Fall 2024 Institute of Medicine Seminar Series
Join us for virtual seminars this fall! Registration links are available in the full seminar announcements below.
- September 27
Sean Birkel, PhD, Assistant Professor and the Maine State Climatologist with a joint appointment to the Climate Change Institute and Cooperative Extension - November 1
Asheesh Ravikumar Lanba, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Principal Investigator of the Lasers and Materials Engineering (LAME) Group
Director of the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)
Department of Engineering, USM - November 8
Suzanne Angeli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Department, University of Maine - November 15
Catherine Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Southern Maine - November 22
Amir Kordijazi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, College of Science, Technology, and Health, University of Southern Maine
Microbe and Social Equity Speaker Series
Events will be hosted January – December, 2024, on the last Friday of every month, 12:00 – 14:00 pm ET. Presented over Zoom.
After each talk, we will continue the discussions in an informal social meeting with MSE. All speakers and members of the audience are welcome to join the social meeting.
Hosted by: Sue Ishaq, MSE, and the University of Maine Institute of Medicine.
Previous Seminars Recordings
Topic: Cultural Competence in Nursing
Speaker: Speaker: Colleen Marzilli, Ph.D., DNP, MBA
The recording of the seminar is available here
Topic: Panic: The Untold Truths
Speaker: Kelly R. Klein, MD, MPH, FACEP
The recording of the seminar 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 seminar is available here
Aileen Huang-Saad, Ph.D., M.B.A, James A. Coffman, Ph.D., and Billie Cary “Building Maine’s Life Sciences Work Force” (Watch)
Cliff Rosen, M.D., Research Opportunities for Maine (Watch)
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 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 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 seminar is available here
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 seminar is available here
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 seminar is available here
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 seminar is available here
The Epidemic of Elder Isolation and Loneliness Accompanying COVID
February 18 @ 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 seminar is available here
Community Engagement to Enhance Research in Maine
October 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Elizabeth Jacobs, MD MPP, Vice President for Research MaineHealth
The recording of the seminar is available here
Identifying tissue-specific nutrient-sensing effects on growth, health, and longevity in C. elegans
October 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Aric Rogers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MDIBL
The recording of the seminar is available here
Veterinary Forensic Pathology and One Health
October 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Nanny Wenzlow, DVM, Ph.D., MRCVS, Dipl. ACVP
The recording of the 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 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Hermann Haller, MD, President, MDIBL
The recording of the seminar is available here
Bioethics in Fertility Treatment: A discussion of cryopreservation tank use and regulation
April 23 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Rebecca Feinberg, JD, MBe, MS, Teaching Associate Professor, DePaul University
No recording available, contact information for the speaker on this faculty page: https://csh.depaul.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/health-sciences/Rebecca-Feinberg.aspx)
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 seminar is available here.
Seminar offerings from our partners
BioME
Bio & Brews 2024
September 12 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm EDT
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Innovation Brewing Ideas Coffee Corner
1st Tuesday of each month from 8:30 – 9:30am via Teams. Please join us using the link below. We look forward to connecting with you.
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MDIBL Science Cafes, courses and conferences offered on the MDIBL campus and online.
MDI Science Cafés
Art Meets Science
August 26, 2024
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Bringing Equity to Science and Governance; A Conversation with Cinda Scott, Ph.D.
September 9, 2024
5:00 – 6:00 pm
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JAX Courses and workshops, Online MicroLessons and MiniCourses.
Offering educational programs virtually, in Maine, Connecticut and across the globe!
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BiotechX USA AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support System for Heart Surgery Patients – Precision Medicine and Liquid Biopsy
September 17-18, 2024
Interested in other seminars? Check out these offerings from other University of Maine departments:
UMaine Artificial Intelligence Webinar Series
UMS Research and Innovation Speaker Series
ORD Professional Development Workshop Series
This new workshop series will focus on specific funding opportunities, grant/project management strategies, research collaboration and system resources, mentoring, and much more.
School of Biology and Ecology Fall 2024 Seminars
- September 6: SBE Faculty Lightning Talks: Hamish Greig, Han Tan, Jared Talbot, Andrei Alyokhin, Kate Ruskin, and Amanda Klemmer. Hosted by Jacquelyn Gill
- September 13: Steve DeVoto, Wesleyan U. Muscle and spine development: insights from zebrafish.
Hosted by Jared Talbot - September 16: ***Special Monday Seminar*** Nick Gotelli, University of Vermont. Talk title TBD.
Co-hosted by WFCB