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, T32 Faculty

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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 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

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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

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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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Derek Molliver

Professor; Director, Center for Cell Signaling Research

Faculty

University of New England

dmolliver@une.edu

(207) 602-2221

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

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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Igor Prudovsky

Faculty Scientist II, Director, Confocal Microscopy Core Facility at MHIR

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Igor.Prudovsky@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8146

Aging, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stem Cells, Stress Response and Adaptation

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Michaela Reagan

Faculty Scientist II

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Michaela.Reagan@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8196

Accepting Rotating Students, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Multiple myeloma, Skeletal Biology, Stem Cells, T32 Faculty

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Clifford Rosen

Faculty Scientist III

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Clifford.Rosen@mainehealth.org

(207) 662-4174

Bone Research, Clinical trials, Insulin, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Skeletal stem cells, T32 Faculty

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Sergey Ryzhov

Faculty Scientist III, Co-Director, Myocardial Biology & Heart Failure Research Lab

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Sergey.Ryzhov@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8279

Accepting Rotating Students, Cancer, Cardiac progenitor cells, Cardiovascular, Heart disease, Immunology/Inflammation/Hematology, Inflammation, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Skeletal Biology, Stem Cells, T32 Faculty

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Douglas Sawyer

Faculty Scientist III, Co-Director, Myocardial Biology & Heart Failure Research Lab

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Douglas.Sawyer@mainehealth.org

(207) 662-2414

Cardiovascular, Heart Failure, Heart failure and translational research, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Myocardial Biology, Neuregulin, T32 Faculty

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Rosemary Smith

Professor

Faculty

University of Maine

rosemary.smith@maine.edu

(207) 581-3361

Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical microdevices, Cardiovascular, Development, Functional Genomics, Genomics, Micro and nano fabrication technology, Microfabricated sensors, Microfluidic devices and instruments, Molecular and Cellular Biology, NanoFabrication, Neuroscience, Semiconductor devices, Stem Cells, Stress Response and Adaptation

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