COBRE in Mesenchymal & Neural
Regulation of Metabolic Networks
Building research excellence in understanding causes of metabolic disease
M-COBRE News, Timeline & Photos
Timeline
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Dr. Anyonya Guntur. His COBRE Project work is entitled: “The essential role for mitophagy in osteoblast differentiation.”
The monthly meeting featured Dr. Johnson Liu. Dr. Liu lead a clinical-translational round table discussion on general hematology (anemia, thrombocytopenia, disorders of coagulation), bone marrow failure syndromes, myelodysplastic syndromes, acute and chronic leukemia, and multiple myeloma.
Dr. Joe Nadeau joins MaineHealth Institute for Research as a Faculty Scientist III in the Center for Molecular Medicine. Dr. Nadeau will also be the Chairperson for the Metabolic COBRE Steering Committee.
COBRE Annual Retreat, July 30-31, External Advisory Board Left to right: Pamela Duncan, Evan Rosen, Tom Clemens, Cliff Rosen, Gerard Karsenty, Lucy Liaw.
Dr. Kilby discussed fatty liver/steatohepatitis, its clinical significance, and where the field of gastroenterology is going with regard to its diagnosis and management.
Dr. Michael Pinette, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, MaineHealth, led a round table discussion on fetal development.
Dr. Jeffery Rosenblatt presented on Cardiac Molecular Imaging
Dr. Michaela Reagan, was at Capitol Hill with fellow American Society for Bone & Mineral Research (ASBMR) members advocating for NIH funding and bills that support bone health.
Dr. John Vella, MaineHealth, Nephrology. Dr. Vella visited to generate a discussion on the effects of kidney disease (early dysfunction to uremia) on metabolism and to engage in a conversation describing patients with kidney disease through the eyes of the clinician and sharing what gaps in knowledge in Nephrology provide the greatest vexation for the Nephrologist.
Dr. Aaron Brown’s research was published in Cell Reports: A Renewable Source of Human Beige Adipocytes for Development of Therapies to Treat Metabolic Syndrome
Dr. Sarah Hallen, Geriatric Medicine, MaineHealth. Dr. Hallen visited to generate a discussion with researchers about The Frailty Phenotype: Clinical Implications of Homeostenosis. Participants also engaged with her around the tissue changes that occur with aging and their implications for clinical frailty, the effect of aging on the brain, blood-brain barrier permeability and their clinical effects.
The Proteomics and Lipidomics Core facility welcomed new hire, Kieran Wynne.