Sentences with phrase «mdi biological laboratory»

«Kevin is widely recognized as a leader in improving our understanding of the role of these poorly understood protein domains,» said Nadia Rosenthal, Director of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and member of the MDI Biological Laboratory's Board of Scientific Counselors, in an MDI Biological Laboratory press release.

Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has been recognized as an «outstanding investigator» by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for her research on wound healing.

The MDI Biological Laboratory is unique in providing the opportunity for basic scientists, clinical investigators, and students at all levels to interact daily in an intense and close - knit setting, cooperatively directing their efforts to the solution of fundamental biological problems.

I'm an assistant professor at the MDI Biological Laboratory, where our focus is on aging and regeneration.

Schosserer will be spending two months in the laboratory of Aric Rogers, Ph.D., at the MDI Biological Laboratory's Kathryn W. Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine studying the role that molecular regulators of gene expression play in longevity — and in particular how these regulators are affected by lower amounts of food or food with lower energy content.

In this interview, Aric Rogers, PhD, assistant professor at the MDI Biological Laboratory, discusses how factors such as genetic variations and environmental conditions influence lifespan.

The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded a $ 25,000 seed grant to Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory to study peripheral neuropathy, a condition that causes pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet and affects an est...

MDI Biological Laboratory's Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation Inspires Undergrads Mount Desert Islander · April 3, 2017

«What we want is to live longer, healthily,» Steven Austad, Ph.D., said, speaking at a recent course on the biology of aging at the MDI Biological Laboratory on Mount Desert Island.

Aric Rogers, PhD, is an assistant professor at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Hugo de Jonge, an associate professor at Erasmus Medical Center in The Netherlands and director of the MDI Biological Laboratory's new biomedical innovation course, «Applications of Organoid Technology,» discusses the potential of this fascinating new «mini-organ» technology in this exclusive editorial in Regenerative Medicine Network.

The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it will offer a one - week intensive course May 27 through June 2, 2018, entitled «Applications of Organoid Technology» in partnership with Hubrecht Organoid Technology (The HUB), a non-profit organization based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

MDI Biological Laboratory president Kevin Strange, Ph.D., and assistant professor Voot Yin, Ph.D., were named to Mainebiz's «Next» list of ten people shaping the future of Maine's economy, and the magazine takes a look at their entrepreneurial plans and research.

This resource is part of the MDI Biological Laboratory's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) that focuses on regeneration, tissue repair, and aging.

In response to Zasloff's hunch that MSI - 1436 might also stimulate regeneration, MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Voot P. Yin, Ph.D., tested the compound for its ability to regenerate heart muscle tissue in zebrafish, and then in mice.

Godwin's findings are a validation of the MDI Biological Laboratory's unique research approach, which is focused on studying regeneration in a diverse range of animal models with the goal of gaining insight into how to trigger dormant genetic pathways for regeneration in humans.

MSI - 1436 is a natural compound that was originally discovered in the dogfish shark at the MDI Biological Laboratory in the 1990s by Michael A. Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D..

MDI Biological Laboratory Study Finds Immune System Is Critical to Regeneration Press Release · September 20, 2017

The MDI Biological Laboratory appreciates the valuable support of Star Point Society members and offers them the unique opportunity to interact with our scientific community and experience the thrill of research first - hand.

BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Novo Biosciences Inc., a spinoff of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has announced that it has received a two - year, $ 1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of MSI - 1436 as a potential regenerative medicine therapy for the treatment of patients who have suffered an acute heart attack.

Dr Kevin Strange, president of MDI Biological Laboratory, added: «Scientists here are studying an evolutionarily diverse range of animals to gain insight into the genetic mechanisms underlying the repair and regeneration of complex tissues and why these processes are poorly active in humans.

MDI Biological Laboratory to Offer Signature Course in Comparative Regenerative Biology Press Release · March 15, 2017

The dual appointment allows him to conduct experiments that compare genetic programming in the highly regenerative animals used as models at the MDI Biological Laboratory with genetic programming in neonatal and adult mice.

Dr Benjamin King, who also led the research at the MDI Biological Laboratory, a not - for - profit research institution, said: «We didn't expect the patterns of genetic expression to be vastly different in the three species, but it was amazing to see that they were consistently the same.»

Today, the MDI Biological Laboratory is one of only two research institutions in the world focused on studying regeneration and aging from a comparative and evolutionary perspective — an approach that can be traced back to Dorr.

Exploring the power of new tools to push the frontiers of biology and medicine will be the subject of an MDI Science Café by MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Dustin Updike, Ph.D., entitled «A Geneticist's Toolkit: How to Connect Genes with Their Function.»

Artist and scientist Ahna R. Skop, Ph.D., will provide a glimpse into how she has impacted science, education and the public with her passions for art and science at an MDI Science Café to be held at 5 p.m., on Monday, Aug. 21, on the Bar Harbor campus of the MDI Biological Laboratory.

Developmental biologist James A. Coffman, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and his team are beginning to elucidate the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.

He joined the small, «largely unknown» MDI Biological Laboratory in 2010 as an opportunity to transform a summer research station into a global mecca of scientific discovery.

The MDI Biological Laboratory inaugurates its Center for Science Entrepreneurship this week with a new course that will help University of Maine and College of the Atlantic science and engineering undergraduates explore approaches to biomedical research using concepts and tools that promote collaboration across disciplines.

The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it has received a grant of $ 456,500 over two years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the study of peripheral neuropathy.

at an MDI Science Café to be held Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, at 5 p.m. in the Kinne Library at the MDI Biological Laboratory.

In seven years, the MDI Biological Laboratory has already developed potential therapies to activate the regeneration of damaged tissues and delay the onset of age - related degenerative diseases.

He owes his career in science to a MDI Biological Laboratory family science night he attended as a 12 - year - old in 1976 — more than 40 years ago.

All the REU summer fellows worked at the MDI Biological Laboratory.

Children of all ages and their families will have an opportunity to experience science in a way that stimulates children's interest and encourages parental involvement in science education at the MDI Biological Laboratory's annual Family Science Night on Thursday, July 13, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The company is one of four startups being incubated at the Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation on the campus of the MDI Biological Laboratory.

The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has announced that James Godwin, Ph.D., has joined the faculty as a research scientist.

The Maine INBRE fellows worked at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, and on the campuses of INBRE partners statewide including Bates College, Lewiston; Bowdoin College, Brunswick; Colby College, Waterville; The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor; and the University of Maine, Orono.

Family Science Night is also an important part of the curriculum for the more than 40 high school and undergraduate participants in the MDI Biological Laboratory's summer fellowship programs.

The café will be held on Monday, Aug. 7, at 5 p.m. at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor.

«My experience as a summer research fellow at the MDI Biological Laboratory has given me confidence that research is the right choice for me,» says Samantha White, 31, a student at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland who plans to pursue a career in biomedical research.

These are some of the intriguing questions that will be addressed in the MDI Biological Laboratory's «REGEN 2017» course in Comparative Regenerative Biology July 29 through Aug. 12, 2017, on the institution's campus in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Below is a list of the MDI Biological Laboratory 2017 undergraduate summer fellows, along with the funding sources for their fellowships, the names and affiliations of their scientist mentors and the titles of their research projects.

Artist and scientist Ahna R. Skop, Ph.D., will provide a glimpse into how she has impacted science, education and the public with her passions for art and science at an MDI Science Café to be held at 5 p.m., on Monday, Aug. 21, at the Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation on the Bar Harbor campus of the MDI Biological Laboratory.

The MDI Biological Laboratory will host a community meeting entitled «What's in Your Drinking Water?»

Godwin has a dual appointment at the MDI Biological Laboratory and The Jackson Laboratory, also located in Bar Harbor, where he is a research scientist.

BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Thirty - two summer fellows participated in the MDI Biological Laboratory's 2017 summer fellowship program for undergraduates, including 24 from Maine colleges and universities.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced that it will grant a patent to MDI Biological Laboratory scientists Voot P. Yin, Ph.D., and Kevin Strange, Ph.D., and their collaborator Michael Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D., for use of the small molecule MSI - 1436 to stimulate the repair and regeneration of heart tissue damaged by injuries such as a heart attack.

The MDI Biological Laboratory is located on Mount Desert Island near Acadia National Park and the popular summer destination of Bar Harbor.