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Meet the Center for Cell Signaling Research Team

Explore the leadership, research faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and professional staff driving innovation at the University of New England鈥檚 Center for Cell Signaling Research. Learn more about their roles, expertise, and contributions to advancing biomedical science.

Administration

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Director
Center for Cell Signaling Research
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Director, In Vitro Analytical Core
Center for Cell Signaling Research
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Program Manager
Center for Cell Signaling Research

Research Project Leaders

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Associate Professor, Chemistry
School of Molecular and Physical Sciences
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Assistant Professor
College of Osteopathic Medicine: Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Assistant Professor
College of Osteopathic Medicine: Department of Biomedical Sciences
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Assistant Professor
College of Osteopathic Medicine: Department of Biomedical Sciences

Pilot Project Leader

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Director, Portland Laboratory for Biotechnology and Health Sciences
Office of Research and Innovation
Associate Professor
College of Osteopathic Medicine: Department of Biomedical Sciences

Affiliated Faculty

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Assistant Professor
College of Osteopathic Medicine: Department of Biomedical Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Senior Research Associate
Center for Cell Signaling Research
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Center for Cell Signaling Research

Professional Staff

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Manager, In Vitro Analytical Core
Center for Cell Signaling Research
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Technician, In Vitro Analytical Core
Center for Cell Signaling Research
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Lab Manager, Queme Lab
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Laboratory Manager, Becker Lab
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Research/Lab Technician, Becker Lab
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Advisory Commitee

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Senior Associate Provost and Vice President for Research
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Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Professor of Pharmacology
College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Professor
College of Osteopathic Medicine: Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Osteopathic Medicine
College of Arts and Sciences
Director
Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences
Center for Pain Research (COBRE)
Affiliated Faculty
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Advisory Committee External Members

  • Toren Finkel, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Aging Institute; Distinguished Professor, Cardiology and Gerontology; G. Nicholas Beckwith III and Dorothy B. Beckwith Chair In Translational Medicine
  • Martin Pera, Ph.D., Professor, Jackson Laboratories
  • Doug Wright, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine