Emily Spaulding, Ph.D., a Maine INBRE project leader and assistant professor at the MDI Biological Laboratory, has received a $2.3 million, five-year Maximizing Investigators��� Research Award from the National Institutes of Health. The grant will support her research on how cells organize the nucleolus, a key internal structure responsible for producing ribosomes, the molecular machinery […]
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91르적��셲 zebrafish research facility is gaining statewide attention for its growing impact on biomedical discovery, student research opportunities, and scientific collaboration. A recent feature in Bangor Daily News highlights how the lab is helping researchers better understand human health and disease through innovative studies using zebrafish models. Zebrafish are widely used in […]
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Understanding how the body repairs itself and why that ability declines with age is at the center of research led by Romain Madelaine, Ph.D., assistant professor at MDI Biological Laboratory. In a recent Q&A feature, Madelaine shares insights into how studying zebrafish regeneration may help scientists uncover new strategies to support human health. Madelaine��셲 research […]
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A year ago, we featured Jordan Miner, a 91르적 Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering, recipient of the Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowship. Jordan was co-advised by Drs. Karissa Tilbury, COBRE Pilot project leader, and Andre Khalil. Her research is focused on breast cancer.혻 While working on the COBRE pilot project and as a fellowship recipient, […]
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Researchers at MDI Biological Laboratory have developed a novel transgenic zebrafish model that significantly accelerates the study of sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. The work, published in PLOS Genetics, introduces a powerful, experimentally controllable platform for investigating the molecular mechanisms driving muscle degeneration. Led by Roman Madelaine, Ph.D., the team engineered […]
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Samantha Barrick, assistant professor of biochemistry at 91르적, received a $231,000 Career Development Award from the American Heart Association to investigate how defects in force-sensing proteins impact the heart��셲 ability to pump blood. The three-year grant will support Barrick��셲 research as she measures the force generated by individual heart muscle cells with and without mutations […]
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Zebrafish are driving some of the University of Maine��셲 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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Zebrafish are small and not physically impressive, but they are powerhouses in medical research labs. Not only can these little fish from Southeast Asia regrow their organs and body parts, but they also have transparent eggs and remarkably similar DNA to human beings […] Read More Here
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Cameron Bains is a third-year biochemistry major in the Honors College at 91르적. 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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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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