Skip to main navigation Skip to site navigation Skip to content

UMaine Institute of Medicine

Panel discussion on Gut microbiome, nutrition, and food security

Virtual

Speakers: Dr. Yanyan Li, PhD; Dr. Dany Fanfan, Ph.D., MSN, RN; and Dr. Sean Gibbons, PhD About the Seminar: This week, we’ll be bringing all of our Theme 1 speakers back to engage in a panel discussion together on the gut microbiome. Panel will be hosted by Dr. Sue Ishaq. Please note, this session will only be […]

Free

Advanced Imaging of Muscle Fiber Type Development

Virtual

Speaker: Jared Talbot, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of University of Maine's School of Biology and Ecology Dr. Talbot received his Bachelors in Science in Biology from Cornell University. He then began his work on developmental biology by studying skeleton formation with Dr. Charles Kimmel at the University of Oregon. After this, he did a postdoc investigating muscle […]

Free

CUGR Talk: “In Love” with Art and Research

Virtual

Speaker: Andy Mauery, Associate Professor of Art and Susan Smith, Graduate Coordinator of Intermedia Programs and Associate Professor of Research About the Seminar: Interested in how and where art and research meet? Join CUGR’s 1–hour talk to find out more about art and research! Register Here

“The maternal microbiota and offspring development: Towards a translational systems approach in maternal-child health.”

Speaker: Dr. Eldin Jašarević, PhD. Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine About the Speaker: Eldin (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also Primary Investigator at Magee-Womens Research Institute. Eldin received […]

Free

MHIR Pathways in STEMM

Virtual

Speaker: Berri Jacque PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Education and Director of the Center for Science Education at Tufts University School of Medicine About the Speaker: Berri is an Associate […]

The vaginal microbiome: key for women’s health & healthy newborns

Speaker: Dr. Sarah Lebeer, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Sarah Lebeer is a research professor at the Department of Bioscience Engineering of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She has studied bioscience engineering, with a specialisation in cell and gene biotechnology and food & health and obtained her Master’s degree at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2004. […]

Free

Panel discussion on Gut microbiome, nutrition, and food security

Virtual

Speakers: Dr. Merilee Brockway, PhD RN IBCLC, University of Calgary; Dr. Eldin Jašarević, PhD. Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and TBD About the Seminar: This week, we’ll be bringing all of our Theme 2 speakers back to engage in a panel discussion together on the microbiome in early life. Panel will be […]

Free

“Invisible Friends: How Microbes Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us”

Speaker: Dr. Jake Robinson, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Robinson is a microbial ecologist based in the UK (soon to be Australia). In 2021, he received a PhD from the University of Sheffield. He is passionate about researching microbes, ecosystems, social equity issues and the connections between them, and at the same time, he is keen […]

Free
Top