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Molecular and Cellular Biology

The Molecular and Cellular Biology Track is an integrated, multidisciplinary graduate training program emphasizing gene function, animal development, and disease. Learn more >

Neuroscience

The Neuroscience Track is an integrated, interdisciplinary graduate training program examining the functions of the nervous system. Learn more >

Biomedical Engineering

Students in the Biomedical Engineering track receive training in the biological, physical and computational sciences through a combination of core and advanced courses, and interdisciplinary research. Learn more >

Toxicology

The Toxicology Track is an innovative, multidisciplinary graduate program investigating the consequences of exposure to chemical agents on living organisms and the environment. Learn more >

Functional Genomics

The Functional Genomics Track is a highly interactive, interdisciplinary program that brings together biologists, computer and information scientists, mathematicians, engineers, biophysicists, and chemists to examine fundamental biological processes related to gene and protein function and interactions. Learn more >

 

Cancer

Researchers are identifying factors that initiate or predispose individuals to the cancer state and are uncovering ways to enhance the body’s ability to fight the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.

 
 

Faculty

Carol Bult

Carol Bult

Interests: bioinformatics, genomics, cancer, lung development and disease

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Robert Friesel

Robert Friesel

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

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Joel Graber

Joel Graber

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

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Lucy Liaw

Lucy Liaw

Interests: Vascular development and remodeling, cancer biology

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Kevin Mills

Kevin Mills

Interests: DNA Repair, Immune system development, Genome stability, and Cancer

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Igor Prudovsky

Igor Prudovsky

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

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Lindsay Shopland

Lindsay Shopland

Interests: Genome Structure and Function Within the Nucleus

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Doug Spicer

Doug Spicer

Interests: Developmental biology and craniofacial development, Mesenchymal stem cell specification and differentiation

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Calvin Vary

Calvin Vary

Interests: Mechanisms of TGF-b receptor regulation in vascular disease, development, and cancer, Proteomics and endothelial cell protein trafficking

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Zack Wang

Zack Wang

Interests: Stem cell biology, Hematopoiesis, Cardiovascular development, EphB/ephrinB signaling

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Jeong Yoon

Jeong Yoon

Interests: Wnt signaling in mouse development and tissue regeneration

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Kyuson Yun

Kyuson Yun

Interests: stem cells cancer development brain

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Our Programs

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Our programs include 5 tracks and more than 10 research areas.
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UMaine The Jackson Laboratory Maine Medical Center Research Institute The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory University of Southern Maine University of New England Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health
 
For more information about the program, please contact:
Laura Hall, GSBS Administrative Assistant • 207-581-4654 • laura.j.hall@maine.edu