Congratulations to the ten Maine students receiving awards for outstanding posters at the recent Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering, held on October 13-15, 2022.
About 85 students presented posters, representing undergraduate and graduate programs at INBRE schools throughout our state. We are grateful to faculty and industry leaders across multiple universities, biomedical and healthcare organizations who took the time to judge posters and discuss research projects with students. The full list of awards and abstracts is posted on the Awards/Abstracts tab.
Graduate student awards
- Ashley Soucy GSBSE/MaineHealth Institute for Research
RAB27a-mediated regulation of the vascular microenvironment - Madison Mueth GSBSE/UNE
Sex differences in susceptibility to develop advanced osteoarthritis pain - Sam Costa GSBSE/MaineHealth Institute for Research
PD-L1 Expression Promotes Bone Marrow Immunosuppression and Bone Loss with Diet-Induced Obesity - Bailey Blair GSBSE/University of Maine
Uncovering Candida albicans Factors that Modulate the Host Phagocyte Response - Brianna Gurdon GSBSE/JAX
Brain-wide spatial analysis reveals cell-type-specific genetic modifiers of Alzheimer’s disease progression - Mubarak Khlewee University of Maine
The influence of heat and mass transfer on the setting rate of adhesives between porous substrates - Ines Khiara University of Maine
Engineering the Development of Neuromuscular Circuitry On-Chip
Undergraduate student awards
- Lucia O’Sullivan Bowdoin College
Using Artificial Intelligence Software to Investigate the Effects of Early-Life Adversity on Anxiety-Like Behavior - Sydney Bonauto Bowdoin College
Leveraging rat ultrasonic vocalization playback to expose sex-specific outcomes following early life adversity
Clinical poster award
- Vrushabh Daga University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Impact of Prophylactic Ceftriaxone Treatment on Antimicrobial Resistance Development by Colonizing Microbes
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First Annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering