The 2015 Northeast Regional IDeA Conference in Bar Harbor, Maine brought together over 300 scientists, students, and administrators from September 24-26, 2015, to share biomedical science research and training successes in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Delaware, and learn about current NIH areas of focus.
Southern Maine Community College and Bates College Collaborate
A teaching and research collaboration among Bates College and Southern Maine Community College faculty and students was designed to provide technical training to SMCC faculty and students. In August, progressive workshops culminated in a hands-on and hypothesis-driven workshop, both lecture and lab, hosted by Bates College. The program is in its third year of collaboration. The…
Funding Opportunity Announcement (Maine INBRE RRC Grants Program)
The Research Resources Core (RRC) Grants program provides small grant awards to researchers from institutions engaged in biomedical research and research training within Maine. Faculty from Maine IDeA institutions (those with INBRE or COBRE programs); independent, non-profit research institutions; or public and private undergraduate institutions are eligible to apply for funding. Note: Scientists who are directly funded…
UMaine Farmington research aims to help medical marijuana caregivers
Read about the University of Maine Farmington’s newly funded Research Training Faculty projects in recent feature articles by The Bangor Daily News and Inside UMaine Farmington.
MaineBiz Article Highlights COA and INBRE’s Impact on Workforce Training
Business news publisher MaineBiz highlights COA INBRE students in a recent article about the impact of NIH funding, and INBRE in particular, on training our state’s workforce for science careers. Read it on the MaineBiz website or in the publication format (the article starts on page 24).
Investigators Attend Lab Management Workshop
Maine INBRE sponsored a workshop focused on lab management, held at the University of Maine (Orono) on the afternoon of Saturday, April 11. The workshop featured a panel of experts including established faculty and a representative from Rockstep Solutions, a new Maine-based company that is developing information technology to facilitate laboratory management and organization. The…
College of the Atlantic Students ‘Do Real Science’ During Spring Break
Interesting article on recent INBRE-funded science training for College of the Atlantic students in Maine: http://news.coa.edu/2015/04/05/students-studying-developmental-biology-at-mdi-biological-laboratory/
SMCC Students Get Hands-on Lab Training
A dozen students from Southern Maine Community College in South Portland recently spent time studying the DNA of sharks, zebra fish and other animals at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Marine science, biotechnology and science students, along with two professors, attended an intensive weeklong laboratory course in January, which focused on researching how certain…
Dr. Clifford Rosen to Deliver Keynote at Science Symposium
Clifford J. Rosen, M.D., will deliver the keynote address at the Maine Biological and Biomedical Sciences Symposium in April 2015 at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor. Dr. Rosen is the Director of Clinical and Translational Research and a Senior Scientist at Maine Medical Center’s Research Institute. His other current positions include Adjunct Staff…
UMaine Investigator Maginnis Comments on Enterovirus Case
INBRE Investigator and UMaine assistant professor Melissa Maginnis was quoted in the Portland Press Herald regarding the first case of Enterovirus 68 in the state of Maine. Read the full article. In related news, one of Maginnis’ undergraduate microbiology students conducting research in her lab – Adam Simard (UMaine ’15) – was recently awarded a…