Yaseen Balkhi, Ph.D., is an Institute of Medicine external affiliate, instructor at UMaine with additional appointment as an assistant professor from Tufts University School of Medicine who serves as scientific director of IT Bio, a Boston-based firm he co-founded. He shared that Emily Irvine, a senior in Molecular and Biomedical Sciences is doing capstone 491-Molecular and Microbiology Research at IT […]
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Symposium description: To understand a microbiome, you must learn about the bustling community of microorganisms and the complex ecosystems they live in, because one cannot exist without the other. So, too, does microbiome research rely on understanding the lives and ecology of humans, because there is no aspect of human life which does not involve microbes […]
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In March 2021, the Institute of Medicine (IoM) at the University of Maine requested proposals in the areas of health and life sciences for a seed grant program meant to support the goals and objectives of the institute. This grant program required two or more full-time UMaine or University of Maine at Machias faculty to […]
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The symposium will be held over zoom on July 18 – 22, 2022, 12:30 – 16:00 EST. Registration is free, and anyone is welcome. The details of the program can be found here. Symposium description: To understand a microbiome, you must learn about the bustling community of microorganisms and the complex ecosystems they live in, because […]
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UMaine faculty to speak at Northern Light Health’s sixth Research Expo May 25
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Join us on Wednesday, May 25 from 11:30 am to 4 pm for the sixth annual Northern Light Research Expo in a series of virtual sessions by ZOOM. Online attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the innovative research being performed at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and throughout our Maine community. […]
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The second MSE speak series wrapped up this week, and we had another very successful season! We heard about some incredible research, shared perspectives from other disciplines, and engaged in discussions on soil and food systems, human health, sanitation and water quality, ecological modeling to understand microbiomes better and using the incredible diversity of the […]
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Registration is now open for the Microbes and Social Equity speaker series, which is in its second year this spring. Hurry, the first seminar is on Wednesday, Jan 19th! The seminars are free and open for anyone to attend, but require registration to Zoom for each of the talks. You can find the full speaker list […]
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CUGR Awards The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the winners of Academic Year fellowship programs. Supported by the Office of Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, CUGR provides several fellowship programs including the UMaine Institute of Medicine, UMaine Artificial Intelligence, and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) […]
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Institute of Medicine Fellowships UMaine Institute of Medicine Fellowships support faculty and students in health and life sciences to develop medical-based solutions through collaboration and research efforts. Ten proposals committed to the improvement of human wellbeing will be funded through this program. Applicants must prove how discovery and learning in health and life sciences can […]
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