Upcoming Event:
Women in Bioscience

Join us on September 30th for our fourth annual Women in Bioscience!

The event will feature an interactive workshop, networking event, and a moderated panel discussion of acclaimed female scientists and entrepreneurs focusing on success stories, career advantages and obstacles for Maine women in bioscience.
BioME Scholarship Program:
NEW Seed Grant & Travel/Conference Award

Starting this month, we are now offering two new scholarship opportunities for life science students through the BioME Scholarship Program!

Applicants now have the opportunity to receive BioME Seed Grant (up to $5,000) to help cover costs associated with research-related expenses or BioME Travel/Conference Award (up to $2,000) to financially assist students presenting at a conference/seminar. Both Seed Grant applications and Travel/Conference Award applications are rolling, and will be reviewed on a quarterly basis.

The BioME Scholarship Program also offers BioME Academic Scholarship ($4,000) and BioME Summer Internship Award ($4,000), that were introduced earlier this year. Both Academic Scholarship applications and Summer Internship Award applications are accepted February-April.

We encourage you to share this opportunity with your colleagues, friends, and families! We will be introducing more scholarship opportunities later this year.
Upcoming Event:
BioME & MCE Life Sciences Summit

Save the date! BioME & Maine Center for Entrepreneurs have partnered to present the 2021 Life Sciences Summit on October 19-20, 2021! The event will be held virtually from 9:00AM-11:30AM on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. We will explore topics such as tech transfer, running a business throughout the pandemic, what the industry might look like post-pandemic, and what training Maine's life sciences workforce will need. We will also meet companies that participated in BioStartup - MCE's new bioscience business accelerator program.

Stay Tuned! Details & Registration Coming Soon!


Upcoming Event:
ME Bioscience Day

The 6th annual ME Bioscience Day will be held throughout the week of November 15, 2021! Due to the pandemic, we are not able to send companies to schools, but we will be putting on another awesome virtual event again this year!

In 2020, we reached over 5,100 students from 46 schools

We are currently producing video presentations in lieu of the "live" event that teachers will be using both in their classroom and virtually the week of November 15. The videos will follow 3 Maine scientists who will talk a bit about what life science is, the variety of jobs within the industry, their company, and what their day-to-day job looks like. The videos will be followed by a separate hands-on activity video, and live Q&A sessions throughout the week.

How can you support ME Bioscience Day this year?

Though we are not coordinating volunteer visits' at middle schools, we would love for our community to get involved. We encourage you to become a 2021 ME Bioscience Day supporter. Your logo will be shown to our community, over 5,000 students, parents and teachers in Maine. Sponsorship cost: $350. *Please email us if interested in this sponsorship.*

Bioscience Business Accelerator:
BioStartup Applications are OPEN!
In close collaboration with partner accelerator programs, BioStartup is designed to provide established Maine Biotech, Life Sciences, Digital Health & Medical Device startups and early-stage entrepreneurs with the skills and resources needed to accelerate their business. 

The 4-month rolling enrollment program centers around highly personalized industry specific one-on-one executive in residence coaching by a highly seasoned healthcare services, medical device and life sciences entrepreneur. It includes a company assessment, tailored mentoring through the Maine Mentor Network (MMN), industry intensive monthly workshops and participation in a showcase event. Topics covered during the coaching/mentoring sessions and workshops may include capital formation, business & revenue models, product placement, go to market strategies, reimbursement and regulatory matters, pre-clinical and clinical data acquisition, organizational development, QMS systems de-risking your life sciences business and more. The program is designed to be dynamic, affordable, highly collaborative, hands-on and problem-solving. Partner organizations offer access to flexible, affordable office/ lab space and shared equipment.

Featured Member Cost Savings Program:
Office Depot

Office Depot, Inc. is a leading provider of business services and supplies, products and technology solutions to small, medium and enterprise businesses, through a fully integrated B2B distribution platform of approximately 1,300 stores and dedicated sales professionals and technicians.


BioME Member Benefits
  • Up to of 80% off MSLP on a core list of over 1,000 frequently ordered office, cleaning and breakroom supplies
  • Deep discounts on copy, print and finishing services
  • More than 90,000 items discounted below retail
  • Exclusive discounts on HP ink & toner
  • Flexibility to customize to fit your needs
  • Free delivery on qualifying orders
  • Exclusive member promotions
  • Same great price online or in-store
  • Dedicated account management  

Welcome New Members!

Volk Pack
Curie Therapeutics
Root Path
Noteworthy Job Openings

Research Associate II - Lindner Lab, MMCRI
Education Program Coordinator, MDI Biological Laboratory
Microbiology Laboratory Analyst, Northeast Laboratory Services
Postdoctoral Scientist, Larval Black Box & 'Maine-eDNA', Bigelow Laboratory
Molecular & Cell Biology Technician, Genetic Engineering, Jackson Laboratory
Senior Project Manager, R&D Strategy & Portfolio Management, IDEXX
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of New England
In Vivo Application Scientist, Rockstep Solutions
Research Associate II - Lindner Lab, MMCRI
Senior Clinical Research Associate, Abbott

To see these and more openings, please visit our Job Board

BioME Sponsors