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Researcher under federal investigation for Chinese ties March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A former scientist at The Jackson Laboratory in Farmington, Connecticut, is being investigated by the FBI for failing to disclose financial affiliations with Chinese research institutions when requesting grant funding from the U.S. government. According to an FBI affidavit filed in federal court in Bangor, Yijun Ruan was listed as the primary investigator on 17 Jackson Lab research projects that received over $15 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health from 2014 ...

Jackson Lab CEO highlights the COVID-19 vaccine “story,” then looks to the future ELLSWORTH — Masks every winter? Annual vaccinations? Herd immunity? Variants of the virus? With many having questions about the COVID-19 vaccines and an uncertain pandemic future, Jackson Laboratory CEO and President Edison Liu led “COVID-19: The Vaccine Chapter,” an online presentation hosted by the Ellsworth Public Library on Feb. 17. State Rep. Nicole Grohoski (D-Ellsworth) posed the questions, with community members also chiming in. Liu and Jens Rueter, the lab’s medical directo...

While New Haven is known as the state’s bioscience epicenter, Greater Hartford has its share of successful healthcare-related companies. Two leaders in this arena are accomplished geneticist Charles Lee, of the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, and Eric Rosow, CEO of Diameter Health, both of which are based in Farmington. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Connecticut back in March 2020, Jackson Lab’s Farmington operations, led by Lee, have been key to the state’s response effort. Jackson Lab, or “Jax” for short, was an integral part of Connecticut’s early in-state d...

Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said a second case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 has been confirmed in Maine.

After months of preparation, Maine well positioned to find cases of COVID-19 variants The state partnered early with the world-renowned Jackson Laboratory to conduct genomic sequencing, which detects variants of the coronavirus. Share Advanced planning and a partnership with a world-renowned genetics lab put Maine in an enviable position to quickly detect when new and more contagious COVID-19 variants arrive. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday the state’s first case of the B.1.1.7 variant that was first detected in the United Kingdom, making Maine the 35...