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Susan Ackerman

Susan Ackerman
Professor; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Phone: (207) 288-6494

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Interests: Neurodegeneration, Neurodevelopment

Sharon Ashworth

Sharon Ashworth
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2820

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Interests: Dynamic interactions of actin and actin associated proteins, acute kidney failure, confocal and 2-photon microscopy imaging

Kate Beard-Tisdale

Kate Beard-Tisdale

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Phone: (207) 581-2147

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Interests: Digital libraries, spatial uncertainty, geographic information systems (GIS)

Edward Bilsky

Edward Bilsky
Professor of Pharmacology

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Phone: (207) 602-2707

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Interests: Opioid pharmacology, Pain, Addiction

Judith Blake

Judith Blake
Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6248

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Interests: Gene Ontology, GO Consortium, Genome Informatics

Bob Braun

Bob Braun
Professor and Chair of Research

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Phone: (207) 288-6841

Peter Brooks

Peter Brooks

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Phone: (207) 885-8239

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Carol Bult

Carol Bult
Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6324

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Interests: bioinformatics, genomics, cancer

Robert Burgess

Robert Burgess
Associate Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6706

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Interests: Neurodevelopment, Synapse Formation

Ling Cao

Ling Cao
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 602-2213

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Interests: Immunology, Neuroimmunology, Neuropathic pain

Gary Churchill

Gary Churchill

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Interests: Statistical Genetics, QTL Analysis

James Coffman

James Coffman
Senior Investigator

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Phone: (207) 288-9880 x444

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Interests: Development, embryo, transcription

Scott Collins

Scott Collins

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Phone: (207) 581-2269

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Interests: MEMS, nanofabrication, micromechanical components

Gregory Cox

Gregory Cox
Associate Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6502

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Interests: Neuromuscular disease, mouse genetics, disease biology

Dorothy Croall

Dorothy Croall

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Phone: (207) 581-2829

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Interests: Calcium-linked signaling pathways, proteolytic enzymes and proteolytic modification of proteins, membrane-cytoskeleton interactions

Harold Dowse

Harold Dowse
Prof. of Biology and Coop. Prof. of Mathematics and Statistics

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Phone: (207) 581-2536

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Interests: calcium ion channels cardiac pacemaking Drosophila genetics

Max Egenhofer

Max Egenhofer

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Interests: Spatial reasoning, geographic database systems, user interfaces for geographic information systems (GIS)

Merrill Elias

Merrill Elias
Professor of Psychology and Cooperating Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Phone: (207) 581-2097

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Interests: cardiovascular epidemiology, neuroepidemiology, cognitive performance

Shawn Ell

Shawn Ell

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Phone: (207) 581-2037

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Interests: cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, computational modeling

Wayne Frankel

Wayne Frankel
Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6354

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Interests: epilepsy, genetics, complex traits

Thane Fremouw

Thane Fremouw
Assistant Professor - Graduate School of Biomedical Science & Psychology Department

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Interests: Behavioral Neuroscience, Auditory Neurophysiology, Chemo Brain

Robert Friesel

Robert Friesel

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Phone: (207) 885-8147

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Interests: Growth factors (FGFs), signal transduction, vascular biology

Julie Gosse

Julie Gosse

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Phone: (207) 581-4833

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Joel Graber

Joel Graber

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Phone: (207) 288-6782

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Interests: computational biology bioinformatics genomics mRNA processing gene expression polyadenylation posttranscriptional gene processing

Thomas Gridley

Thomas Gridley
Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6237

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Interests: Birth defects, Developmental mutants, Notch signaling pathway in development and disease

Robert Gundersen

Robert Gundersen
Chair & Associate Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2802

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Interests: Guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein (G protein) signal transduction in eukaryotes, regulation of chemotaxis, cell differentiation and other cell responses by G proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum

Patricia Hand

Patricia Hand
Administrative Director; PI, Maine INBRE

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Phone: (207) 288-3605

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Mary Ann Handel

Mary Ann Handel

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Phone: (207) 288-6778

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Interests: Spermatogenesis, Testis Development, Infertility Genetic Models

David Harrison

David Harrison
Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6357

Interests: Aging Stem Cells

Marie J. Hayes

Marie J. Hayes
Professor

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Phone: (207) 973-4963

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Interests: Sleep in human neonates, prenatal neurotoxic exposure and withdrawal, SIDS

Clarissa Henry

Clarissa Henry
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2816

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Interests: Cell and molecular biology of segmentation and muscle development in Zebrafish

Sam Hess

Sam Hess
Assistant Professor of Physics

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Phone: (207) 581-1036

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Interests: Super-Resolution Microscopy, Instrumentation Development, Biomembrane Organization

Matthew Hibbs

Matthew Hibbs
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6944

Janet Hock

Janet Hock
Director

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Phone: (207) 973-6300

Derek Hoelz

Derek Hoelz

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Keith Hutchison

Keith Hutchison

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Phone: (207) 581-2827

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Interests: genomics, gene expression, nuclear organization

Simon John

Simon John

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Interests: Glaucoma

Andre Khalil

Andre Khalil
Assitant Professor of Mathematics, University of Maine Adjunt Research Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory

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Phone: (207) 581-3911

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Interests: Image Analysis, Signal Processing, Computational Modeling

Carol Kim

Carol Kim
Associate Professor of BMMB and Cooperating Associate Professor of Marine Sciences

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Phone: (207) 581-2803

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Interests: Zebrafish, zebrafish disease, disease modeling

Robert Lad

Robert Lad

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Phone: (207) 581-2257

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Interests: materials science, ceramics, thin film synthesis

Renee LeClair

Renee LeClair
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 602-2512

Interests: Cell signaling Molecular Biology Fibrotic Remodeling

Lucy Liaw

Lucy Liaw
Senior Scientist

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Phone: (207) 396-8142

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Interests: Vascular development and remodeling

Volkhard Lindner

Volkhard Lindner

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Phone: (207) 885-8143

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Interests: Blood vessels and the factors that control the growth of cells in the vessel wall

Michael Mason

Michael Mason
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2344

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Interests: Photophysics of nanoparticles and molecular nanoprobes, single molecule imaging, time-resolved single photon spectroscopic imaging techniques

Carolyn Mattingly

Carolyn Mattingly
Staff Scientist

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Phone: (207) 288-3605

Interests: Molecular and developmental toxicology, genomics

Paul Millard

Paul Millard
Associate Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2265

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Interests: biosensors, microbial pathogen detection

Kevin Mills

Kevin Mills

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Phone: (207) 288-6821

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Interests: DNA Repair, Genome stability, and Cancer

David Mokler

David Mokler
Professor

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Phone: (207) 602-2210

Interests: Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology, Psychopharmacology

Mohamad Musavi

Mohamad Musavi

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Phone: (207) 581-2243

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Interests: Neural networks, fuzzy systems, digital image processing and computer vision

Jürgen Naggert

Jürgen Naggert

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Phone: (207) 288-6382

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Interests: Neural Control of Metabolic Diseases

David Neivandt

David Neivandt
Associate Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2288

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Interests: Determination of the orientation and conformation of interfacial species, surface spectroscopies/microscopies, model cellular membranes

Silvia Nittel

Silvia Nittel

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Phone: (207) 581-3681

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Interests: Database management systems, data management in geosensor networks, in-network data processing in sensor networks

Leif Oxburgh

Leif Oxburgh

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Phone: (207) 885-8115

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Interests: Understanding the regulation of progenitor cells that give rise to the adult kidney, and manipulating these pathways to promote regeneration of the organ following injury or disease

Stephen Pelsue

Stephen Pelsue
Associat Professor of Immunology & Molecular Biology

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Phone: (207) 780-4044

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Interests: Lymphocyte Regulation and the Development of Autoimmunity

Mauricio Pereira da Cunha

Mauricio Pereira da Cunha
Associate Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2384

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Interests: Biosensors, microfluidic devices and systems, new piezoelectric materials and acoustic wave devices for military electronic systems

Luanne Peters

Luanne Peters

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Phone: (207) 288-6391

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Interests: Erythrocyte and Platelet Disorders

Ilka Pinz

Ilka Pinz
Ph.D.

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Phone: (207) 396-8280

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Interests: Cardiovascular disease in obesity and hyperlipidemia

Igor Prudovsky

Igor Prudovsky
PhD, DSc. Principal Investigator.

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Phone: (207) 885-8146

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Interests: Growth factors and cytokines in the cardiovascular system, Cell proliferation and senescence

Martin Ringwald

Martin Ringwald

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Phone: (207) 288-6436

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Interests: Gene Expression Database

Michael Robbins

Michael Robbins
Research Associate Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2033

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Derry Roopenian

Derry Roopenian
Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6396

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Interests: Immunobiology, autoimmune disease genetics, therapeutic antibodies

Clifford Rosen

Clifford Rosen

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Phone: (207) 662-4174

Alan Rosenwasser

Alan Rosenwasser
Professor of Psychology

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Phone: (207) 581-2035

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Interests: behavioral neuroscience, chronobiology, alcohol and drug addiction

Mary Rumpho-Kennedy

Mary Rumpho-Kennedy
Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2806

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Interests: symbiosis, evolution, chloroplasts

Mohsen Shahinpoor

Mohsen Shahinpoor
1-Richard C,. Hill Professor and Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, also Director of Biomedical Engineering Laboratory

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Phone: (207) 581-2143

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Interests: Heart-Assist Devices, Neurosurgery, Robotic Surgery

Lindsay Shopland

Lindsay Shopland
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6739

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Interests: Genome Structure and Function Within the Nucleus

Leonard Shultz

Leonard Shultz
Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6405

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Interests: Immunology, immunodeficiency, humanized mice

Sandra Sigmon

Sandra Sigmon
Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2049

Interests: Hormonal and cylical effects on mood and behavior, stress and coping

John Singer

John Singer
Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences

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Phone: (207) 581-2808

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Interests: Microbial physiology and genetics, Virulence determinants among pathogenic marine Vibrio species and other bacteria, Molecular methods for detection of fish pathogens

David Smalley

David Smalley
Proteomics Scientist

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Phone: (207) 973-9308

Rosemary Smith

Rosemary Smith

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Phone: (207) 581-3361

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Interests: Microfluidic instruments for biomolecular analysis, microsensors, biomedical microdevices

Doug Spicer

Doug Spicer

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Phone: (207) 396-8150

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Interests: Developmental biology and craniofacial development, Mesenchymal stem cells and osteogenic and myogenic differentiation

Carl Tripp

Carl Tripp

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Phone: (207 581-2235

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Interests: surface chemistry, infrared/Raman spectroscopy, nanoparticles

Rebecca Van Beneden

Rebecca Van Beneden
Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-2602

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Interests: Environmental Oceanography, Environmental Toxicology, Marine Molecular Genetics

Calvin Vary

Calvin Vary
Senior Scientist

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Phone: (207) 885-8148

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Interests: Mechanisms of TGF-b receptor regulation in vascular disease, development, and cancer

Joseph Verdi

Joseph Verdi
Senior Scientist

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Phone: (207) 885-8190

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Interests: Numb/ Notch signaling/ Neural Development/ Apoptosis / MS

Zack Wang

Zack Wang
Principal Investigator

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Phone: (207) 885-8313

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Interests: Stem cell biology, Hematopoiesis, Cardiovascular development

Robert Wheeler

Robert Wheeler
Assistant Professor of Microbiology

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Phone: (207) 581-2890

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Interests: Candida, innate immunity, host-pathogen

John Wise

John Wise
Professor of Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology and Director, Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health

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Phone: (207) 228-8050

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Interests: Metals, chromium, chromate

Don Wojchowski

Don Wojchowski

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Phone: (207) 885-8258

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Interests: Issues in hematopoietic cell growth and development

Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 581-3101

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Interests: Microbiology, bacterial infection, Biosensors

Wen-Shu Wu

Wen-Shu Wu
Principal Investigator

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Phone: (207) 885-8139

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Interests: stem cell, cancer, DNA damage

Jeong Yoon

Jeong Yoon
Scientist II

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Phone: (207) 885-8196

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Interests: Wnt signaling in mouse development and tissue regeneration

Kyuson Yun

Kyuson Yun
Assistant Professor

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Phone: (207) 288-6825

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Interests: stem cells cancer development brain

Staff

Laura Hall

Laura Hall

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Phone: (207) 581-4654

Students

Joan Malcolm Albee

Joan Malcolm Albee

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Jackie Ames

Jackie Ames

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Kyle Beauchemin

Kyle Beauchemin

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Joshua Boucher

Joshua Boucher

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Phone: (207) 885-8126

Kimberly Brothers

Kimberly Brothers

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Ying Chen

Ying Chen

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Seung Bum Choi

Seung Bum Choi

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Megan Chase Dionne

Megan Chase Dionne

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Casey Doucette

Casey Doucette

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Karen Dowell

Karen Dowell

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Janice Duy

Janice Duy

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Natalie Fredette

Natalie Fredette

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Kristin Gabor

Kristin Gabor
Graduate Student

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Phone: (207) 581-2891

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Seble Gebre

Seble Gebre

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Yan Gong

Yan Gong

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Jeremy Grant

Jeremy Grant

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Justin Guay

Justin Guay

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Molly Harris

Molly Harris

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Qing He

Qing He

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Ryan Logan

Ryan Logan

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John Lowery

John Lowery

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Nicholas Matluk

Nicholas Matluk

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Erik McCarthy

Erik McCarthy

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Chris McCarty

Chris McCarty
PhD student

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Phone: (207) 288-9880 x445

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Interests: Cis-regulatory analysis Developmental biology Sea urchin

Jonathan Paul

Jonathan Paul

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Jill Recla

Jill Recla

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Phone: (207) 288-6408

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Interests: Systems genetics, chronic pain, nociception

Jennifer Rochira

Jennifer Rochira

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Beau Rostama

Beau Rostama

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Jesse Salisbury

Jesse Salisbury

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Marianne Seto

Marianne Seto

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Jiayuan Shi

Jiayuan Shi

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Kathy Snow

Kathy Snow

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Sarah Sterling

Sarah Sterling

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Jamie Young

Jamie Young

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Kira Young

Kira Young

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