You are invited to the 2021 Virtual Research Expo hosted by Northern Light Clinical Research. This half day virtual event, Wednesday, May 26 from 11:30 am to 4 pm, is focusing on COVID-19 Research. There will be four sessions in total. Participants may attend one session or all four. Program Participants Northern Light Health physicians, allied health […]
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The 48th Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium (MBMSS) took place virtually on April 28-30, 2021. The event was organized in partnership with GSBSE, UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Maine INBRE and the Maine Technology Institute, MTI. Congratulations to the many University of Maine students who presented their research and received awards. […]
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The Institute of Medicine (IoM) requests proposals in the areas of health and life sciences for a seed grant program. This grant program is meant to support the goals and objectives of the Institute. This program requires two or more full-time UMaine or UMM faculty to work together on a pilot project aimed at collecting preliminary […]
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Grace Smith: Molecular and cellular biology major, Outstanding Graduating Student and salutatorian
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UMaine-led team discovers protein, lipid connection that could help lead to new influenza therapies
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Maginnis awarded NIH grant to examine virus fatal in people with weakened immune systems
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Townsend finds mice fed foods rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fats sustain tissue damage
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The Portland Press Herald and Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published an editorial about the role of forestry in the future of Maine’s economy, mentioning research at the University of Maine. UMaine is “heavily involved” in research and development surrounding nanocellulose, a light, strong material made when algae eat wood pulp. Nanocellulose has many applications, […]
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ScienceDaily, EurekAlert and Medical Xpress published a news release from the MDI Biological Laboratory about new research on regeneration by scientists at the laboratory and the University of Maine. Benjamin King, an assistant professor of bioinformatics at UMaine and co-lead researcher, identified genetic material previously thought to be useless as having a role in regulating […]
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Short- and long-term depressive symptoms can predict the occurrence of cardiovascular events, according to a new study by University of Maine researchers. In addition, short-term or baseline depressive symptoms increase risk for cardiovascular events for up to 15 years, and chronic depressive symptoms for up to 10 years. The study by the UMaine research team […]
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