Dustin Updike (genetics & basic research)

<p><a href="https://mdibl.org/faculty/dustin-updike-ph-d/" target="_blank">Dustin Updike</a> is  an Associate Professor at <a href="https://mdibl.org/" target="_blank">MDI Biological Laboratory</a>. Dustin's work looks at how stem cells maintain pluripotency -- the capacity to become other cell types in the body. Dustin and his team use some of the newest and most innovative biological research tools - including CRISPR - to study <i>C. elegans</i> nematodes. </p><p>More about the Maine INBRE program:  <a href="https://inbre.maineidea.net/">https://inbre.maineidea.net/</a>. And you can see some images of <i>C. elegans</i> at <a href="https://youtu.be/byFjiXBamKM">https://youtu.be/byFjiXBamKM</a>.</p><p>~~~~~~</p><p>The 2022 Maine Science Festival <a href="https://www.mainesciencefestival.org/call-for-ideas" target="_blank">Call for Ideas</a> is open (https://www.mainesciencefestival.org/call-for-ideas) until November 19, 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Tickets are now on sale for the 2022 Headliner: <a href="https://www.thewarmingsea.me/" target="_blank"><i>The Warming Sea - an exploration of Hope in the face of the climate crisis</i></a>. (thewarmingsea.me) - March 19, 2022, 7pm, Collins Center for the Arts.</p><p>~~~~~~</p><p>The <a href="https://www.mainesciencefestival.org/podcast" target="_blank">Maine Science Podcast</a> is a production of the Maine Science Festival. It was recorded at Discovery Studios, at the Maine Discovery Museum, in Bangor, ME. Edited and produced by Kate Dickerson; production support by Maranda Bouchard and social media support from Next Media. </p><p>The <i>Discover Maine</i> theme was composed and performed by Nick Parker. </p><p> </p><p>If you want to support the Maine Science Podcast and/or the Maine Science Festival, you can do so at our website <a href="https://www.mainesciencefestival.org/" target="_blank">mainesciencefestival.org </a>either at our <a href="https://www.mainesciencefestival.org/about-4" target="_blank">donation page</a> OR by getting some <a href="https://maine-science-festi