Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium 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 a MCB faculty member are also invited to present their work. If […]
NEW OPPORTUNITY! Undergraduate Education in Aging & Geroscience Research Program
New paid summer research opportunities at UConn or UConn Health – 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 19, 2024
Dr. Pallavi Limaye Receives UConn Hartford Fellow Award
The University of Connecticut Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is delighted to announce that Dr. Pallavi Limaye has been selected as the inaugural UConn Hartford Teaching & Learning Equity Faculty Leadership Fellow to start in Spring 2024. This annual fellowship was created by UConn Hartford to contribute to the campus’ commitment to teaching excellence […]
MCB Invites Applications for Summer Fellowships
Announcing the annual competition for our student summer fellowships in MCB. These distinguished fellowships are made possible by very generous donors and are offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified students in MCB. Additional information about the named fellowships, including short biographies of those they are named in honor of can be viewed on the […]
NEW OPPORTUNITY! Undergraduate Education in Aging & Geroscience Research Program
New paid summer research opportunities at UConn or UConn Health – 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 Deadline January 31, 2024
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Church
Tuesday, December 5, 3:30 PM, BPB 130 Dr. Michael Church, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stowers Institute for Medical Research Host: Stacey Hanlon Regulating metabolism through control of gene expression Summary: Protein complexes that affect DNA accessibility by sliding/evicting nucleosomes are conserved throughout Eukarya, and play an important role in gene regulation. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, one […]
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 3:30 PM, BPB 130 Dr. Shaun Brinsmade, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University Host: Michel Giovani Santiago-Martinez Integrating metabolism and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Summary: Metabolism fuels infection, and virulence can be thought of as a mechanism to maintain homeostasis. In my talk, I’ll discuss our current work to understand […]
Passing of Dr. Ken Doeg
Kenneth A. Doeg, 92, of Storrs Mansfield, CT passed away on November 5, 2023. He was born in West Hoboken, NJ, and graduated from Montclair Teacher’s College in 1952. He received his doctorate in biochemistry at Rutgers University in 1957 followed by postdoctoral work at the Enzyme Institute at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In […]
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Victoria Jeffers
Dr. Victoria Jeffers, Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire Host: Aoife Heaslip Placing a BET on bromodomains in Toxoplasma gondii Summary: Epigenetic regulation of gene expression through acetylation of histones in Apicomplexan parasites is essential for parasite infection and transmission. The role of […]
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Binyam Mogessie
Dr. Binyam Mogessie, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow Host: Barbara Mellone “Emerging mechanisms of chromosome segregation in mammalian eggs” Summary: Meiotic chromosome segregation generates fertilizable eggs from immature oocytes. In this talk, I […]