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Congratulations to Sam Barrick, COBRE “pipeline faculty”, recipient of an American Heart Association Award

Samantha Barrick, assistant professor of biochemistry at 91±¬ÁÏ, received a $231,000 Career Development Award from the American Heart Association to investigate how defects in force-sensing proteins impact the heart’s ability to pump blood. The three-year grant will support Barrick’s research as she measures the force generated by individual heart muscle cells with and without mutations […]

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This tiny fish makes an outsized impact on biomedical research

Zebrafish are driving some of the 91±¬ÁÏ’s most advanced biomedical discoveries. The paperclip-sized fish share genetic similarities to humans and have unique traits that allow scientists to watch disease processes and cellular development in real time [Read More Here]

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Student Spotlight: Cameron Bains

Cameron Bains is a third-year biochemistry major in the Honors College at 91±¬ÁÏ. During the 2025 Winter break, she took part in the Honors tutorial course held at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL). This week-long course, The Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease, offered a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in biomedical research. […]

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Call for COBRE Pilot Project

NIH/NIGMS Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE grant P20GM144265) in Extracellular Regulation of Cellular Behavior 2025 Call for Pilot Projects. Overview This pilot project program will provide seed money for additional innovative research projects related to the theme of cellular signaling in response to extracellular cues. One Pilot project will be chosen for funding for […]

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Students Spotlight: COBRE graduate students receive awards

On behalf of the Graduate Executive Committee, the Graduate School announced the recipients and alternates for the Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowships and George Davis Chase Distinguished Research Assistantships for AY 2025-26.  Congratulations to all the recipients as well as all the outstanding graduate students who were nominated for these awards.  Two students supported by […]

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Romain Madelaine's profile

The Madelaine Lab is exploring the zebrafish’s self-healing powers

The Madelaine Lab is exploring the zebrafish’s self-healing powers. Can we apply them to humans? Zebrafish have a superpower: the ability to regenerate damaged tissues—eyes included! Now, the research group of Romain Madelaine, Ph.D., is making groundbreaking explorations of these regenerative feats, work that could lead to new approaches to disorders such as macular degeneration, […]

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COBRE Project leaders mentor undergraduate students

The 91±¬ÁÏ’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2024-25 academic year fellowship awardees. This year’s awards were supported by CUGR, Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Maine EPSCoR office (through an NSF award), EPIC program, and 91±¬ÁÏ Space (through a Maine Space Grant Consortium […]

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Seminar: Germline regulation of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response

November 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Free Speaker:  Suzanne Angeli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, 91±¬ÁÏ. Dr. Angeli is mentored by COBRE faculty. About the speaker:  I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana to Honduran-immigrant parents. I received my B.S. in Cell and Molecular biology. I attended graduate school at […]

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