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Maine Science Podcast - Emily Spaulding, episode 90

A conversation with Emily Spaulding, Assistant Professor at MDI Biological Laboratory. Emily studies neurodegenerative disease-associated genes using super-resolution imaging of living, adult worms. Emily earned her Ph.D. at the University of Maine while embedded in the Jackson Laboratory and during her post-doc at MDI Bio Lab, she was recognized by the National Institutes of Health as an “Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience”. This conversation was recorded in September 2025.

Maine Science Podcast - Kristen O'Connell, episode 89

A conversation with Kristen O'Connell, Associate Professor at The Jackson Laboratory. Kristen's research focuses on the effects of age on...

Maine Science Podcast - Asheesh Lanba, episode 88

A conversation with Asheesh Lanba, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine. Asheesh is a...

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