First Annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering

About 85 students presented posters, representing undergraduate and graduate programs at INBRE schools throughout our state. We are grateful to faculty and industry leaders across multiple universities, biomedical and healthcare organizations who took the time to judge posters and discuss research projects with students.

Faculty Abstracts

Student Abstracts

Congratulations to the ten students receiving awards for outstanding posters!

Omodasola Adekeye University of Maine/Biomedical Science
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type Q (Ptprq) is involved in the maintenance of glomerular filtration barrier integrity
Nnamdi Baker University of Maine/Microbiology
Using intravital imaging in zebrafish to understand signaling underlying innate immune response to C. albicans infection.
Riley Bosco Bangor High School
Bio-IVP: The Biodegradable Intravenous Packet
Samantha Costa GSBSE/MHIR
PD-L1 Expressing Myeloid Cells Promote Bone Marrow Immunosuppression and Osteoclastogenesis with Diet-induced Obesity
Sophie Craig GSBSE/University of Maine
Cell-type specific mechanisms of JC polyomavirus infection
Cory Diemler GSBSE/University of Maine
Microglia Depletion Results in Increased Susceptibility to Ocular Hypertension-Dependent Glaucoma

Gabriela Johnson GSBSE/University of Maine and MDI Biological Laboratory
Development of two mechanistically distinct transgenic in vivo axolotl cell-ablation systems at various life stages
Monique Mills GSBSE/University of Maine
The Role and Regulation of TRP53 in the oocyte’s response to radiation-induced damage
Michayla Moore GSBSE/MHIR
ALK1 Coordinates Pro-Angiogenic Sclerostin, CD105, and IGFBP3 Secretion Following Preconditioning with BMP9 in Human Cardiac Progenitor Cells
Mohamad Zaid GSBSE/University of Maine
Sex-based differences in ophthalmic and central retinal artery velocity: From the heart to the eye analysis

Abstract Submissions – UMaine Institute of Medicine – University of Maine

Thank you to our judges!

Clarisssa Henry, Ben Harrison, Ben King, Derek Molliver, Cory Johnson, Josh Havelin, Karen Houseknecht, Suzanne Angeli, Frederic Bonnet, Jim Coffman, Hermann Haller, Jared Talbot, Michaela Reagan, Dustin Updike, Kerry Tucker, Lucy Liaw, Geoff Ganter, Marsha Rolle, Anyonya Guntur, Caitlin Howell, Josh Kelley, Harry Filippakis, Michael Wilczek, Daniel Moore, Mike Burman, Melissa Maginnis, Melody Neely, Prayag Murawala, Sally Molloy, Tim Breton, Tamara King, Zhao Xuan.

Thank you to our Symposium Organizing Committee!

David Harder, Ph.D.

University Research Professor of Medicine; Director UMaine Institute of Medicine

Hermann Haller, MD

President, Professor, MDI Biological Laboratory
Professor, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School

Karen L. Houseknecht, Ph.D.

University of New England

James W. Jarvis, MD, FAAFP

Director of Clinical Education, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Senior Physician Executive, System Incident Command, Northern Light Health

Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D.

FMedSci, FAAHMS, Scientific Director and Professor, the Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics

Douglas Sawyer, MD

Chief Academic Officer, Maine Medical Center and Maine Health, Co-Director, Myocardial Biology and Heart Failure Laboratory, Maine Medical Center Research Institute

Raimond Winslow, Ph.D.

Director of Life Science and Medicine Research; Professor of Bioengineering.

Jeremy Qualls, Ph.D.

Dean and Professor
College of Science, Technology, and Health

Thank you to our 20222 sponsors for their support!