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UMaine Institute of Medicine

“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 […]

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MHIR Pathways in STEMM

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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 Professor of Medical Education and Director of the Center for Science Education (CSE) at Tufts University School of Medicine. After completing a PhD in immunology, […]

Intersecting breastmilk and microbiome science with the complexity of working with humans in a clinical context

Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway, PhD RN IBCLC, University of Calgary About the Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway is a PhD prepared nurse and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with expertise in maternal-child health, infant feeding, and patient engagement. She completed my PhD in nursing at the University of Calgary, examining maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and infant feeding […]

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Do some over-the-counter antimicrobials do more harm than good? The unexpected cellular and mitochondrial toxicity of triclosan and cetylpyridinium chloride

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Speaker: Julie Gosse, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Maine. About the speaker: Postdoctoral training (2005-2007) Dartmouth Medical School.  Ph.D. (2005) Cornell University Dr. Gosses's research interests include biochemical, molecular, biophysical, and cellular toxicology and effects of toxicants on signal transduction pathways and mitochondria. About the seminar: A wide swath of humanity is exposed to high […]

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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. […]

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Panel discussion on Gut microbiome, nutrition, and food security

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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 […]

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“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 […]

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“Microbiome Research with the Yanomami”

Speaker: David Good, University of Guelph About the Speaker: David Good is a PhD student in microbiology at the University of Guelph, Ontario. His general research goal is characterizing the structural and functional microbial diversity of his Yanomami family, the Irokae-teri, located in the Amazon rainforest of Venezuela. They are of great interest in the […]

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Towards developing a multisensory dining ecosystem (EatCoSystem) to stimulate appetite and motivate older adults to eat better

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Speaker: Nimesha Ranasinghe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, University of Maine About the speaker: Nimesha Ranasinghe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maine and Co-founder of FlaVR Labs Inc. Dr. Ranasinghe's research interests include Multisensory Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, and Augmented and Virtual Reality. Nimesha is particularly interested […]

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Religion, Race and the Microbe: Theological Analysis of Public Health Resistance in the Pandemicine

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Speaker: Dr. Aminah Al-Attas Bradford, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Bradford is a research scholar in NC State’s Public Science Lab for Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity of Humans and Food where she draws together interdisciplinary engagement of microbes, exploring fermentation, probiotic health and pathogens. Working at the intersections of religion, microbiology, ecology and race, Dr. Bradford’s […]

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