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Job Opening: Bioinformatics Research Training Specialist

May 30, 2018 · Kris Reaman

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

February 5, 2018 · Kris Reaman

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

August 30, 2017 · Kris Reaman

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…

Maine Investigator Research is Highlighted by NIH Director

November 7, 2016 · Kris Reaman

Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, wrote about Maine’s IDeA-funded investigator Dr. Sandra Rieger in a recent blog post: Cool Videos: Regenerating Nerve Fibers. Dr. Rieger came to Maine to conduct her research on research on nerve regeneration in zebrafish supported by the INBRE program and is currently a faculty member at…

INBRE Project Leader Awarded Prestigious NSF Grant

November 7, 2016 · Kris Reaman

Bates College assistant professor Jason Castro was awarded an early career grant (CAREER) of $720,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) starting in May 2016. This prestigious accomplishment is the first ever CAREER grant awarded to a Bates faculty member. Castro and his students at Bates are developing computational techniques for researching the organization of the olfactory bulb…

Core Services Grant Awards Increased to $2,500

August 2, 2016 · Kris Reaman

Maine INBRE has increased the amount of its small grant awards to support use of core facility services in Maine to $2,500 per award. Funds are awarded for biomedical research projects and on a competitive basis. Funds must be spent by the end of the fiscal year (April 30, 2017) and cannot be carried over. Please…

Former INBRE Investigators make Research Discoveries

March 11, 2016 · Kris Reaman

Sandra Rieger, Ph.D.

Two MDI Biological Laboratory scientists and former INBRE Investigators have reported significant research discoveries this year. Assistant Professor Sandra Rieger, PhD, began her Maine-based research with INBRE funding in 2011, and Bates College graduate and Assistant Professor Voot Yin, PhD, returned to Maine in 2010 after his doctoral training and postdoctoral research with the support of INBRE funding.…

College of the Atlantic Undergraduate Co-Authors Paper on Aging

March 7, 2016 · Kris Reaman

Weronika Grabowska

INBRE fellow and undergraduate at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Weronika Grabowska, contributed to a paper with researchers at the Jackson Laboratory that has been published by PLOS Biology journal. Grabowska is listed as a co-author on the paper, which focuses on the connection between aging, exercise, and cognitive decline. Grabowska’s work at the Jackson Lab is…

INBRE Investigator Granted Tenure at Colby College

March 7, 2016 · Kris Reaman

Current INBRE Investigator Tariq Ahmad, PhD, has been granted tenure at Colby College. The Ahmad Lab studies the effects of mutations associated with neurodegenerative diseases, like frontotemporal dementia, on sleep-wake cycle, using fruit flies as a model system. Dr. Ahmad has been part of the Maine INBRE program since May 2014. More details about his INBRE project…

Former INBRE Project Leader Receives NIH Funding to study Lyme Disease

November 2, 2015 · Kris Reaman

Paula Schlax, Ph.D.

Bates’ Chemistry professor Paula Schlax, Ph.D., was awarded a $345,000 NIH grant to study the genetics of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The grant will include student research support for Bates’ undergraduates. Schlax started working with the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, when she received funding through Maine INBRE in 2009. The Maine INBRE award allowed her to focus on…

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