Carol Teschke was elected as a Council Delegate from the Section on Biological Sciences in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Five Students Participating in URAP Receive Recognition
Five students participating in the Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) submitted abstracts as first authors and one as second author to the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research. This is the largest regional pediatric research meeting in the country. In addition, three of our students submitted abstracts, two were first authors and one second author, to […]
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Not Only Adorable: Squid Open Up New Antimicrobial Drug Possibilities
After starting an NSF-funded collaboration with Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Marcy Balunas, Spencer Nyholm, associate professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, began studying the squid’s specialized reproductive gland, called the accessory nidamental gland, whose function was until then the subject of speculation.
Journey to the Center of the Chromosome
MCB Professor Barbara Mellone featured in UConn Today
Jax Lab for Genomic Medicine Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolism Symposium
Convening top global experts on diabetes genomics and pathogenesis, the Type 2 Diabetes & Metabolism Symposium will take place on November 14 and 15, 2019 at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Farmington, Conn. Where: The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington CT When: November 14-15, 2019 This special symposium will be hosted by […]
Professor Barbara Mellone Awarded NIH award
MCB Associate Professor Barbara Mellone received a $2.6million R35-MIRA grant from the National Institute of Health to fund her research on an elusive yet vital chromosomal structure that all plant and animal share: the centromere. This five year grant will support research efforts to determine the contribution of DNA repeats and centromere chromatin to the […]
2019 MCB Retreat a Success
On Wednesday, August 21, the MCB Department held it’s annual Retreat and Grad Orientation at UConn’s Avery Point Campus. It was a great day including scavenger hunts, trivia games, lunch, poster session, networking with faculty and of course, the awarding of the MCB 2019 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowships. Congratulations to the recipients! These […]
Tweet by Nidhi Vijayan Goes Viral on Scientific American
Nidhi Vijayan, Nyholm Lab, tweeted a movie she took of baby bobtail squid and Scientific America deemed it one of last week’s best science GIFs Watch here!
John Malone Awarded a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
AAAS Announces John Malone of the University of Connecticut and Global Young Academy as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow Washington DC (20 August 2019) — John Malone of the University of Connecticut has been awarded a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (STPF) with a placement at the Office of Science and Technology […]