Read our June 2018 E-Newsletter here.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Director Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D., has announced the selection of Ming Lei, Ph.D., as director of the Institute’s Division for Research Capacity Building (DRCB). Lei is expected to join the Institute later this month. DRCB is composed of four programs: Institutional Development Awards, Native American Research Centers…

The Bioinformatics Core (BioCore) at the MDI Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) has an opening for a Bioinformatics Research Training Specialist. This position is a combination of teaching and analysis, with a roughly equal emphasis and effort on both, but the exact balance shifting based upon an ongoing assessment of MDIBL needs. The MDIBL BioCore supports research…

The 7th Biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) is now open for registration. The NISBRE is a national scientific meeting to showcase the scientific and training accomplishments of the IDeA program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). The IDeA program develops scientific centers of excellence and trains biomedical scientists…

New Hampshire INBRE students and leadership staff visited Maine INBRE at the MDI Biological Laboratory in August to share research ideas and student learning experiences. The summer fellows from each INBRE discussed their respective research programs and a handful of students from both states gave formal presentations on their projects. The event enhanced the summer INBRE…

The MDI Biological Laboratory Summer Student Symposium showcases summer student fellows’ research. The symposium is designed to bring student researchers across our various laboratories together to present their research through interactive presentations and posters.  Space is limited and registration is required. Registration will open in July.

The annual Maine INBRE External Advisory Committee meeting for all project leaders will be held on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 from 8am-5pm, just prior to the start of the 2017 Northeast Regional IDeA Conference (NERIC). EAC Meeting Venue: Davis Center on the campus of the University of Vermont. Agenda and more details will be published soon. NERIC Venue: Sheraton…

The 2017 Northeast Regional IDeA Conference (NERIC) will take place in Burlington, Vermont Wednesday-Friday, August 16-18, 2017.  The meeting will begin the evening of August 16 and finish by noon on August 18. Venue: Sheraton Hotel Burlington (http://www.sheratonburlington.com). More information and to register: http://neric2017.org    

The 44th Annual Maine Biological and Biomedical Sciences Symposium (MBMSS) is a state-wide gathering of scientists and students—an opportunity to share research results, exchange ideas, promote collaboration, and network with Maine scientists in a variety of disciplines. Register and/or submit abstracts on the MBMSS conference website. Keynote Speaker: Martin Pera, Ph.D., Professor, The Jackson Laboratory Abstract submission…

Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, wrote about Maine’s IDeA-funded investigator Dr. Sandra Rieger in a recent blog post: Cool Videos: Regenerating Nerve Fibers. Dr. Rieger came to Maine to conduct her research on research on nerve regeneration in zebrafish supported by the INBRE program and is currently a faculty member at…