The year got underway with the University of Maine Honor’s College course “Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease,” which featured faculty from the University of Maine, Dartmouth College, and MDI Biological Laboratory. Soon after, we welcomed students from Southern Maine Community College for their course, “Stem Cells and Regeneration in Planarians.” Jason Pellettieri from Keene State College (New Hampshire INBRE) was the lead faculty member for this cohort and was supported by staff from SMCC and the MDI Biological Laboratory …