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News
- Nyholm Lab Review Article Featured on Cover of Nature Reviews MicrobiologyNyholm lab published Nature Reviews Microbiology, " A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00567-y and Nature Reviews Microbiology Special Symbiosis Edition featured the squid from that review for the cover!Posted on September 13, 2021
- MCB 2021 Departmental RetreatMCB held a Departmental Retreat on Thursday, August 26th. After welcoming remarks, the 2021 MCB graduate awards were announced. Following a ‘Get to Know the New Students’ event, new faculty member, Assistant Professor, Jelena Erceg presented a talk, “Genome Folding and Regulation in Diploid Multicellular Organisms” A fun trivia session preceded the Lab Poster Sessions. […]Posted on August 30, 2021
- 2021 MCB Grad OrientationMCB welcomed new graduate students at a virtual orientation held Thursday, August 26th. View presentation here.Posted on August 29, 2021
- MCB PSM Fall 2021 OrientationThe Fall MCB PSM/PM Orientation event was held Thursday, 9/2. The event was held in-person and the students seemed enthusiastic, energetic and appreciative of the face to face companionship.Posted on August 29, 2021
UConn Virus Expert and MCB Professor Carol Teschke Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Study in the UKTeschke will spend four months at the University of York studying the geometry and evolution of a type of virus that could help develop antivirals. Story in UConn Today, Amanda Song, CLAS Carolyn Teschke, professor and department head of molecular and cell biology at UConn, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award to study virus assembly and evolution at […]Posted on August 4, 2021
Upcoming Events
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Sep
23
MCB Cell Biology Journal Club12:30pm
MCB Cell Biology Journal Club
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 201
This week in Cell Biology Journal Club, Evan McCabe will lead a discussion of "DIGIT Is a Conserved Long Noncoding RNA that Regulates GSC Expression to Control Definitive Endoderm Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells” by Daneshvar et al., 2016.
https://mcb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2341/2021/09/Daneshvar-et-al-2016.pdf -
Sep
23
Writing The NSF GRFP "Personal, Relevant Background And Future Goals Statement" Session 1:30pm
Writing The NSF GRFP "Personal, Relevant Background And Future Goals Statement" Session
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Other WebEx
Applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program? Then this session is for you.
This particular session will focus on writing the NSF GRFP Personal, Relevant Background and Future Goals essay. The essay is designed to give reviewers a sense of who you are, your experience and readiness to conduct advanced research and studies, and your research and career goals. We will discuss how to approach this essay and work to explore your motivation, experience, and goals to help you - and your reader - gain a deeper understanding of your fellowship application.
For the most up to date information on ONSF upcoming events, please visit https://www.onsf.uconn.edu/.
About NSF - GRFP
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is a prestigious award that supports research-oriented students in a wide range of STEM and social science fields during their first three years of graduate school. The award includes a $34,000 stipend plus a $12,000 Cost of Education Allowance.
Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants must be either rising seniors or 1st year or 2nd year graduate students, plan on a PhD/research-oriented career, and be US Citizens or Permanent Residents. Eligible fields of study are: Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Engineering, Geosciences, Life Sciences, Materials Research, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology, Social Sciences, STEM Education and Learning Research.
Join from the meeting link
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Meeting number (access code): 2620 575 0468
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Sep
23
EEB Seminar: Chris Simon (UConn EEB)3:30pm
EEB Seminar: Chris Simon (UConn EEB)
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus Pharmacy/Biology (PBB) 131
Evolution of 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas, insects that count (in fours) -
Sep
24
MCB Research Seminar: Feinstein and Gosselin12:20pm
MCB Research Seminar: Feinstein and Gosselin
Friday, September 24th, 2021
12:20 PM - 01:10 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 131
Aaron Feinstein, May Lab
"Illuminating the Mechanisms of Protein Kinase R Activation"
Sophia Gosselin, Gogarten Lab
"Inteins in Actinobacteriaphages: As above, so below" -
Sep
27
MCB Faculty Seminar4:00pm
MCB Faculty Seminar
Monday, September 27th, 2021
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus TLS 263
David Goldhamer
Sarah Hird
