20 University of New England students, faculty and professional staff members traveled to the nation’s capital to participate in the annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting. Each year, more than...
'Pain Chronicles' is on display in the UNE Art Gallery in the Ketchum Library until December 15, 2017
The Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN) at the University of New England announced a new exhibit that showcases both the science behind chronic pain and the stories of...
On September 5, 2017, the University of New England joined the City of Saco, the Chronic Pain Support Group of Southern Maine and Young People in Recovery to recognize September...
Karen Houseknecht, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology in the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and interim dean of the College of Pharmacy, has published novel findings about the...
Nociceptive neurons in a fruit fly larva. The entire body wall of the animal is tiled with the rectangular dendritic arbors of nociceptive neurons. In this animal, DNA encoding the jellyfish-derived red fluorescent protein TdTomato was inserted into the fly genome in such a way that it is expressed only in the nociceptive neurons. This image of a live fly larva was taken by Taylor Follansbee, B.S. '13, M.S. '15 using a confocal laser-scanning microscope.
Professor of Biology Geoffrey Ganter, Ph.D., and his research team at the University of New England published an original research paper in the top-rated Journal of Neuroscience . Ganter’s team...
Geoff Ganter, one of the scientists for UNE's COBRE, studies pain pathways in fruit flies
The University of New England has received a $10.7 million, 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue building its research center devoted to finding improved treatments...
Benjamin Harrison, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biomedical Science in the University of New England College of Osteopathic medicine, was recently approved as a new principle investigator in UNE’s Center of...
A nociceptor (pain-perceiving) neuron in a living fly. Photo taken in the Ganter lab by Courtney Brann ’18.
Researchers in the University of New England’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for the Study of Pain and Sensory Function are searching for better ways to treat chronic pain...
Tamara King, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, published an original research paper in the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Neurosciences, The...
Megan Beauchemin with her poster, “Acute treatment with the antipsychotic drug, risperidone, alters brain activity and circadian rhythms in the heart”
Researchers from the Houseknecht laboratory at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine participated in the annual Costas T. Lambrew Maine Medical Center Research Retreat on May 2,...
