News
MCB PSM Announces Two Summer Session CoursesMCB 5670-02 Theory and Practice of Laboratory Techniques in Microbiology – Bacterial DNA & RNA Isolation and Quality Control MCB 5671-02 Advanced Theory and Practice of Laboratory Techniques in Microbiology – Characterization of Microbial Communities by 16S rRNA gene sequencingPosted on April 9, 2020
Dr. Michael Lynes Awarded U.S. Fulbright Scholar AwardFaculty Fulbright Scholars Explore Diabetes, Social Media, and Communication See article in UConn TodayPosted on April 9, 2020
Dr. Rachel O’Neill Inducted Into the Connecticut Academy of Science and EngineeringRachel J. O’Neill, Institute for Systems Genomics, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Genetics and Genome Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to be inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) for 2020. According to CASE, election to the Academy is based on the applicant’s scientific and engineering distinction, achieved through significant contributions […]Posted on March 24, 2020
MCB Alum Jeehee Youn Elected President of Korean Assoc. of ImmunologistsDr. Jeehee Youn, who earned her Ph.D. in Michael Lynes’ laboratory in 1996, was recently elected President of the Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI) for 2021. She currently serves as vice president of that scientific society. Dr. Youn is shown here at the far right in a photo of her lab group during a visit […]Posted on March 19, 2020
- MCB Announces 2020 Summer Fellowship AwardsCongratulations to the following MCB students - they have been awarded 2020 graduate and undergraduate summer fellowships: Claire M. Berg Graduate Fellowship in Genetics - Nadine Lebek and Lauren Wainman Arthur Chovnick Graduate Fellowship in Genetics - Luke Wojenski Richard C. Crain, Jr. Memorial Fellowship - Wayne Mitchell Cross-Disciplinary Fellowship in MCB and Pharmaceutical Sciences […]Posted on March 18, 2020
Upcoming Events
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Apr
10
ONLINE MCB Research Seminar: Yutian Feng12:20pm
ONLINE MCB Research Seminar: Yutian Feng
Friday, April 10th, 2020
12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Storrs Campus ONLINE
MCB Research Seminar
Yutian Feng, Gogarten Lab
"Evolutionary placement and phylogenomic conflicts of the Nanohaloarchaea."
Use this link to reach blackboard collaborate for seminar.
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/01d892acd5f44f089b5b6b44295fb854
The session will start on Friday’s at 12.20- Presenters, participants can dial in 30 minutes before hand to check connections
Audience can also dial in to listen as follows:
+1-571-392-7650 PIN: 341 071 9619 -
Apr
10
MCB Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Sarah Goldstein1:30pm
MCB Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Sarah Goldstein
Friday, April 10th, 2020
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Storrs Campus https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m0dcb3ed0c5604bab9a3bc517db4249aa
Microbiology
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Announces the
Oral Dissertation Defense for the Doctoral Degree of
Sarah Lauren Goldstein
B.A. Connecticut College, 2013
M.B.A. University of Connecticut, 2019
Exploring the Genomic Diversity of the Trachymyrmex septentrionalis-associated Pseudonocardia Symbiont
April 10th, 2020
1:30 PM
WebEx:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m0dcb3ed0c5604bab9a3bc517db4249aa
Major Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Klassen
Associate Advisor: Dr. Joerg Graf
Associate Advisor: Dr. Marcy Balunas
Examiner: Dr. Spencer Nyholm
Examiner: Dr. Sarah Hird
Working copy of the dissertation can be found at:
http://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=Sarah_Goldstein_Dissertation_Working_Draft.docx&p=W3OAKirJ2V9j2x9IR -
Apr
14
CANCELLED - MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Mark Silby3:30pm
CANCELLED - MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Mark Silby
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 131
MCB Seminar Series:
Dr. Mark Silby, Associate Professor, Biology, UMass Dartmouth
Hosted by Nichole Broderick -
Apr
15
CANCELLED: 6th Annual Distinguished Microbiologist Seminar and Microbiome Symposium 2:00pm
CANCELLED: 6th Annual Distinguished Microbiologist Seminar and Microbiome Symposium
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
02:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 130
We would like to invite you, your students, postdocs and staff to our 6th Annual Distinguished Microbiologist Seminar and Microbiome Symposium. The goal of this event is to bring the microbiologists from UConn departments and campuses together to interact. Please bring a poster to share your work! There will be coffee and cookies before the talks and as usual a reception afterwards that is sponsored by Eppendorf, New England Biolab, Shoreline Biome, Illumina, an award from the Provost, the MCB department and the PSM in Microbial Systems Analysis. Our sponsors have tables with displays.
Please RSVP so that we can order the right amount of food and drinks and indicate on the form if your lab will be bringing a poster (it can be from a previous event).
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uconns-6th-annual-distinguished-microbiologist-lecture-and-microbiome-symposium-tickets-95309536389.
Schedule:
2:00 pm: Registration with coffee and poster setup
2:45 pm: Dr. Jeff Blanchard, University of Massachusetts Amherst: “Revealing the Genomic and Morphological Diversity of Giant Viruses at Harvard Forest”
3:15 pm: Dr. Dong-Hun Lee, Pathobiology, UConn: "Evolution and global spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses"
3:30 pm : Dr. Katherine Lemon, Baylor College of Medicine, "Picking sides: cooperation and competition in human nasal microbiota"
4:00 pm: Break
4:15 pm: Dr. Nancy Moran, Univerity of Texas at Austin: "Understanding and manipulating coevolved microbiomes in social bees"
5:15 pm: Reception with poster presentations -
Apr
16
ONLINE MCB PSM Professional Development Seminar5:00pm
ONLINE MCB PSM Professional Development Seminar
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus ONLINE
Microbiome Symposium, Nancy Moran, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin; Katherine Lemon, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine; and Jeff Blanchard, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Seminar attendance is limited to MCB PSM, PM, and Ph.D. students -
Apr
17
ONLINE MCB Research Seminar: Kearney12:20pm
ONLINE MCB Research Seminar: Kearney
Friday, April 17th, 2020
12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Storrs Campus ONLINE
MCB Research Seminar
Matthew Kearney, M.O'Neill Lab
"Parent-of-Origin Specific Epigenomic Profile of the Mouse X Chromosome"
Use this link to reach blackboard collaborate for the seminar.
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/01d892acd5f44f089b5b6b44295fb854
PLEASE MUTE your computer unless you are asking a question.
The session will start on Friday at 12:20 - Presenters, participants can dial in 30 minutes beforehand to check connections
The audience can also dial in to listen as follows:
+1-571-392-7650 PIN: 341 071 9619 -
Apr
21
CANCELLED: MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Reese3:30pm
CANCELLED: MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Reese
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 131
CANCELLED: MCB Research Seminar:
Dr. Michael Reese, UT Southwestern
Hosted by Aoife Heaslip -
Apr
23
CANCELED: EEB Seminar: Matt Forister (Univ. Nevada Reno)3:30pm
CANCELED: EEB Seminar: Matt Forister (Univ. Nevada Reno)
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 131
This talk has been canceled and will be rescheduled for Fall 2020 semester if possible.
Global change and western butterflies -
Apr
23
ONLINE MCB PSM Professional Development Seminar5:00pm
ONLINE MCB PSM Professional Development Seminar
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus ONLINE
Steve Giles, Ph.D., Owner and Founder, Big Rose Web Design
Seminar attendance is limited to MCB PSM, PM, and Ph.D. students -
Apr
24
ONLINE MCB Research Seminar: Ozkan 12:20pm
ONLINE MCB Research Seminar: Ozkan
Friday, April 24th, 2020
12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Storrs Campus ONLINE
MCB Research Seminar
Didem Ozcan, Giardina Lab
