Project Upland Magazine features Blomberg lab
Project Upland Magazine featured the research of Erik Blomberg, associate professor of wildlife population ecology, in an article about aging and sexing woodcocks.
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BDN shares Xuan study about neurons and proteins
The Bangor Daily News reported on a study led by Zhao Xuan, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Maine, showing how proteins interact in neurons to clear out damaged and abnormal components in the brain.
Read moreThree UMaine graduate students receive Phi Kappa Phi research grants
Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society, has awarded graduate research grants to three University of Maine students. Emma Erwin, a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences; Elizabeth Leclerc, an interdisciplinary Ph.D. student with the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute; and Dylan […]
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Extension’s plant disease lab receives major grant to lead regional network
University of Maine Cooperative Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab recently received $472,400 to support the Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network (NEPDN). The funding is part of a $3 million grant cycle from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to support the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN). With this grant, UMaine Extension becomes the regional […]
Read moreFrench and Italian media cover latest Tara expedition, Tara-Europa
French media outlets, including La Provence, Ouest-France, Le Télégramme, Paris Match, France 24, Les Echos, and Le Figaro, and the Italian media outlet The Map Report reported on the latest Tara Ocean Expedition, Tara-Europa, which recently left the port of Lorient for a pan-European study of land-ocean interaction. Lee Karp-Boss and Emmanuel Boss, professors at […]
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UMaine study shines light on proteins that clean out trash in neurons
A new study led by Zhao Xuan, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Maine, shows how proteins interact in neurons to clear out damaged and abnormal components in the brain. Autophagy is the process by which a cell breaks down and destroys old, damaged or abnormal proteins and other substances in its […]
Read moreHenry featured on Maine Public discussing the growth of biomedical research in Maine
Clarissa Henry, professor of biological sciences and director of Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the University of Maine, was featured in Maine Public’s show Maine Calling discussing the growth of biomedical research and education in Maine.
Read moreJones profiled in media for homelessness research
The Bangor Daily News and News Center Maine shared a profile of Brenna Jones, junior and Honors College student at the University of Maine, who is researching trends and proposing solutions that could help reduce homelessness in Bangor and beyond after experiencing homelessness growing up. “There are more financial and emotional resources and community in […]
Read moreScholars Strategy Network highlights Glover, LaBouff research on poll workers
Scholars Strategy Network highlighted research by University of Maine faculty Rob Glover, associate professor of political science, and Jordan LaBouff, associate professor of psychology, to survey poll workers before and after the 2022 midterms. The study was funded through the Scholars Strategy Network’s Election Protection and Enhancement Program. “Poll workers are an integral part of […]
Read moreUMaine Climate Change Institute announces 2023 Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium award winners
The University of Maine Climate Change Institute has announced the graduate students who won awards for their research presentations during the 2023 Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium. Ph.D. student Alessandro Mereghetti won first place for best overall talk for his presentation titled “Reconstructing Extinct Herbivore Community Structure Through High-Resolution Coprolite Analysis: An Insight into the […]
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