The NCRR recently released information about 2011 Science Education Partnership (SEPA) awards: http://ncrr.nih.gov/science_education_partnership_awards/2011/2011.asp The Program Announcement may be found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-206.html These awards are intended “…for the development and evaluation of innovative research education programs to improve PreK-12 research career opportunities and the community’s understanding of the health science advances supported by the National Institutes…

Gage Brummer, a senior at Kansas State University, recently published “The Role of Non-Enzymatic Glycation and Carbonyls in Collagen Cross-Linking for the Treatment of Keratoconus” in the journal IOVS (Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science). Gage was a summer INBRE fellow at MDIBL in 2009 and 2010 and has been researching the underlying causes of eye…

Ryan Bavis, PhD, Associate Professor at Bates College, has agreed to join our INBRE Steering Committee, filling an active spot vacated by Dr. Pam Baker, a long-time INBRE supporter who is now serving as VP of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Bates. Dr. Baker will continue to serve in an advisory role on…

Kristopher Cooper was honored at valedictorian at his University of Maine graduation this past spring. Cooper majored in biology and is beginning graduate studies at the University of Connecticut School for Dental Medicine this fall. He participated in the UMaine Honors College INBRE short course in 2009.

Over 200 participants from institutions across the state gathered at MDIBL on April 15-16, 2011, to share research progress at the largest MBMSS ever. If you missed it, check out the symposium’s program here.

Four Maine INBRE colleges and the MDI Biological Laboratory have joined an innovative, nation-wide program to change the way science is taught in college. As part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Science Education Alliance, freshmen at the University of Maine Honors College, the Southern Maine Community College, and the University of Maine at…

Nearly two dozen scientists and students from across the Northeast gathered at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory last week (Oct. 12-15) to identify genes in the little skate, an ancient fish similar to a sting ray that is able to regrow its limbs as an adult. This effort to identify all of the genes…

Tenzing Lama, Bowdoin ’10, was one of only two students in the U.S. selected to receive a Keasbey Scholarship to study at Oxford University. The biochemistry major will pursue a masters of science degree in pathology, researching the molecular biology and biochemistry of parasites. Lama, who conducted an independent research project in 2009 under the…

Clare Bates Congdon, PhD, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant. According to NSF, the CAREER program is “the most prestigious award in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.” The research focus of…

This year’s summer students at the MDI Biological Laboratory selected Dr. Robert Preston as the 2010 Outstanding Summer Mentor. Preston, Professor of Physiology, Comparative and Integrative Physiology at Illinois State University, has been a Visiting Scientist at the MDI Biological Laboratory for over 25 years. In that time he has mentored more than 90 summer…