Summer Undergraduate Researcher Paul Isaac '23 works to find a synthetic protein to help an ancient species. UConn’s Office of Undergraduate Research each year provides Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) awards to support full-time undergraduate students in summer research or creative projects. Paul Isaac, a rising Junior majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology and diagnostic and genetic science is doing research on the genomic and cellular components of the horseshoe crab and their immune response with faculty mentor Rachel O’Neill, a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology.
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