Liz Bergst

MHIR Contact

Diversity

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

Faculty Scientist III

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Peter.E.Brooks@mainehealth.org

(207) 885-8239

Biomedical Engineering, Cancer, Functional Genomics, Genomics, Metastasis, Molecular and Cellular Biology, New strategies for the treatment of malignant tumors, T32 Faculty

Brooks Bio

Aaron Brown

Faculty Scientist II

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

aaron.c.brown@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8379

Aging, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Development, Metabolism, Obesity diabetes thermogenesis, optogenetics, 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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Anyonya R. Guntur

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

anyonya.guntur@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8100

Bone Development, Insulin, Mitochondrial metabolism in bone cells, Mitochondrial Respiration, Nocturnin, Osteogenesis, Protein, T32 Faculty, Understanding Bone & Mitochondrial Metabolism

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Arturo Hernandez

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Arturo.Hernandez@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8139

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

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Robert Koza

Associate Professor

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Robert.Koza@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8313

Adipose Tissue, Epigenetic Mechanisms, Epigenetics thermogenesis, Metabolism, obesity, T32 Faculty

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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

Lary Bio

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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Ziru Li

Assistant Professor

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Ziru.Li@mainehealth.org

Accepting Rotating Students, Aging, Bariatric surgery, Bone, Gut hormones, Gut-bone axis, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, T32 Faculty

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Lucy Liaw

Professor

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Lucy.Liaw@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8142

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

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Volkhard Linder

Faculty Scientist III

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Volkhard.Lindner@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8143

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

Matthew Lynes

Faculty Scientist I

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

matthew.lynes@mainehealth.org

Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, obesity, T32 Faculty

Lynes Bio

Marissa McGilvrey

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

marissa.mcgilvrey@maine.edu

Student Executive

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Katherine Motyl

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Katherine.Motyl@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8004

Bone Biology, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Nervous system regulation of bone turnover, Neuroscience, T32 Faculty

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Connor Murphy

Biomedical Sciences

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

connor.s.murphy@maine.edu

Mentor: Michaela Reagan | Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue, Chemotherapeutic Resistance, Lipid Metabolism

Molecular Biology, T32 Fellow

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