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Marissa McGilvrey: Seminar Series IPad raffle winner

Marissa McGilvrey was the winner of the spring 2021 seminar raffle. Graduate students who attended the most seminars in the spring had a chance to enter a drawing to win an iPad. Marissa is a University of Maine GSBSE Ph.D. student within Dr. Lucy Liaw’s lab at MMCRI. Her research is focused on perivascular adipose […]

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Gerren Welch: Institute of Medicine Fellowship recipient

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research announced in November the first winners for two recently established fellowship programs.  Supported by the Office of Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, CUGR created the UMaine Institute of Medicine and UMaine Artificial Intelligence fellowships this year and awarded fellowships to fourteen undergraduate […]

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Daniella Leal Espinal: Institute of Medicine Fellowship recipient

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research announced in November the first winners for two recently established fellowship programs.  Supported by the Office of Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, CUGR created the UMaine Institute of Medicine and UMaine Artificial Intelligence fellowships this year and awarded fellowships to fourteen undergraduate […]

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Christine Hale: Seminar Series IPad raffle winner

Christine Hale was the winner of the fall seminar raffle. Graduate students who attended the most seminars in the fall had a chance to enter a drawing to win an iPad.  A new raffle is planned for the Spring seminar series. Christine is a University of Maine GSBSE Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Science.  She is […]

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Social media spotlight: Emily Lavertu

June 20, 2018 Hometown: Frenchville, Maine Food science and human nutrition student Emily Lavertu is on a mission to help others with Type 1 diabetes like herself. She is the junior camp coordinator at Cary Medical Center’s Camp Adventure, a camp for Type 1 diabetics ages 13–17. Emily plans to graduate in 2020, and her […]

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Social media spotlight: Emma Fournier

May 24, 2018 Hometown: Turner, Maine In May, after just three years of college, Emma Fournier earned a degree in biology with a concentration in pre-medical studies. She teamed with assistant professor Allison Gardner to identify regions in Maine most vulnerable to Lyme disease and to explore if dogs are sentinels for Lyme disease transmission. […]

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