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…
INBRE Impact on Colby Students & Faculty
http://www.colby.edu/magazine/more-than-an-experiment-2/
Bioinformatic/Computational Sciences Assistant Professor Position Available
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Assistant Biology Professor Position Available at UMaine-Farmington
UMaine – Farmington is recruiting for an Assistant Professor of Biology. See details at: http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175969211
NIH Grant Process Webinar available for download
The NIH’s September 12 Webinar on the grants process at the NIH is available for download. When you click on this link, scroll down until you see: Download the video here (available until 9/30/14). Click on “here”. You then need to click on the “Download” block in the upper right corner of your screen, select “Direct Download”, then “Open” in the…
Colby College Article Highlights the Benefits of INBRE
Colby College recently wrote about the benefits of the INBRE program at the institution, highlighting a recent summer short course for a group of incoming first-year students in the Colby Achievement Program in the Sciences (CAPS), as well as an INBRE summer research fellow who studying a gene that may have an effect on the way the…
New England Medical School Students Share Training
First year medical students from Dartmouth Medical School (DMS), University of Vermont College of Medicine (UVM) and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) shared a unique opportunity to connect in an intensive research-based course at the MDI Biological Laboratory in August. “This program, where we had the opportunity to work alongside other…