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  • Current Investigator Research
    • Endogenous neural stem cell reprograming for neuronal regeneration
    • Identification of genes involved in the crosstalk between a social host and facultative symbionts that can form long-term persistent association
    • Identification of neural and epigenetic biomarkers for affective dysfunction following early adversity
    • Identification, elucidation, and characterization of small molecules produced by common skin commensals and their role in microbe: microbe interactions and host health
    • Investigating the mechanism by which prophage alter mycobacterial antibiotic resistance
    • Sequence requirements of viroporin ion channel activity
  • Current Teaching Faculty Research
    • Evolution of gene regulation within and between species of Drosophila
    • Influence of colonization regime, time since establishment, and site-specific variation on patterns of selection, genes under selection, and rapid evolution in distinct swift fox (Vulpes velox) populations
  • Past Research Supported by Maine INBRE
    • A role for the Tnfaip8 gene family in tumorigenesis
    • Antidepressant properties of dietary choline via genomic and epigenomic mechanisms
    • Deciphering Helicobacter pylori’s glycocode: uncovering & harnessing drug targets
    • Defining macrophage-nerve dependent signals in the regulation of limb regeneration
    • DNA Barcoding to Identify Medical Cannabis Chemotype
    • DNA Repair Events Associated with Carbamoylating Anticancer Agents
    • Effect of expression of human mutant CHMP2B, an ESCRT-III component involved in frontotemporal dementia, on circadian rhythms in Drosophila
    • Epigenetic mechanisms of memory formation and maintenance
    • Evolution of the ChitinaseA gene in bacteria associated with Epizootic Shell Disease in the American Lobster
    • Exploration of two different compensatory strategies for recovery from injury in the cricket CNS
    • Functional Analysis of a Genomic Regulatory Region in Tooth Development
    • Functional Genomic Dissection of Viral and Cellular Factors that Regulate JC Polyomavirus Infection
    • Gene expression patterns in Hediste diversicolor (Annelida, Polychaeta) and Littorina littorea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) exposed to heavy metal contaminated sediment
    • Genome-scale analysis of neuronal heterogeneity
    • Genomic Analysis and Comparative Transcriptomics of Growth Pathways and Cancer Susceptibility Genes in the Soft-shell Clam Mya arenaria
    • Genomic Diversity of the Vertebrate Immune System: the Neglected Half of the MHC Class II Heterodimer
    • Genomic Interrogation and Perturbation of Natural Fungal-Host Cell Surface Dynamics
    • Genomic Variation in the Equilibrative nucleoside transporter ENT1 in relationship to the human absorption of caffeine
    • Host-phage interactions and the discovery of biological novelty
    • Investigating the Nanoscale Organization of Chromatin by Super-Resolution STED Microscopy
    • Measurement of cannabis/terpenoid profiles of medicinal cannabis chemotypes
    • Regulation of genomic function by prenatal choline availability to confer protection against behavioral and neural outcomes in rat models of depression
    • Regulation of neuronal excitability by phosphoinositide metabolism
    • RNA-binding proteins and hyphal mRNA transport in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans
    • Role of nuclear factor, erythroid 2 (Nfe2) in the oxidative stress response during development
    • Synthesis of O-Mannosylated Oligosaccharides
    • The effects of phoenixin-14 on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis and spawning in green-spotted pufferDichotomyctere nigroviridis
    • Translational Regulation in Diverse Bacterial Species
    • Using halophilic Archaea as model systems to explore responses to environmental stressors
    • Utilizing temporal and biogeographical comparative functional genomics to inform screening for novel antimicrobial targets
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Recent News and Events

• Maine INBRE in its 22nd Year – Looking Back and Ahead
• Summer Undergraduate Fellowships Awarded
• Cloud Computing 101
• INBRE Expands Microscopy Resources in Maine
• New Core Grant Awards Available on May 1, 2022
• New Microscopy Course Open for Applications
• 49th Maine Biological and Medical Science Symposium
• Courses Underway in 2022
• Grant award seeks to advance cloud computing in Maine
• Research to Reveal the Neural Basis of Trauma
• Discovery of a new gene in fish co-authored by students at three INBRE schools
• Remote Imaging Services Now Available in Maine
• Highlight: Faculty Alumna – Hadley Horch, Ph.D., Bowdoin College
• Novel research on prophage at UMaine
• Maine Students Receive Top Awards at NERIC
• INBRE Project Leaders co-chair NERIC session
• Model provides framework for study of phospholipids
• First Maine IDeA Meeting
• Full-Circle: Student Returns to Maine as INBRE-Funded Assistant Professor
• Virtual Training Offers SMCC Students Experimental Design Experience
• Recent Research Findings Published
• Two Maine Students Named Goldwater Scholars
• Bailey West Named Valedictorian
• Dr. Banks Named as Inspiring Black Scientist
• INBRE Students Win Top Awards at MBMSS
• Sharing Core Equipment Enables New Research
• Collaborative Bioinformatics Training
• Mentoring Students is a Win-Win
• Online NCBI Workshops in September
• Maine INBRE E-News – August 2020
• INBRE Enhances Research Opportunities in Rural Maine
• Since his arrival at Bates College in 2016, INBRE Investigator Andrew Kennedy, Ph.D., hasn’t let anything slow him down — not even COVID-19.
• Adapting Research Training During COVID-19
• University of New England Joins INBRE Network
• Maine INBRE E-News – December 2019
• Provisional Patent Filed by Kennedy Lab
• Project Leaders Meet with EAC
• Maine INBRE Grant Renewed
• Postdoc Job Opening at MDI Biological Laboratory
• Maine INBRE E-News – February 2019
• Maine INBRE E-News September 2018
• Staples Lectureship at UMaine: Dr. David Bartel (MIT), November 15-16, 2018
• INBRE Project Leader Awarded $800,00 NSF Grant
• Maine INBRE E-News June 2018
• New Director of the NIGMS Division for Research Capacity Building Announced
• Job Opening: Bioinformatics Research Training Specialist
• NISBRE Scheduled for June 24-26, 2018 in Washington, DC
• New Hampshire INBRE Visits Maine INBRE
• Summer Student Symposium at MDI Biological Laboratory – August 8, 2017
• External Advisory Committee Annual Meeting – August 16, 2017
• Northeast Regional IDeA Meeting at University of Vermont – August 16-18, 2017
• 44th Annual Maine Biological and Biomedical Sciences Symposium (MBMSS) on April 28-29, 2017
• Maine Investigator Research is Highlighted by NIH Director
• INBRE Project Leader Awarded Prestigious NSF Grant
• Core Services Grant Awards Increased to $2,500
• College of the Atlantic Undergraduate Co-Authors Paper on Aging
• INBRE Investigator Granted Tenure at Colby College
• Former INBRE Project Leader Receives NIH Funding to study Lyme Disease
• World Class Science in Maine
• Science Commercialization discussed at the Northeast Regional IDeA Conference
• Maine hosts Northeast Regional IDeA Conference
• Southern Maine Community College and Bates College Collaborate
• UMaine Farmington research aims to help medical marijuana caregivers
• MaineBiz Article Highlights COA and INBRE’s Impact on Workforce Training
• Investigators Attend Lab Management Workshop
• College of the Atlantic Students ‘Do Real Science’ During Spring Break
• SMCC Students Get Hands-on Lab Training
• Dr. Clifford Rosen to Deliver Keynote at Science Symposium
• UMaine Investigator Maginnis Comments on Enterovirus Case
• INBRE Impact on Colby Students & Faculty
• Bioinformatic/Computational Sciences Assistant Professor Position Available
• Assistant Biology Professor Position Available at UMaine-Farmington
• NIH Grant Process Webinar available for download
• Colby College Article Highlights the Benefits of INBRE
• New England Medical School Students Share Training
• Article on Skatebase project in F1000 Research
• Media Reports Highlight the Impact of INBRE Grant in Maine
• WABI-TV5 News Story on Maine INBRE Grant Award
• INBRE Investigator Receives Grant Funding
• INBRE Student Symposium
• Maine INBRE Celebration
• INBRE Investigator Receives NSF CAREER Award
• INBRE Supports Teaching Faculty Research
• The Jackson Laboratory Sponsors IDeA Graduate Student Training
• Faculty Fellowships Summer 2013
• Undergraduate Student Fellowships Awarded for Summer 2013
• Bioinformatics Paper Published
• Science Education Partnership (SEPA) Program Awards for PreK-12 biomedical programs
• Recent Publications of INBRE-supported research
• Former INBRE Investigator Dr. Ryan Bavis joins the Steering Committee
• Kristopher Cooper Valedictorian
• 38th Annual Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium
• Four INBRE Colleges and MDIBL Join Nationwide Program to Improve Science Education
• Skate Genome Workshop Held at the MDI Biological Laboratory
• Bowdoin INBRE Graduate Heads to Oxford on Keasbey Scholarship
• Former INBRE Project Leader Awarded NSF CAREER Grant
• Robert Preston, PhD, Named Outstanding Summer Mentor for 2010