Volkhard Lindner

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

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

Lynes Bio

Janina Mayers

Biomedical Science (PhD)

Ph.D. Student

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

janina.mayers@maine.edu

Mayers Bio

Marissa McGilvrey

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

marissa.mcgilvrey@maine.edu

McGilvrey Bio

Katherine Motyl

Faculty Scientist II

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Katherine.Motyl@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8004

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

Motyl Bio

Rebecca Mountain

Faculty Scientist I

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Rebecca.Mountain@mainehealth.org

Accepting Rotating Students, bone metabolism, psychosocial stress, skeletal health, social isolation

Mountain Bio

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

F31 Fellowship Recipient, Molecular Biology, T32 Fellow, T32 Fellow 2019-2020

Murphy Bio

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

Joseph Nadeau

Faculty Scientist III

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

joseph.nadeau@mainehealth.org

Accepting Rotating Students, epigenetic inheritance, Epigenetics, Gene mapping, Genetics, inheritance of disease susceptibility, modifier genes, phenotypic noise in testicular cancer and metabolic disease, study of mouse models human disease, T32 Faculty

Nadeau Bio

Madeleine Nowak

Biomedical Science (PhD)

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

madeleine.nowak@maine.edu

Epigenetics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Organ cross-talk, T32 Fellow, T32 Fellow 2021-2022

Nowak Bio

Shivangi Pande

Biomedical Sciences

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

shivangi.pande@maine.edu

Mentor: Robert Friesel | Thesis Topics: Cardiovascular Disease

cell signaling, signal transduction

Pande Bio

Sarah Peterson

Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, 2015

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

peters2@mmc.org

Thesis: The role of notch signaling in vascular remodeling

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Ilka Pinz

Faculty Scientist II

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Ilka.Pinz@mainehealth.org

(207) 396-8280

Accepting Rotating Students, Cardiovascular, Metabolism, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stress Response and Adaptation

Pinz Bio

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

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

Prudovsky Bio

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

Reagan Bio

Clifford Rosen

Faculty Scientist III

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Clifford.Rosen@mainehealth.org

(207) 662-4174

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

Rosen Bio

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

Ryzhov Bio

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

Accepting Rotating Students, Cardiovascular, Heart Failure, Heart failure and translational research, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Myocardial Biology, Neuregulin

Sawyer Bio

Liz Scharnetzki

Faculty Scientist I

Faculty

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

Elizabeth.Scharnetzki@mainehealth.org

Accepting Rotating Students, Health Equity, Social Drivers of Health, Stigma in Health Care

Scharnetzki Bio

Matthew Siviski

Biomedical Sciences

Alumni

MaineHealth Institute for Research (MHIR)

matthew.siviski@maine.edu

Mentor: Igor Prudovsky | Thesis Topics: Hormones, Adipogenesis, Osteogenesis

asthma, bronchoconstriction, obesity, pre-term labor

Siviski Bio