APPLICATION DEADLINES:  Ph.D. - December 1, 2025 | MS - February 15, 2025

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  • Carten Receives Outstanding Poster Award
    First-year Ph.D. student Rey Carten from the May Lab received an outstanding poster award at the Molecular Biophysics in the Northeast meeting at the University of New Hampshire on October 11, 2025 (mbnmeeting.org). Congratulations to Rey!
    Posted on October 27, 2025
  • CSSI names a new award in honor of MCB Professor Emeritus Larry Hightower
    The Cell Stress Society International (CCSI) named a new award in honor of MCB Professor Emeritus Larry Hightower. The award, the Dr. Larry Hightower Award for Excellence in Mentorship, was created in the spirit of Dr. Hightower and honors mentors who pair high scientific standards with care for their trainees. They invest time, give clear […]
    Posted on October 8, 2025
  • Spotlight on Dr. Kristen Ramsey: Pioneering Research in Cell Signaling and Innate Immune Response
    This semester marks the one-year anniversary of Dr. Kristen Ramsey at the University of Connecticut’s Molecular and Cell Biology department.  Dr. Ramsey is a biochemist with a strong background in cell signaling, biochemistry, and molecular biophysics.  Known for her unique approach to both research and teaching, Dr. Ramsey brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm […]
    Posted on September 22, 2025
  • 2025 MCB Research Exchange
    MCB held a successful Departmental Research Exchange on Thursday 8/21. This event was created to welcome new graduate students, highlight faculty research, celebrate named scholarship donors and congratulate summer named fellowship recipients. It was a great way to kick off the new academic year! View the photos below!    
    Posted on August 25, 2025

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Recent Publications

R. O'Neill Lab:
Complete sequencing of ape genomes
Nature

Teschke Lab:
Elucidating double stranded DNA viral scaffolding protein structures through advances in cryogenic electron microscopy data processing.
Curr Opin Struct Biol

Gage Lab:
Addition of soil protists may enhance performance of agrochemical seed treatments.
Soil Sci Soc. Am. J

Gage Lab:
Understanding the retention of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Insights from tracer tests and numerical modeling.
Environ Res

Lynes Lab:
The Detection of COVID-19-Related Multivariate Biomarker Immune Response in Pediatric Patients: Statistical Aspects.
Viruses

Robinson Lab:
The fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora enters apple leaves through naturally occurring wounds from the abscission of trichomes.
PlantJ

Lynes Lab:
Comparison of a long-read amplicon sequencing approach to short-read amplicons for microbiome analysis.
bioRxiv

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