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Dr. Jelena Erceg receives R35 MIRA Award to Fund Research on Genome Folding and RegulationAssistant Professor Jelena Erceg (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, CLAS & Institute for Systems Genomics, joint appointment also with the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health) has received a prestigious R35 Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Institute of General […]Posted on August 16, 2022
- New Publication from the Erceg LabFleck K, Raj R and Erceg J (2022), The 3D genome landscape: Diverse chromosomal interactions and their functional implications. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 10:968145. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.968145Posted on August 11, 2022
Associate Professor Jonathan Klassen Receives Funding from UConn’s Research Excellence Program (REP)The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) announced that Dr. Klassen’s proposal entitled "Who is Protecting Whom? Defining Defensive Roles in a Multipartite Symbiosis" has been selected for funding of $50,000. The goal of the OVPR’s Research Excellence Program is to provide seed funding to fuel innovative research, scholarship and creative endeavors that […]Posted on August 9, 2022
- Alder, Alexandrescu, May Labs Publish Collaborative Study"Structure-activity relationships of mitochondria-targeted tetrapeptide pharmacological compounds" Wayne Mitchell, Jeffrey D Tamucci, Emery L Ng, Shaoyi Liu, Alexander V Birk, Hazel H Szeto, Eric R May, Andrei T Alexandrescu, Nathan N Alder https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75531Posted on August 3, 2022
- New Publication from the Goldhamer LabYamamoto, M., Stoessel, S. J., Yamamoto, S., and Goldhamer, D. J. (2022). Over-expression of wild-type ACVR1 in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva mice rescues perinatal lethality and inhibits heterotopic ossification. J. Bone Miner. Res. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.4617Posted on August 1, 2022
Upcoming Events
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Aug
17
MCB Related Proposal: Katelyn R. DeNegre10:00am
MCB Related Proposal: Katelyn R. DeNegre
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Storrs Campus ESB 121
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Announces the
Related Proposal for the Doctoral Degree
Katelyn R. DeNegre
B.S. University of Connecticut, 2014
"Transgenerational Epigenetics and Autism: Linking Meiotic Dysfunction and Cognitive Impairment"
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
10:00AM
ESB 121
Major Advisor: Dr. Michael O'Neill
Associate Advisor: Dr. Rachel O'Neill
Associate Advisor: Dr. Barbara Mellone
Examiner: Dr. Leighton Core
Examiner: Dr. R. Holly Fitch -
Aug
22
MCB New Grad Orientation9:00am
MCB New Grad Orientation
Monday, August 22nd, 2022
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 201
MCB New Grad Orientation -
Aug
25
MCB Department Retreat10:00am
MCB Department Retreat
Thursday, August 25th, 2022
10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Avery Point Campus Avery Point
This event will feature new faculty talk(s), lunch, beverages, posters, and social activities. -
Aug
30
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Lawrence David3:30pm
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Lawrence David
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 130
Dr. Lawrence David
Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University
Host: Kat Milligan-McClellan
"Nutrient limitation and the gut microbiome"
Summary: How does diet shape gut microbial ecology across mammals?
Bio: Dr. Lawrence David is an associate professor in Duke University’s Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Interim Director of the Duke Microbiome Center. The David Lab studies relationships between diet, the gut microbiome and human health. The lab is also interested in engineering new tools at the interface of nutrition and microbiology, including building genomic approaches for tracking food intake and microfluidic techniques for high-throughput assay of microbial metabolism. Lawrence was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, and he received a Ph.D. in Computational & Systems Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University. Lawrence has been named one of the 10 Scientists under 40 years old to watch by ScienceNews and his work has been recognized with innovator and investigator awards from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Searle Scholars Program, and the Arnold & Mabel Beckman, Hartwell, Alfred P. Sloan, and Damon Runyon Foundations.
To learn more about Dr. David and his work, view his publication https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-018-0267-7 and visit his website at http://www.ladlab.org
Join us at 3:15 in the BPB lobby for refreshments, Seminar begins at 3:30
Livestream here: https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/2090521/uiconf_id/38934061/entry_id/1_904uedgo/embed/dynamic? -
Sep
9
MCB Faculty Meeting1:30pm
MCB Faculty Meeting
Friday, September 9th, 2022
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Storrs Campus TLS 263
September Faculty Meeting
