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Making and Breaking the Barrier: Development of the Diaphragm and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias

Nutting 257

Seminar Topic: The diaphragm is an essential mammalian skeletal muscle, as it is vital for respiration and serves as a barrier between the thoracic and abdominal cavities. Defects in diaphragm development are the cause of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) a common birth defect (1 in 3000 births) that results in severe morbidity and 50% mortality. […]

CORE Lunch & Learn presents: Microscopy and Image Analysis Core

Hill Auditorium (165 ESRB / Barrows Hall) Barrows Hall, Orono

Curious about fluorescence microscopy or how imaging can support your research? Join us for our Lunch & Learn where we’ll introduce the Microscopy and Image Analysis Core (MIAC). You’ll get an overview of the equipment we offer - like confocal and stereo microscopes - and learn how tools like Imaris software can help you analyze […]

From Yeast to Humans and Back: Uncovering Novel Mechanisms of Actin Filament Nucleation

Stodder 57 UMaine Orono campus

Speaker:  Bruce Goode, PhD. Chair and Professor of Biology, Brandeis University Biography: Bruce Goode serves as Chair and Professor of the Biology Department at Brandeis University. After growing up in California's Bay Area, he earned his B.S. and Ph.D. in Cell Biology from UC Santa Barbara, studying the human microtubule-associated protein Tau with Stuart Feinstein, followed by […]