MCB Seminar Series: 3/2 3:30 pm
Dr. Matthew Lynes, Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School Learn more!UConn ranks among the Top 25 public universities in the nation — U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Colleges (2020)
- Nyholm lab sequences genome of Hawaiian bobtail squid
The MCB PSM microbial sequencing, assembly, and annotation winter session module. Photo credit: Zoe Scholar
2020 MCB Graduate Recruitment
- Students working in MCB 1200 'Virus Hunting' Laboratory
- The MCB Department held its Annual Retreat on
August 21, 2019 at UConn's Avery Point Campus
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News
2021 MCB Grad Recruitment a Virtual Success!
MCB hosted over 30 grad recruits on Friday, February 5th. The first all-virtual recruitment event was a success and included virtual lab tours, grad student turbo talks, interviews, poster sessions, research seminars and a social gathering to close the day's events. See images!Posted on February 18, 2021
- Professors Lynes and Graf part of a team that received a multi-institution grant to study syndrome affecting children with Covid 19Michael Lynes and Joerg Graf are part of a multi-institution grant to develop biomarker signatures for MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children) that can develop children infected with coronavirus. The Lynes research team will use the grating coupled surface plasmon resonance imaging systems that they have developed with Ciencia, Inc. to measure biomarker signatures in […]Posted on January 5, 2021
MCB PhD Candidate Kate Castellano Receives 2020 GIGA Fellowship
The Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA) has announced that Kate Castellano has received the inaugural GIGA Fellowship in Invertebrate Genomics 2020 Award. GIGA is dedicated to promoting resources and standards that will facilitate comparative approaches and collaborations for future generations. About Kate GIGA stated, “With these objectives in mind, we are excited to see Kate’s […]Posted on December 21, 2020
Dr. Kat Milligan-Myhre featured in Indigenous at UConn Video
MCB Assistant Professor, Kat Milligan-Myhre was featured in a recent video, Indigenous at UConn, created by UConn Native American Cultural Programs. In the video, Milligan-Mhyre speaks about both her culture and her science.Posted on December 2, 2020
“Honk if you Love Squid” MCB’s Sarah McAnulty and her Squidmobile Get Noticed
Assistant Research Professor, Sarah McAnulty, was recently featured in an article, "When you text the Squidmobile, this Fishtown scientist texts back squid words of wisdom" in the Philadelphia Inquirer. When squid biologist Sarah McAnulty decided to cover her Toyota RAV4 with paintings of squid and write the words “WANT A SQUID FACT? Text 9-RUNG-SQUID” on […]Posted on November 30, 2020
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Upcoming Events
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Feb
25
MCB Cell Biology Club12:00pm
MCB Cell Biology Club
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Storrs Campus online
This week in Cell Biology Journal Club, Kaylah Samuelson will lead a discussion of "Cooperative epithelial phagocytosis enables error correction in the early embryo” by Hoijman et al., 2021.
https://mcb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2341/2021/02/Hoijman-et-al-2021.pdf
Please feel free to join us online, Thursday, 12:00-1:00pm, on Blackboard Collaborate:
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/99f88df194464b529a87d4b6dd4614c9Contact Information: david.daggett@uconn.edu
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Feb
25
EEB Seminar: Ricardo Betancur (Univ. Oklahoma)3:30pm
EEB Seminar: Ricardo Betancur (Univ. Oklahoma)
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Other online (contact can provide link)
Studying fish evolution at multiple time scales.Contact Information: Eric Schultz
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Feb
26
MCB Research Seminar: Todd Testerman12:20pm
MCB Research Seminar: Todd Testerman
Friday, February 26th, 2021
12:20 PM - 01:00 PM
Storrs Campus online
Todd Testerman, Graf Lab
Hosted by: Victoria Fisher
"Biofilm Bouncers: Native Aquaculture Bacteria with Broad Range Pathogen-Inhibiting Activity"
Seminar Link: https://us.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/guest/fd10e8a3885c470683f2410ee89de94aContact Information: Vikki.robinson@uconn.edu
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Mar
1
Microbiology Seminar4:00pm
Microbiology Seminar
Monday, March 1st, 2021
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus online
John Briseno will present a preprint:
“SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.248: Escape from therapeutic antibodies and antibodies induced by infection and vaccination” https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.11.430787v1
Meeting link:
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuconn-cmr.webex.com%2Fuconn-cmr%2Fj.php%3FMTID%3Dm2855b2506a7fcdb252e300c5c4599208&http://data=04%7C01%7CJOERG.GRAF%40UCONN.EDU%7Ca795263cfc6c46e003b208d8c15069fd%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637471898483145073%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=FWEV0IPms8Wmv0jl4W0g%2BFs8Vo4NR1Yz8K%2FHITopTFA%3D&reserved=0
Meeting number:
120 303 7029
Password:
MNycQu8Qn87
Host key:
720235
More ways to join
Join by video system
Dial 1203037029@uconn-cmr.webex.com
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.Contact Information: Joerg.graf@uconn.edu
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Mar
2
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Matthew Lynes3:30pm
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Matthew Lynes
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus online
Dr. Matthew Lynes, Assistant Investigator at Joslin Diabetes Center, Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Host: Dr. Michael Lynes
“The Physiologic Response to Cold Temperatures”
Matt Lynes is an Assistant Investigator at the Joslin Diabetes Center and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2012, he was a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Yu-Hua Tseng’s lab at the Joslin and is currently a researcher in Dr. Tseng’s lab. In his work, he has identified a novel signaling lipid capable of facilitating lipid uptake and oxidation into brown fat cells, and his most recent work has extended the understanding of how brown fat cells develop.
Seminar Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/webappng/sites/uconnvtc/meeting/download/73b0482edc2d4296b538911b3923d6f4?siteurl=uconnvtc&MTID=mf888e1957a812a5c6b3968a2580b5f42Contact Information: Ciara.hanlon@uconn.edu
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Recent Publications
North American fireflies host low bacterial diversity
Microb Ecol
High-Resolution Differentiation of Enteric Bacteria in Premature Infant Fecal Microbiomes Using a Novel rRNA Amplicon.
mBio
Systematic Detection of Large-Scale Multi-Gene Horizontal Transfer in Prokaryotes.
Mol. Biol. Evol
Closed Genome Sequence of Aeromonas veronii Strain Hm21, an Isolate from the Medicinal Leech Hirudo verbana.
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Effect of Gut Microbiota and PNPLA3 rs738409 Variant on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Obese Youth.
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Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics of Isolates Provide Insight into the Pathoadaptation of Aeromonas.
GBE
Gut Microbiota-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids Promote Post-Stroke Recovery in Aged Mice.
Circ Res
Optogenetics in Sinorhizobium melilotienables spatial control of exopolysaccharide production and biofilm structure.
ACS Synbio
Draft Genome Sequences of Dysgonomonas sp. Strains BGC7and HGC4, Isolated from the Hindgut of a Lower Termite
Microbiol
Development and application of aerobic, chemically defined media for Dysgonomonas
Anaerobe
Validation of a PNA clamping method for Reducing host DNA amplification and increasing eukaryotic diversity in rhizosphere microbiome studies.
PBiomes
Single-cell amplicon sequencing reveals community structures and transmission trends of protist-associated bacteria in a termite host
PLOS ONE
Antimicrobial Peptides and Copper(II) Ions: Novel Therapeutic Opportunities
Chem. Rev.
Probing Interdomain Linkers and Protein Supertertiary Structure In Vitro and in Live Cells with Fluorescent Protein Resonance Energy Transfer
J Molec Bio
Pseudonocardia symbionts of fungus-growing ants and the evolution of defensive secondary metabolism Front.
Front. Microbiol
Reduction of elevated proton leak rejuvenates mitochondria in the aged cardiomyocyte.
elife
An apparatus for rapid and nondestructive comparasin of masks and respirators
Rev. Sci. Instrum.
Biocompatible Cantilevers for Mechanical Characterization of Zebrafish Embryos using Image Analysis
Sensors
Draft Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma platyhelix ATCC 51748,isolated from a Dragonfly.
Microbiol. Res. Announc.
A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes.
Nat Biotechnol
Development and patterning of rib primordia are dependent on associated musculature.
Dev. Biol