David Mokler, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Sciences in COM, was a plenary speaker at the NeuroNutri 2019 meeting in Recife, Brazil on October 30 through November 1. He gave two lectures at the meeting, “In Vivo Microdialysis; Monitoring activity in the conscious, active brain,” and “Reprogramming of the Brain in Prenatal Protein Malnutrition.”
The meeting celebrates the work of Peter Morgane, PhD, Professor Emeritus at UNE COM, who was a longtime supporter of research at COM, and whose legacy is now honored with the Peter Morgane Student Research Scholarship awarded to COM students interested in research. Dr. Mokler will be speaking on his twenty-five years of work with Dr. Morgane on the effects of prenatal protein malnutrition on the brain. Learn more.
DAVID MOKLER, PHD, SPEAKS AT NEURONUTRI 2019 MEETING IN BRAZIL
Left-Right: Peter Morgane, PhD, and David Mokler, PhD
Left: Second-year COM students, Morgan O’Leary, Kristofer Andren, and Matt Kilroe
Right: COM's Sympathetic Tones warming up for the Veterans Day Celebration
UNE COM CELEBRATES VETERANS DAY
This year's Veterans Day Celebration took place in the Ripich Commons. To start things off, COM's a Capella group, the Sympathetic Tones, sang a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem. Members of the UNE community, including COM students, Morgan O’Leary, Matt Kilroe, and Kristofer Andren, were recognized for their service. The keynote speaker, John Romac (CRD RET), talked about the Travis Mills Foundation in Rome, ME that works to help Veteran families "recalibrate" to civilian life. COM students have supported the foundation in the past, including volunteering for the Miles for Mills 5K to help raise money for the Travis Mills Foundation.
The ceremony was organized by UNE's Student Government Association, and COM's Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (AMOPS).
In recognition of our veterans and current service members, UNE highlighted three COM alumni: Shawn Laferriere, DO ’99, Joshua Tuck, DO '04, and Matthew Lutynski, DO '08.