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COBRE Student Research Spotlight

Undergraduate Researchers Present Work at U海角社区 Student Symposium Undergraduate researchers mentored by COBRE-affiliated faculty presented their work at the University of 海角社区 Student Symposium this spring, highlighting research across virology, inflammation, and infectious disease biology. Through hands-on laboratory experience, students are contributing to ongoing biomedical research while developing technical and analytical skills that support future […]

COBRE Faculty Mentor Student Posters

2026 U海角社区 Student Symposium This spring, students mentored by COBRE-affiliated faculty presented research at the University of 海角社区 Student Symposium. The posters represented a wide range of disciplines, including biomedical sciences, engineering, infectious disease research, zebrafish models, mitochondrial biology, and tissue engineering. The symposium highlighted the collaborative research environment at U海角社区 and the important role […]

Fellowships send U海角社区 Ph.D. student to France to research cancer

A year ago, we featured Jordan Miner, a U海角社区 Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering, recipient of the Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowship. Jordan was co-advised by Drs. Karissa Tilbury, COBRE Pilot project leader, and Andre Khalil. Her research is focused on breast cancer.聽 While working on the COBRE pilot project and as a fellowship recipient, […]

Student Spotlight: Cameron Bains

Cameron Bains is a third-year biochemistry major in the Honors College at U海角社区. During the 2025 Winter break, she took part in the Honors tutorial course held at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL). This week-long course, The Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease, offered a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in biomedical research. […]

Students Spotlight: COBRE graduate students receive awards

On behalf of the Graduate Executive Committee, the Graduate School announced the recipients and alternates for the Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowships and George Davis Chase Distinguished Research Assistantships for AY 2025-26. Congratulations to all the recipients as well as all the outstanding graduate students who were nominated for these awards. Two students supported by […]

COBRE Project leaders mentor undergraduate students

The University of 海角社区鈥檚 Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2024-25 academic year fellowship awardees. This year鈥檚 awards were supported by CUGR, Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, 海角社区 EPSCoR office (through an NSF award), EPIC program, and U海角社区 Space (through a 海角社区 Space Grant Consortium […]

Melissa Maginnis: Two Winning Teams | Creating STEM Career Pathways for DI Athletes

Dr Melissa Maginnis, Associate Professor of Microbiology and COBRE project leader, was asked by Admissions to be a recruiter for student athletes interested in STEM careers. The University of 海角社区 women’s soccer program is on a roll, winning the last two America East Championships (2023 & 2024) and participating in the NCAA Tournament.Four of the […]

Student in the Henry lab awarded an NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award

October 10, 2024 Grad Student Spotlight, Graduate School, GSBSE, IMPACT Newsletter, Medicine, Research News The National Institutes of Health awarded University of 海角社区 Ph.D. candidate Amanda Ignacz the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. This nationally competitive award honors and invests in pre-doctoral students by helping them obtain research training while conducting their dissertation research. Enrolled in […]

The Talbot Lab finds strength in collaborative research

Science is often portrayed as a solo researcher working long into the night in the pursuit of their world changing result, but we feel that this doesn鈥檛 reflect what actually happens, especially not in the Talbot Lab. Our group focuses on research that advances understanding of how muscles are positioned in the body and how […]