Speaker: Dr. Kristina Lyons, PhD About the Speaker: Dr. Kristina Lyons is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and with the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds affiliations with the Center for Experimental Ethnography and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies. Kristina’s current research is situated at the […]
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Kaishian, PhD About the Speaker: Dr. Patricia Kaishian is a visiting professor of Biology at Bard College in NY. Her scientific research is focused on the taxonomy of Laboulbeniales fungi, fungal biodiversity, and exploration of the use of certain fungi as potential indicators of ecosystem health. Beyond more traditional scientific research, Patricia […]
Speaker: Dr. Catherine Girard, PhD About the Speaker: Dr. Catherine Girard is an Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, where she works on the response of microbiomes to climate change in the Arctic. In the past, she has worked on the human microbiome and how it is shaped by tradition, culture and […]
Speaker: Dr. Maya Hey, PhD About the Speaker: Dr. Maya Hey is a postdoctoral researcher with the Future Organisms project as part of an international trans-disciplinary team investigating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). She brings a humanities and social science perspective to the life sciences, calling upon feminist, intersectional, and multispecies approaches to map out […]
Speaker: Dr. Liat Shenhav, PhD About the Speaker: Dr. Liat Shenhav is an independent research fellow at the Center for Studies in Physics and Biology at the Rockefeller University. Prior to that, Liat received a B.Sc. and. M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from Tel-Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Los […]
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 one […]
The Center on Aging and UMaine Medicine invite you to join them for a virtual event A GERIATRICS THOUGHT LEADERS CONVERSATION - Clinical Perspectives on the Predictors of Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia Tuesday, July 26, 2022 4–5 p.m. Facilitated by Lenard Kaye, DSW, Ph.D. Director, UMaine Center on Aging Professor, UMaine School […]
In person event at Buchanan Alumni House Two Alumni Place, Orono, Maine Speaker: D. Allan Butterfield, Ph.D The UK Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry; Associate Vice President for Research for Centers and Institutes and UK Research Priority Areas; Fellow, Society for Redox Biology and Medicine University of Kentucky About the seminar: Alzheimer disease […]
Speakers: Tora Johnson, PhD, Director, Geographic Information Systems Service Center, Associate Professor of GIS University of Maine Machias Katherine Weatherford Darling, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Social Science Program, University of Maine, Augusta Oliver Gray Jones, UMaine PhD Student About the seminar: Downeast Maine is a hub for collaborative community partnerships and community-engaged research […]
Speaker: Aileen Huang‐Saad, PhD, MBA Director of Life Sciences and Engineering Programs, Department of Bioengineering The Roux Institute, Northeastern University About the lecture: Today, higher education is facing significant challenges as it tries to prepare its graduates for post graduate opportunities. Additionally, technology development is evolving at a record pace across disciplines; students are faced with an over‐whelming number […]
