Sam Hess

Professor of Physics

Faculty

University of Maine

samuel.hess@maine.edu

(207) 581-1036

Experimental and Theoretical Biophysics, Fluorescence microscopy, Function and Lateral Organization of Biomembranes, Functional Genomics, Genomics, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Light Microscopy, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Photophysics, Single Molecule Fluorescence Photophysics, Spectroscopy

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Ron Hills

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration

Faculty

University of New England

rhills@une.edu

(207) 221-4049

Biochemistry, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Lipid-protein interactions, Lipids and nutraceuticals, Medicinal chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Multiscale modeling, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Protein Function, Protein structure and function, Scientific computing, Team-based learning

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Karen Houseknecht

Professor of Pharmacology, Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship

Faculty

University of New England

khouseknecht@une.edu

(207) 602-2872

Biochemistry, Cardiovascular, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Toxicology

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Suzanne Ishaq

Associate Professor of Microbiomes

Faculty

University of Maine

sue.ishaq@maine.edu

Diet and gut microbiome, Genomics, Hematology, Host-associated microbiome, Immunology, Inflammation, Molecular and Cellular Biology, T32 Faculty

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Gabriela Johnson

Biomedical Science (PhD)

Ph.D. Student

MDI Biological Laboratory

gabriela.johnson@maine.edu

Immunology/Inflammation/Hematology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Regeneration, Student Executive

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Leonard Kass

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Leonard.Kass@maine.edu

Behavioral/Cognitive Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrophysiology, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, muscle physiology, Neuroscience, Sensory Physiology, Vision

Joshua Kelley

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Faculty

University of Maine

joshua.b.kelley@maine.edu

(207) 581-2957

Cancer, Molecular and Cellular Biology, T32 Faculty, Yeast G-protein signaling

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Andre Khalil

Professor

Faculty

University of Maine

andre.khalil@maine.edu

(207) 581-3911

Accepting Rotating Students, Bioinformatics/Computational Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Radiomics

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Lei Lei

Professor

Faculty

University of New England

llei@une.edu

(207) 602-2353

Development, developmental biology, Gene Expression, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurobiology, Neurodevelopment, Neurogenetics, Neuroscience, Stem Cells

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Ziru Li

Faculty Scientist I

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

Faculty Scientist III

Faculty

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 Lindner

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

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Matthew Lynes

Faculty Scientist I

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

matthew.lynes@mainehealth.org

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

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Melissa Maginnis

Associate Professor of Microbiology

Faculty

University of Maine

melissa.maginnis@maine.edu

(207) 581-2806

Accepting Rotating Students, Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Pathogenesis, T32 Faculty, Viral Disease, Virology, Virology/Infectious Diseases, Virus-host cell interactions

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Hannah Megathlin

Biomedical Science (PhD)

Ph.D. Student

The Jackson Laboratory

hannah.megathlin@maine.edu

Bioinformatics/Computational Biology, Cancer, Genomics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stem Cells, T32 Fellow

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Derek Molliver

Professor; Director, Center for Cell Signaling Research

Faculty

University of New England

dmolliver@une.edu

(207) 602-2221

Accepting Rotating Students, Aging, Biochemistry, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurobiology, Neurodevelopment, Neuroscience, Proteins, Stress Response and Adaptation, T32 Faculty, Transduction

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Katherine Motyl

Faculty Scientist II

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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Prayag Murawala

Assistant Professor

Faculty

MDI Biological Laboratory

pmurawala@mdibl.org

207-288-9880, ext. 468

Accepting Rotating Students, Development, Evolution, Genomics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, T32 Faculty, Tissue regeneration and fibrosis

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Melody Neely

Associate Professor and Chair, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

Faculty

University of Maine

melody.neely@maine.edu

(207) 581-1513

Immunology/Inflammation/Hematology, Infectious disease, Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, zebrafish disease model

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Ilka Pinz

Faculty Scientist II

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Ilka.Pinz@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8280

Cardiovascular, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stress Response and Adaptation

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