueroa@maine.edu

Mentor: Clifford Rosen | Thesis Topic: Skeletal Metabolism, Bone Marrow, and Hormones

Bone Research, Metabolism

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Robert Friesel

Faculty Scientist III

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

friesr@mmc.org

(207) 396-8147

Accepting Rotating Students, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Development, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Skeletal Biology

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Thomas Gridley

Professor

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Thomas.Gridley@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8113

Cardiovascular, Development, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Muscular Dystrophy, Reproductive Biology, Skeletal Biology, Stem Cells

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Anyonya R. Guntur

Faculty Scientist I

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

anyonya.guntur@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8100

Bone Development, Insulin, Mitochondrial Respiration, Nocturnin, Osteogenesis, Protein

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Arturo Hernandez

Faculty Scientist II

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Arturo.Hernandez@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8139

Accepting Rotating Students, Behavioral/Cognitive Sciences, Development, Genomics, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurodevelopment, Neurogenetics, Neuroscience, T32 Faculty

Hernandez Bio

Robert Koza

Faculty Scientist II

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Robert.Koza@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8313

Adipose Tissue, Epigenetic Mechanisms, Metabolism

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Christine Lary

Faculty Scientist I

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Christine.Lary@mainehealth.org

(207) 661-7657

Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics/Computational Biology, Epidemiology, Genomics, T32 Faculty

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Amanda (Favreau) Lessard

Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2015

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

alessard@mmc.org

Thesis: miR-590-5p, miR-219-5p, miR-15b and miR-628-5p are commonly regulated by IL-3, GM-CSF and G-CSF in acute myeloid leukemia

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Lucy Liaw

Professor

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Lucy.Liaw@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8142

Accepting Rotating Students, Aging, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Functional Genomics, Genomics, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osteopontin, Pronuclear Injection, Stress Response and Adaptation, T32 Faculty

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Volkhard Linder

Faculty Scientist III

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Volkhard.Lindner@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8143

Accepting Rotating Students, Cardiovascular, Collagen Triple Helix Repeat Containing-1 (Cthrc1), Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, role of CTHRC1 in endurance exercise performance and inflammation, Signaling Pathway

Linder Bio

Marissa McGilvrey

Ph.D. Student

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

marissa.mcgilvrey@maine.edu

Student Executive

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Katherine Motyl

Faculty Scientist I

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Katherine.Motyl@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8004

Accepting Rotating Students, Bone Biology, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neuroscience, T32 Faculty

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Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan

Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2016

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

dsree@ucla.edu

Dissertation: Combinatorial growth factor signaling controls nephron progenitor renewal and differentiation