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Eggs & Issues Preview 3/9

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Eggs & Issues Preview 3/9

Eggs & Issues – Wednesday, March 9 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM. This will be In Person, but you can also watch it online…..Register now www.portlandregion.com

Join the Portland Community Chamber and Hermann Haller, M.D., President of Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory, for a fascinating discussion on the latest advances in biomedical research.

Over the last 20 years, MDI Biological Laboratory has led the largest biomedical research and training network in Maine, supporting 14 research and academic institutions, funding 55 early-career scientists, and training more than 3,000 undergraduate students from Portland to Presque Isle.

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