UMaine Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
The long-term goal of this Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) is to help grow the burgeoning biomedical research industry in Maine by positioning the University of Maine (UMaine) as a biomedical research and training hub that supports and recruits outstanding junior faculty while strengthening our unique statewide graduate program. This COBRE is focused on Regulation of Cellular Behavior in Response to Extracellular Cues.
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the part of the National Institute of Health (NIH), supports state-of-the-art biomedical research centers at institutions in IDeA states (an NIH program that strengthens research capacity in states that historically have had lower levels of NIH funding) states via three award phases, each lasting five years.
The UMaine COBRE is in Phase 1, Year 3 in 2025.
Clarissa Henry, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Biology and Ecology
Director, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence: Extracellular impacts on cellular behavior
Dr. Henry’s Bio
The COBRE team recognized on the field during the October 14, 2023 Homecoming football game. Third from left: President Ferrini Mundy, Melissa Maginnis, Clarissa Henry, Josh Kelley, Rob Wheeler, Joshua Kelley, Jared Talbot, Provost Volin.