Seminar Series
The 2024 Fall seminar series concluded. We will announce the Spring series in January.
Seminar offerings from our partners
Catch Up on all Previous Seminars:
Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus in Adults in Southern Maine, USA.
Catherine Miller, Ph.D, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Maine
The recording of the seminar is available here
The Lasers and Materials Engineering (LAME) Group: Exploring 3D Structural Microscopy, Investigating Active Materials, and Developing Medical Devices
Asheesh Ravikumar Lanba, PhD. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)
The recording of the West Nile Virus seminar is available here
Climate Change Linkages to the Spread of Vector-borne Disease in Maine
Speaker: Sean Birkel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Maine State Climatologist
Susan Elias, Ph.D., Staff Scientist
The recording of the Climate Change seminar is available here
Cultural Competence in Nursing
Speaker: Speaker: Colleen Marzilli, Ph.D., DNP, MBA
The recording of the seminar is available here
Panic: The Untold Truths
Speaker: Kelly R. Klein, MD, MPH, FACEP
The recording of the Panic: The Untold Truths seminars is available here
Microbes and Social Equity Speaker Series 2023
This event took place in Summer 2023. Recordings are available on the The Ishaq Lab LOVE YOUR MICROBES blog
Do some over-the-counter antimicrobials do more harm than good? The unexpected cellular and mitochondrial toxicity of triclosan and cetylpyridinium chloride
February 24, 2023
Speaker: Julie Gosse, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Maine
The recording of the Microbes and Social Equity seminar is available here
The Prophages of Pathogenic Mycobacteria and Their Role in Intrinsic Drug Resistance
November 4 2022
Speaker: Sally D. Molloy, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Genomics, The University of Maine Honors College, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
The recording of the drug resistance seminar is available here
Vitamin D Supplementation: Where’s the Evidence?
October 28, 2022
Speaker: Clifford J. Rosen, MD, Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine, Principal Investigator of the NNE-CTR.
The recording of the Vitamin D supplement seminar is available here
Childhood Brain Injury: Perspectives from Speech-Language Pathology on Serving Children with Mild to Severe Injuries
October 21, 2022
Speaker: Jessica Salley Riccardi, PhD, CCC-SLP Assistant Professor- Communication Sciences & Disorders
The recording of the Childhood Brain Injury seminar is available
First Annual Mental Health Lecture
Pathways to Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in Rural Maine
October 18, 2022
Speaker: Jeffrey E. Hecker, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Clinical Training, University of Maine
The recording of the Mental Health Lecture seminar is available
Building Community-University Partnerships for Health Equity in Downeast Maine
September 16, 2022
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
The recording of the Health Equity seminar is available
Amyloid β-Peptide and Brain Oxidative Damage: Focus on the Intersection of the Lipid Peroxidation Product Hne, Glucose Dysmetabolism, and Alzheimer Disease
September 6, 2022 – First Annual Distinguished Science Lecture
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
The recording of the Amyloid β-Peptide and Brain Oxidative seminar is available here
The Epidemic of Elder Isolation and Loneliness Accompanying COVID
February 18, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speakers: Lenard W. Kaye, D.S.W., Ph.D., Director, UMaine Center on Aging, Professor, UMaine School of Social Work
Clifford Milo Singer, MD, DFAPA, AGSF, Chief of Geriatric Mental Health and Neuropsychiatry at Acadia Hospital and Eastern Maine Medical Center
The recording of the Elder Isolation seminar is available here
Community Engagement to Enhance Research in Maine
October 22, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Elizabeth Jacobs, MD MPP, Vice President for Research MaineHealth
The recording of the Research seminar is available here
Identifying tissue-specific nutrient-sensing effects on growth, health, and longevity in C. elegans
October 15, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Aric Rogers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MDIBL
The recording of the C. elegans seminar is available here
Veterinary Forensic Pathology and One Health
October 8, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Nanny Wenzlow, DVM, Ph.D., MRCVS, Dipl. ACVP
The recording of the Veterinary Forensic Pathology seminar is available here
Content warning. Some of the images in the recording above are graphic
A new dawn for chronic kidney disease – SGLT-2 inhibition as a novel strategy
September 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Hermann Haller, MD, President, MDIBL
The recording of the Chronic Kidney Disease seminar is available here
Pathways to commercialization of medical products or devices
April 16, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Michael Mason, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine.
The recording of the Medical Products or Devices seminar is available here
Skin In-Growth to 3D Printed Metals
March 26, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Ian D. Dickey, MD, FRCSC Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Dept. of Orthopaedics
The recording of the 3D Printed Metals seminar is available here
In vivo physiology of kidney development detected with genetically encoded biosensors
March 12, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Iain Drummond, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Davis Center for Aging and Regeneration. MDI Biological Laboratory.
The recording of the seminar is available The recording of the Kidney Development seminar is available here
A novel role of wild blueberry phenolic extracts to promote endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis associated with wound healing and tissue regeneration
November 13. 2020 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Dorothy Klimis, Ph.D. FACN, Professor of Clinical Nutrition, School of Food and Agriculture and cooperating professor of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering at the University of Maine.
The recording of the Wild Blueberry Phenolic Extracts seminar is available here
A crash course in the gut microbiome
November 6, 2020 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Suzanne (Sue) Ishaq, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
The recording of the Gut Microbiome seminar is available here.
Water pollution, rising temperatures and a mysterious kidney disease
October 30, 2020 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Nishad Jayasundara, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Environmental Physiology and Toxicology Lab, School of Marine Sciences & Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering
The recording of the Water Pollution seminar is available here.
The Application of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical from the Engineering Perspective
October 23, 2020 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Somayeh Khosroazad, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
The recording of the AI seminar is available here.
Ecological and social drivers of the spread of vector-borne diseases
October 16, 2020 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Allison (Allie) Gardner, PhD, Assistant Professor in the School of Biology and Ecology and a cooperating faculty member in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences program.
The recording of the Vector-Borne Diseases seminar is available here.
