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The  Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
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Emeriti Faculty| Cooperating Graduate Faculty | Associate Graduate Faculty

Full Time Departmental Faculty

Sharon AshworthSharon Ashworth

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Email: sharon.ashworth@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2820

Robert CashonRobert Cashon

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Email: rcashon@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2813

Dorothy CroallDorothy Croall

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Email: croall@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2829

Julie GosseJulie Gosse

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Email: julie.gosse@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-4833

Robert GundersenRobert Gundersen

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Email: gundersn@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2802

Keith HutchisonKeith Hutchison

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Email: keithh@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2827

Carol KimCarol Kim

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Email: carolkim@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2803

Greg MayerGreg Mayer

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Email: gmayer@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2810

Charles MoodyCharles Moody

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Email: cmoody@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2805

Mary Rumpho-KennedyMary Rumpho-Kennedy

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Email: mary.rumpho@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2806

John SingerJohn Singer

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Email: jsinger@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2808

Rebecca van BenedenRebecca van Beneden

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Email: rebeccav@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2602

Robert WheelerRobert Wheeler

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Email: robert.wheeler@umit.maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2890


Emeriti Faculty
W. Murray Bain Melvin Gershman
Richard Blake Sally Jacobs
Charles Buck MaryAnn Jerkofsky
Herman DeHass Darrell Pratt
August J. De Siervo Robert Roxby

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Cooperating Graduate Faculty
Farahad Dastoor, Graduate Faculty, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Mollusc/algal chloroplast symbiosis and microbial gene organization, structure, and expression
Farahad.Dastoor@umit.maine.edu; 207-581-2820
Benildo de los Reyes, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D. 1999, Oklahoma State University
Functional and comparative genomics of abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms in higher plants; Gene regulation and allele mining
benildo.de@maine.edu; 207-581-2564

Clarissa Henry, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D. 2000, University of Washington
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of muscle fiber formation during zebrafish development, including analysis of roles of Notch and Hedgehog signaling in muscle development
Clarissa.Henry@umit.maine.edu; 207-581-2861

Susan J. Hunter Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Cell Biology of Bone Deposition
susan.hunter@umit.maine.edu; 207-581-2581

Jody Jellison Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D. Oregon State University
Fungal Physiology and Biodegradation
jellison@maine.edu; 207-581-2995

Paul Millard, Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology and Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ph.D. 1984, University of Maryland
Biosensors, physiological genomics and proteomics, microbial pathogen detection
paul.millard@maine.edu; 207-581-2265

Lindsay S. Shopland, Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Biophysics
Ph.D. 1996, Cornell University
Genome organization and chromosome structure within the cell nucleus
lss@jax.org; 207-288-6739

Bruce D. Sidell Professor and Director, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Physiology and Biochemical Adaptations of Fishes
bsidell@maine.edu; 207-581-2563
Stellos M. Tavanzis Professor, Biological Sciences
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Potato and Fungal Viruses and Viroids
stellos@maine.edu ; 207-581-2994

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Associate Graduate Faculty
Jackson Laboratory:
Judith A. Blake , Ph.D. (Harvard, 1981). Bioinformatics; the development and structuring of bio-ontologies for molecular information.
Gregory A. Cox , Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 1994).
Tatyana V. Golovkina , Ph.D. (USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, 1989). Interaction between retrovirusesand their hosts.
Thomas Gridley, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985). Mouse developmental genetics and models for human disease.
Timothy P. O'Brien, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, 1992). The role of signaling networks in mouse development and genomic regulatory network analysis.
Luanne L. Peters, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 1984).
Derry C. Roopenian, Ph.D. (Univeristy of Minnesota, 1984). Autoimmunity, molecular phenotyping, transplantation genetics.
David V. Serreze, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 1990). Mouse models of insulin-dependent diabetes; the genetic basis for immune tolerance to endogenous proteins.
Leonard D. Shultz, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1972) . Mechanisms of immunodeficiency and autoimmunity.
John P. Sundberg, D.V.M. (Purdue University 1977), Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, 1981), Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (specialist in anatomic pathology, 1982), Senior Staff Scientist (The Jackson Laboratory). Genetics and mechanisms of skin diseases and general pathology of genetically engineered laboratory mice.
Joel Graber, Ph.D. (Cornell University, 1993) Bioinformatics, Development Biology, mRNA Processing, Gene Regulation
Maine Medical Center Research Institute:
Kenneth A. Ault, M.D. (Harvard Medical School, 1970). Platelet function as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, genetics and immunology.
Robert E. Friesel, Ph.D. (George Washington University, 1989). Growth factors (FGFs).
Volkhard Lindner, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Tubingen, 1991). Blood vessels and the factors that control the growth of cells in the vessel wall.
Carla Mouta , Ph.D. (George Washington University, 1999).
Igor A. Prudovsky , Ph.D. (Russian Academy of Sciences, 1979). Molecular mechanisms of regulation of anglogenesis and inflammation by fibroblast growth factors.
Douglas Spicer , Ph.D. (Boston University, 1992).
Calvin P. H. Vary , Ph.D. (Michigan State, 1981).
Joseph M. Verdi , Ph.D. (UCLA, 1990), Associate Professor. Control of stem cell fate decisions.
Jeong K. Yoon , Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Chicago, 1994), Assistant Professor. Transcription factors and signaling pathways during cell differentiation and morphogenesis in vertebrate development.

David W. Barnes , Ph.D. (Vanderbilt, 1977).

Carolyn J. Mattingly , Ph.D. (Tulane University, 1999). Molecular evolution and toxicogenomics.
Derry J. Sato , D. Phil. (Oxford University, 1980). The role of protein kinases in cell physiology.
David W. Towle , Ph.D. (Dartmouth College, 1971), Senior Scientist, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Functional genomics of environmental adaptations in marine crustaceans.
Samuel M. Duboise , Ph.D. (Yale University, 1994).
Vincent P. Markowski , Ph.D. (SUNY Buffalo, 1993).
Ah-Kau Ng , Ph.D. (Temple University School of Medicine, 1975).
Stephen C. Pelsue , Ph.D. (North Carolina State, 1993).
John P. Wise , Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994).

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