Mainebiz reports on MDI Biological Lab summer program

Mainebiz reported 32 summer fellows, including five University of Maine students and one University of Maine at Machias student, participated in the MDI Biological Laboratory 2017 summer fellowship program in research and lab facilities across the state. Twenty of the participants were supported by Maine INBRE, a network of 13 Maine educational and research institutions led by the laboratory, according to the article. Maine INBRE, the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, is funded through the National Institutes of Health to help foster biomedical training and research in the state. The 20 interns supported by INBRE worked at the campuses of INBRE partners, including UMaine; Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges; The Jackson Laboratory; and the Eastern Maine Medical Center Cancer Care facility in Brewer, according to the article.