Over the past few months, Kat Milligan-McClellan, a Native Alaskan assistant professor in molecular and cell biology at the University of Connecticut, has been applying for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation grants for her research. Her work is mostly focused on the diversity, communities and exclusion in some communities of microbiota, which […]
Submissions are now being accepted for the 11th Annual Undergraduate Research Colloquium in Molecular and Cell Biology. Graduating senior MCB or Biophysics majors are encouraged to present their research project as a short 15 minute talk. Graduating Biology majors whose project is supervised by an MCB faculty member are also invited to present their work. […]
MCB Undergraduate student Sihlelelwe Dlamini has been awarded a Lt. Paul Drotch Undergraduate Biology Memorial Scholarship for 2024-2025. This award is available to students each year as a result of the thoughtfulness and generosity of Mr. Peter and Mrs. Hinda Drotch and their family, who established this award in memory of Mr. Drotch’s brother. Congratulations […]
MCB and School of Nursing present a special seminar: Addressing Ageism in Healthcare. Friday, February 14, 2025. UConn Molecular and Cell Biology Department and the School of Nursing are hosting a special seminar. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) leadership team will be presenting a lunchtime seminar on Addressing Ageism in Healthcare Ageism in healthcare is […]
New paid summer research internships at UConn and UConn Health with the undergraduate Education in Aging & Geroscience Research (EAGR) Program. To learn more about becoming an EAGR Scholar, enrolling in geroscience coursework, and applying for funded summer research in labs at UConn and UConn Health, visit https://education-aging-geroscience.research.uconn.edu/ or contact kenneth.campellone@uconn.edu Sophomores & Juniors Apply Now! Deadline February […]
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Alexandrescu/Teschke Labs: Templated trimerization of the phage L decoration protein on capsids Protein Sci.
Alexandrescu Lab: Solution structure of the Z0 domain from transcription repressor BCL11A sheds light on the sequence properties of protein-binding zinc fingers Protein Sci
Lynes Lab: The Detection of COVID-19-
Related Multivariate Biomarker Immune Response in Pediatric Patients: Statistical Aspects Viruses
Lynes Lab:
Monitoring Mouse Surface Temperature During Stress with a Thermal Camera: A Low-Cost Infrared Videography System for Evaluating Murine Metabolism Curr Protoc.
Klassen Lab: Untrimmed ITS2 metabarcode sequences cause artificially reduced abundances of specific fungal taxa Appl Environ Microbiol
R. O'Neill and Mellone Labs: Transcription of a centromere-enriched retroelement and local retention of its RNA are significant features of the CENP-A chromatin landscape Genome Biol
Giardina Lab: Evaluation of UCP1162, a potent propargyl-linked inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase with potential application to cancer and autoimmune disease Biochem Parmacol.
