The Department would like to congratulate Dr. Carol Teschke for her recent election to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering was established in 1976 by Special Act of the Connecticut General Assembly to fulfill a need for authoritative and organized technical advice for state government. CASE […]
Month: February 2022
In the Vaccine Trenches – UConn Today Features MCB Graduate
UConn MCB alumni Jason Bennett, ’16 was featured in UConn Today – how his degree led him to be present at the birth of game-changing mRNA technology “People don’t realize there’s a giant world of biofarma out there where you can try different things and find where your passion lies” Jason Bennett See story in […]
MCB Student, Varsha Irvathraya ’23, Awarded UConn IDEA Grant
UConn announced the Fall 2021 IDEA (Imagine/Develop/Engage/Apply) grant award winners. Among them are MCB student Varsha Irvathraya ’23, Molecular and Cell Biology, CLAS. This award will support her summer 2022 project: Exploring the Role of Kctd6 in Regulating the Shh Signaling Pathway. Varsha will explore the pathways involved in limb development, with a focus on […]
Two MCB Students Profiled in NPSMA Alumni/Graduation Chronicle
Two of UConn MCB’s PSM alumni have been profiled in the National Professional Science Master’s Association’s annual newsletter. Marsenia Harrison Mathis, PSM, Microbial Systems Analysis 2009 and Maria Del Carmen Rosas, PSM, Applied Genomics, 2020 were profiled in the association’s newsletter, The PSM Alumni and Graduation Chronicle, 2021. Marsenia Harrison Mathis, MPH, M.S. Microbial Systems […]