Executive Committee

Barbara Knowles
Embryonic Development, Oocyte to Embryo Transition, Tolerance to Tumor Antigens
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Email: bbk@jax.org

Robert Lad
materials science, ceramics, thin film synthesis, surface characterization, sensors
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Email: rjlad@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2257
Core Faculty

Carol Bult
Comparative Genomics, Genome Informatics, Large-scale Mutagenesis Informatics, Biological Databases
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Email: cbult@spatial.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2143

Max Egenhofer
Spatial reasoning; geographic database systems; user interfaces for geographic information systems (GIS); mobile computing
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Email: max@spatial.maine.edu

Robert Friesel
Growth factors (FGFs), signal transduction, vascular biology, skeletal development, cancer
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Email: friesr@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 885-8147

Thomas Gridley
Birth defects, Developmental mutants, Notch signaling pathway in development and disease, Snail family genes, cardiovascular development
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Email: tom.gridley@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6237

David Neivandt
Determination of the orientation and conformation of interfacial species; surface spectroscopies/microscopies; model cellular membranes; biological and chemical sensors
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Email: dneivandt@umche.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2288

Derry Roopenian
Immunobiology, autoimmune disease genetics, therapeutic antibodies
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Email: dcr@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6396

Rebecca Van Beneden
Environmental Oceanography, Environmental Toxicology, Marine Molecular Genetics, Tumorigenesis, Molecular Carcinogenesis in Aquatic Organisms, Marine Biology
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Email: rebeccav@maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2602
Associate Faculty

Joel Graber
computational biology
bioinformatics
genomics
mRNA processing
gene expression
polyadenylation
posttranscriptional gene processing
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Email: jhgraber@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6782

Volkhard Lindner
Blood vessels and the factors that control the growth of cells in the vessel wall
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Email: lindnv@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 885-8143

Anja Nohe
Image correlation spectroscopy, surface spectroscopy/microscopy, bio-molecular kinetics and dynamics, signal transduction, biological membranes, bone and joint development, nano-particles, molecular diffusion
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Email: Anohe@umche.maine.edu
Phone: 581-2270

Leif Oxburgh
Understanding the regulation of progenitor cells that give rise to the adult kidney, and manipulating these pathways to promote regeneration of the organ following injury or disease.
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Email: oxburl@mmc.org
Phone: (207) 885-8115

Mauricio Pereira da Cunha
Biosensors; microfluidic devices and systems; new piezoelectric materials and acoustic wave devices for military electronic systems; Microwave Acoustic Devices; High Frequency RF Devices; Wireless Communication; Signal Processing; High Temperature Acoustic Wave Sensors and materials
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Email: mdacunha@eece.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-2384

Lindsay Shopland
Genome Structure and Function Within the Nucleus
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Email: lss@jax.org
Phone: (207) 288-6739

Carl Tripp
surface chemistry, infrared/Raman spectroscopy, nanoparticles, organic thin films, colloids, biointerfaces
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Email: ctripp@maine.edu
Phone: (207 581-2235

Tom Wheeler
Intelligence, Software Engineering Environments, Programming Languages, Formal Specification and Verification, Software Interfacing and Interoperability, Distributed Systems, Modeling and Simulation, Computer Aided Design
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Email: wheeler@umcs.maine.edu
Phone: 207 581-3937