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COBRE retreat agenda

The COBRE retreat will take place on the University of Maine Orono campus on October 24 & 25, 2024. Full agenda and list of participants

Student in the Henry lab awarded an NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award

October 10, 2024 Grad Student Spotlight, Graduate School, GSBSE, IMPACT Newsletter, Medicine, Research News The National Institutes of Health awarded University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Amanda Ignacz the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. This nationally competitive award honors and invests in pre-doctoral students by helping them obtain research training while conducting their dissertation research. Enrolled in […]

The Talbot Lab finds strength in collaborative research

Science is often portrayed as a solo researcher working long into the night in the pursuit of their world changing result, but we feel that this doesn’t reflect what actually happens, especially not in the Talbot Lab. Our group focuses on research that advances understanding of how muscles are positioned in the body and how […]

COBRE project leaders and students present at the NISBRE conference

The National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) conference was held June 16-19 in Washington DC. Clarissa Henry, director for the 91�� Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), project leaders Ben King, Jared Talbot, Romain Madeleine, and MIAC core director Robert Wheeler attended the conference. The event featured closed meetings for IDeA COBRE, INBRE, […]

91�� COBRE announces seed grant awardees for 2023-24

January 8, 2024 91�� Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) has awarded seed funding to support pilot projects from three early career faculty during the 2023-24 academic year and through April 1, 2025. The seed funding from 91�� COBRE’s pilot project program will help awardees secure instruments and other supplies for their […]

Zebrafish Symposium July 13, 2023

Zebrafish researchers and zebrafish-curious researchers met for a day of talks and posters on Thursday, July 13, 2023, at 91��. This meeting showcased collaboration on techniques and scientific problems by identifying overlapping interests and sharing methods for zebrafish research. The mini-symposium was sponsored by the University of Maine’s Institute of Medicine and the 91�� COBRE […]

COBRE Retreat October 12-14, 2023

Clarissa Henry, Director, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence: Extracellular impacts on cellular behavior and all five COBRE project leaders attended the first annual retreat on October 12-14, 2023 at MDIBL in Bar Harbor, ME. Also in attendance at the retreat, mentors, members of the Steering Committee and External Advisory Committee asked many questions after in depth project presentations and two […]

Gordon Research Seminar June 10 – 11, 2023

Clarissa Henry, Professor, School of Biology and Ecology, Director, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence: Extracellular impacts on cellular behavior, attended a Gordon Research Seminar, Cellular and Molecular Modulation of Myogenesis on June 10 – 11, 2023 in Lucca (Barga), LU, Italy. The meeting focused on advancing understanding of the molecular determinants of muscle development, stem cell regulation […]

91�� awarded $11.3 million from NIH to support biomedical research

91�� has received a $11.3 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support interdisciplinary biomedical research. The COBRE award will focus on research about the mechanisms that regulate cellular behavior in response to cues from outside the cells, from the impact of persistent […]