2024 Symposium - UMaine Institute of Medicine

2024 Research Symposium

Poster Presentations and Reception

Congratulations to the ten students who received awards for outstanding posters!

Omodasola Adekeye University of Maine/Biomedical Science
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type Q (Ptprq) is involved in the maintenance of glomerular filtration barrier integrity
Nnamdi Baker University of Maine/Microbiology
Using intravital imaging in zebrafish to understand signaling underlying innate immune response to C. albicans infection.
Riley Bosco Bangor High School
Bio-IVP: The Biodegradable Intravenous Packet
Samantha Costa GSBSE/MHIR
PD-L1 Expressing Myeloid Cells Promote Bone Marrow Immunosuppression and Osteoclastogenesis with Diet-induced Obesity
Sophie Craig GSBSE/University of Maine
Cell-type specific mechanisms of JC polyomavirus infection
Cory Diemler GSBSE/University of Maine
Microglia Depletion Results in Increased Susceptibility to Ocular Hypertension-Dependent Glaucoma

Gabriela Johnson GSBSE/University of Maine and MDI Biological Laboratory
Development of two mechanistically distinct transgenic in vivo axolotl cell-ablation systems at various life stages
Monique Mills GSBSE/University of Maine
The Role and Regulation of TRP53 in the oocyte’s response to radiation-induced damage
Michayla Moore GSBSE/MHIR
ALK1 Coordinates Pro-Angiogenic Sclerostin, CD105, and IGFBP3 Secretion Following Preconditioning with BMP9 in Human Cardiac Progenitor Cells
Mohamad Zaid GSBSE/University of Maine
Sex-based differences in ophthalmic and central retinal artery velocity: From the heart to the eye analysis

Thank you to our judges!

Ahmed Almaghasilah, Amanda Collamore, Anastasia Paulmann, Arturo Hernandez, Ben Harrison, Ben King, Caitlin Howell, Colleen Marzilli, Cory Johnson, Dustin Updike, Greg Cox, Hannah Lust, Hermann Haller, Iain Drummond, Janet Yancey-Wrona, Jared Talbot, Melody Neely, Meredith Theeman, Michael Babcock, Michael Mason, Prayag Murawala, Rob Koza, Rob Wheeler, Ron Korstanje, Steve Sutton, Suzanne Angeli, Zhao Xuan, Ziru Li, Kelly Klein

Thank you to our Symposium Organizing Committee!

David Harder, Ph.D.

University Research Professor of Medicine; Director UMaine Institute of Medicine

Hermann Haller, MD

President, Professor, MDI Biological Laboratory
Professor, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School

Karen L. Houseknecht, Ph.D.

University of New England

James W. Jarvis, MD, FAAFP

Director of Clinical Education, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Senior Physician Executive, System Incident Command, Northern Light Health

Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D.

FMedSci, FAAHMS, Scientific Director and Professor, the Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics

Kevin Stein, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI).

Douglas Sawyer, MD

Chief Academic Officer, Maine Medical Center and Maine Health, Co-Director, Myocardial Biology and Heart Failure Laboratory, Maine Medical Center Research Institute