The National Institutes of Health recently renewed the Maine INBRE grant, providing $18M in funding for biomedical research and training in Maine over the next five years. MDI Biological Laboratory Receives $18 Million for Biomedical Research and Training
Postdoc Job Opening at MDI Biological Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Losick Lab Job Summary: The MDI Biological Laboratory seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow to work in the laboratory of Assistant Professor, Vicki Losick. The Losick lab studies the cell and molecular mechanism of wound repair using the fruit fly, Drosophila, as a model. The lab has found that healing is…
Maine INBRE E-News – February 2019
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Maine INBRE E-News September 2018
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INBRE Project Leader Awarded $800,00 NSF Grant
Hadley, Horch, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology and neuroscience at Bowdoin, has been awarded an $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The project, titled “Adult Compensatory Plasticity in an Invertebrate Sensory System”, will study how flexible nervous systems remain as they age. More specifically, it will examine the mechanisms of adult plasticity in…
Maine INBRE E-News June 2018
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New Director of the NIGMS Division for Research Capacity Building Announced
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Director Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D., has announced the selection of Ming Lei, Ph.D., as director of the Institute’s Division for Research Capacity Building (DRCB). Lei is expected to join the Institute later this month. DRCB is composed of four programs: Institutional Development Awards, Native American Research Centers…
Job Opening: Bioinformatics Research Training Specialist
The Bioinformatics Core (BioCore) at the MDI Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) has an opening for a Bioinformatics Research Training Specialist. This position is a combination of teaching and analysis, with a roughly equal emphasis and effort on both, but the exact balance shifting based upon an ongoing assessment of MDIBL needs. The MDIBL BioCore supports research…
NISBRE Scheduled for June 24-26, 2018 in Washington, DC
The 7th Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) is now open for registration. The NISBRE is a national scientific meeting to showcase the scientific and training accomplishments of the IDeA program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). The IDeA program develops scientific centers of excellence and trains biomedical scientists…
New Hampshire INBRE Visits Maine INBRE
New Hampshire INBRE students and leadership staff visited Maine INBRE at the MDI Biological Laboratory in August to share research ideas and student learning experiences. The summer fellows from each INBRE discussed their respective research programs and a handful of students from both states gave formal presentations on their projects. The event enhanced the summer INBRE…