Maine IDeA

Patricia H. Hand, Ph.D.PI, Maine INBRE

Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

IDeA Institutional Development Award

IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)

Patricia Hand, PhD, Maine INBRE

Joan Hunt, PhD, Kansas INBREIDeA States

Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)

J. Donald Capra, MD, Oklahoma COBRE

Richard J. Bridges, PhD, Montana COBRE

Charles G. Irvin, PhD, Vermont COBRE

• A statewide multi-disciplinary research network of doctoral degree-granting, research and undergraduate institutions

• Build and increase research capacity by supporting faculty, fellows and students at participating institutions

• Provide bioinformatics tools, training, and expertise

• Provide undergraduate faculty and students research support, serve as “pipeline” to health research careers

• Provide outreach to students at undergraduate institutions, community colleges and tribal colleges

• Enhance statewide science and technology knowledge base

INBRE IDeA Network of Biomedical Research

Excellence

ME-INBRE: Comparative Functional Genomics

Research Institutions

MDI Biological Laboratory (Lead) T he Jackson LaboratoryThe University of Maine

Undergraduate Institutions

Bates CollegeBowdoin CollegeColby College College of the AtlanticSouthern Maine Community CollegeUniversity of Maine - Honors CollegeUniversity of Maine at FarmingtonUniversity of Maine at Fort KentUniversity of Maine at MachiasUniversity of Maine at Presque Isle

Examples of Maine INBRE Programs

Charting the Course - A Partnership for Decision Making

• INBRE Planning Grant – In state competition (AAAS), NIH Study Section

• NIH/IDeA leadership, guidelines and review

• Listen & learn – institutions, faculty, students

• INBRE Steering Committee

• INBRE External Advisory Committee

• Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board

• State EPSCoR Committee – quarterly meetings

• PI/NIH

How Do We Measure Success?

• Competitive renewals in 2004 & 2009

• Growth of Network from 6 institutions to 13

• Tracking Progress:

• Research, publications, presentations, grants, curriculum development, science majors, career advancement, recruitment, research infrastructure, changing the research culture, impact on state’s workforce & economy

• State, Regional and National Collaborations

Highlights of Progress/Accomplishments

• 1700 students trained

• 175 jobs created or sustained

• During last 5 year funding cycle,

• 423 research grants to NIH, 120 (28%) awarded

• 408 for 1st 3 years of current cycle, 141 (35%) awarded

• 237 publications, 98 with undergraduate authors

• 383 research presentations

• 4 0f 12 (33%) of previously funded INBRE faculty graduated with independent research grants

INBRE Student Tracking

89% pursuing higher education or careers in health related fields

The People We Serve

Kristin Beale

• Norridgewock, Maine• University of Maine at Farmington • INBRE short course, discovered biomedical research as

a career• Research Assistant at MDI Biological Laboratory• Research: fertilization using Arbidopsis as model -

highlighted in NYT, Huffington Post, published in Current Biology

• PhD, Genetics, Brown University summer 2013

Building Connections - Highlights

Maine• UMaine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences• Incubated the Maine Chapter of the Society for

Neuroscience• Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium• Stem Cell Symposium with Maine COBREs• Maine EPSCoR

EPSCoR/IDeA States• UVM/Dartmouth/UNE Med School Course at Maine

INBRE• Regional Bioinformatics COBRE (NH), NH INBRE• Visiting Scientist Fellowships• Undergraduate Student Fellowships – Kansas• North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium

With Non EPSCoR/IDeA States

North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium

Previously Existing RoutesNTIA BTOP RoutesNIH and NSF Routes

INBRE- and Cyberinfrastructure-Enabled Science Education

Maine INBRE Joined Howard Hughes

Medical Institute’s Science Education

Alliance

Regional CollaborationBioinformatics Workforce

Development and Training