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The mission of MCB is to understand fundamental biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels across all domains of life. We accomplish this through research, classroom teaching, and laboratory training directed at promoting the intellectual curiosity and critical thinking of individuals at all career levels including undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research staff members, and faculty.
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- MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Binyam MogessieDr. Binyam Mogessie, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow Host: Barbara Mellone “Emerging mechanisms of chromosome segregation in mammalian eggs” Summary: Meiotic chromosome segregation generates fertilizable eggs from immature oocytes. In this talk, I […]Posted on September 28, 2023
- MCB Seminar: Dr. Tara McAllisterDr. Tara McAllister, Research Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Host: Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 3:30 PM, BPB 130 “Formidable Phormidium: toxic cyanobacteria in New Zealand rivers” Summary: In this seminar, Dr McAllister will explore the physicochemical factors that lead to toxic benthic cyanobacterial blooms in New Zealand rivers. She […]Posted on September 21, 2023
- MCB Seminar: Dr. Janko GospocicDr. Janko Gospocic, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center Host: Jelena Erceg “Hormones and High Society: Control of Caste Identity in Ants” Summary: Social insects are exceptional model organisms to study how epigenetic factors and gene regulation modulate neuronal circuitry resulting in specific social behaviors, in […]Posted on September 14, 2023
- Annual MCB Department RetreatThe Annual MCB Department Retreat was held on 8/24/23. In the morning, Department Head Carol Teschke announced the 2023 Summer Fellowship Awards followed by Research Lightning Talks from MCB Assistant Professors Erceg, Hanlon, Heaslip, Milligan-McClellan and Santiago-Martinez. A poster session was held with 21 labs represented. Food trucks provided delicious lunch options and the day […]Posted on August 28, 2023
- MCB PhD Students Awarded Poster Prizes at the 2023 FASEB Summer Research Conference on Microbial PathogenesisJosette Nammour (Robinson Lab) won an award for her poster entitled Altered Guanine Nucleotide Binding by the Bacterial Translation Factor BipA Negates Actin Pedestal Formation by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Corey Theodore (Campellone Lab) won an award for his poster entitled Cytoskeletal requirements for maintaining lysosomal integrity during autophagy. Both poster awards were sponsored by the […]Posted on August 9, 2023
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Upcoming Events
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Oct
3
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Binyam Mogessie 3:30pm
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Binyam Mogessie
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
BPB 130
Dr. Binyam Mogessie,
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale
Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Host: Barbara Mellone
“Emerging mechanisms of chromosome segregation in mammalian eggs”
Summary: Meiotic chromosome segregation generates fertilizable eggs from immature oocytes.
In this talk, I will discuss our recent advances in understanding new cytoskeletal processes that safeguard chromosome segregation in mammalian eggs.
About Dr. Mogessie: Binyam Mogessie is an Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University. Originally from Ethiopia, Binyam received his BSc in biochemistry and cell biology in 2007 from Jacobs University Bremen in Germany and his PhD in Cell Biology in 2011 from the University of London. Binyam carried out his postdoc research at the MRC-LMB in Cambridge, UK and the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany where he discovered a function of the actin cytoskeleton in preventing aneuploidy in mammalian eggs. In 2018, Binyam established his independent research laboratory dedicated to mechanistic studies of female meiosis and reproductive longevity. Binyam recently moved his lab to Yale University where he is a Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale fellow and HFSP Young Investigator.
Link to publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36662854/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35112707/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28839045/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29153837/
Mogessie website: https://eggsnchromosomes.com/
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Oct
6
MCB Research in Progress Seminar: Julia Jerolamon 12:20pm
MCB Research in Progress Seminar: Julia Jerolamon
Friday, October 6th, 2023
12:20 PM
Biology/Physics Building
Julia Jerolamon
Alder Lab -
Oct
9
Accelerate UConn (NSF I-Corps) Application Deadline All Day
Accelerate UConn (NSF I-Corps) Application Deadline
Monday, October 9th, 2023
All Day
Accelerate UConn is UConn’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site and its mission is to catalyze the transition of new scientific discoveries and capabilities from the lab to the marketplace. Participating teams will receive an introduction to the most critical elements of the I-Corps Curriculum and Lean Launchpad methodology. Over the course of this virtual 5-week program, teams will learn how to determine the market opportunity for their product or technology.
Participants will learn how to:
- Develop new ways to communicate the value of their product or technology
- Understand the structure of the market they are entering
- Develop strategies for generating demand for their product or technology
- Identify next steps needed to launch their venture
- Identify customers most likely to bring first revenueTeams will receive:
- 5 weeks of training on the Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery Process
- Coaching from industry experts and access to next step resources
- $2,000 to support customer discovery and development of minimum viable product
- Assistance identifying additional team membersApplications for the Fall 2023 cohort will close on Monday, October 9, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
For more information and to apply please visit: https://ccei.uconn.edu/programs/accelerate-uconn/
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Oct
13
MCB Research in Progress Seminar: Josette Nammour 12:20pm
MCB Research in Progress Seminar: Josette Nammour
Friday, October 13th, 2023
12:20 PM
Biology/Physics Building
Josette Namour
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Oct
13
MCB Faculty Meeting 1:30pm
MCB Faculty Meeting
Friday, October 13th, 2023
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
TLS 263
MCB Faculty Meeting
Recent Publications
Heaslip Lab:
F-actin and myosin F control apicoplast elongation dynamics which drive apicoplast-centrosome association in Toxoplasma gondii
mbio
Klassen Lab:
Resistance waxes for mutualists protected by wasp secretions
PNAS
Alexandrescu Lab:
NMR structure verifies the eponymous zinc finger domain of transcription factor ZNF750.
J Struct. Biol.
Lynes Lab:
Metallothioneins alter macrophage phenotype and represent novel therapeutic targets for acetaminophen-induced liver injury.
J Leukoc Biol
Lynes Lab:
Development of a biomarker signature using grating-coupled fluorescence plasmonic microarray for diagnosis of MIS-C.
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol
Gogarten Lab:
Recombination as an enforcement mechanism of prosocial behavior in cooperating bacteria.
iScience
R. O'Neill Lab:
Kangaroo endogenous retrovirus (KERV) forms megasatellite DNA with a simple repetition pattern in which the provirus structure is retained.
J,Virol