The Annual MCB Department Retreat was held on 8/22/24 at the beautiful UConn Avery Point campus. Highlights include the presentation of MCB Summer Fellowship Awards, Research talks by new faculty members Dylan Murray and Kristen Ramsey, a Poster Session, food trucks, a lively trivia game, and announcement of the first annual MCB image competition winners. […]
Author: Vining, Susan
MCB Department Welcomes New Faculty
MCB is excited to introduce our two newest faculty members, Dylan Murray and Kristin Ramsey. Dylan Murray joins the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology as an assistant professor. Murray earned his doctorate degree in molecular biophysics from Florida State University and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health. Murray’s research interest […]
MCB and ISG Introduce New Geroscience Research Program
We’re all getting older. But more Americans are old now than ever before—and that’s both a strain on the medical system and a scientific opportunity. University of Connecticut undergraduates can now study the biology of aging through a new program offered by the Institute for Systems Genomics and Department of Molecular & Cell Biology. See […]
Historic Genome Sequencing Will Unlock Potential for Agriculture, Conservation
Rachel O’Neill, MCB Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and director of UConn’s Institute for Systems Genomics, and her lab are contributing to a groundbreaking new ruminant genome sequencing effort. See full story in UConn Today
MCB Announces 2023-2024 Outstanding TA Awards
Corey Theodore and Richard Whitehead have been named the 2023-2024 Outstanding MCB TAs in recognition of their outstanding contributions, professional dedication to inspiring student learning and commitment to education. Please join us in congratulating Corey and Richard on their notable accomplishments!
2023-2024 Professional Science Master’s Program Report
Author: Christine Ricci, PSM Manager Organization The Professional Science Master’s programs have been undergoing some changes over the past fiscal year. Two new appointments in the administration of the PSM programs have been made. First, Dr. Spencer Nyholm began as the new Director of the Applied Microbial Systems Analysis program. Second, Christine Ricci is the […]
Virginia Lyle King Wins Paper-of-the-Year in Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) has named Virginia Lyle King as a winner of the 2024 MBOC Paper of the Year Award for her research paper, F-actin–rich territories coordinate apoptosome assembly and caspase activation during DNA damage–induced intrinsic apoptosis. Awarded to the first author on a paper (grad student or postcoc), King was chosen […]
MCB Undergraduate Student Success
MCB Graduate Stephanie Schofield, (’23 CLAS), Among Ten UConn Fulbright Recipients for 2023-24 2024 SURF Awards Keertana Chagari ’25 (Molecular and Cell Biology, CLAS) Project Title: Reproducible Bioinformatic Workflows to Produce Diploid Phased Eukaryotic Genome Assemblies Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Wegrzyn, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Peter Fatzinger ’26 (Molecular and Cell Biology, CLAS) Project Title: […]
2023-2024 MCB Graduate Student Awards
Fall 2023 MCB Graduate Travel Award Josette Nammour received the Fall award in recognition of their outstanding graduate seminar. This bi-annual award provides support to students for conference attendance to enrich their graduate program study and is offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified student. 2024 MCB Summer Fellowship Awards Claire M. […]
First-Ever Sequencing of Great Ape X and Y Chromosomes
UConn researchers helped complete nationwide effort to understand ape genome. Tor the first time, researchers have assembled a complete “end-to-end” reference genome for the sex chromosomes of five great ape species and one lesser ape species. The findings shed light on the evolution of sex chromosomes and inform understanding of diseases related to genes on these chromosomes in both apes and humans.