Exciting opportunities offered through the MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program May Term 2019.
Author: Vining, Susan
Thane Papke Wins NASA Grant to Study Gene Transfer in Archaea
Human evolution is based on the premise of “survival of the fittest” where the organisms with the genetically encoded characteristics best suited to their environment survive to pass those genes on to their offspring who keep passing that trait on until all members of the population have it.
Rachel O’Neill Helps Uncover Two New Species of Deep-Sea Corals
MCB Professor Rachel O’Neill Contributed to the Discovery of Two New Species of Deep-Sea Corals During a September 2018 Expedition in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
2019 MCB Graduate and Undergraduate Summer Fellowships Announced
MCB Department Announces Recipients of the 2019 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowships
Sally Chamberland Receives ’18-’19 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Congratulations to the Recipient of the 2018-2019 University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from the Center for Excellence in Training and Learning, Sally Chamberland!
MCB Students Invited to Join Phi Beta Kappa Epsilon of Connecticut
The MCB Department is pleased to announce that the following students have been invited to join Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.
Interview with Nichole Broderick: What’s in a Name?
What’s in a name? Well if it’s the person whose name is first on a paper, it’s pretty important, because that tells the scientific community who, ostensibly, did most of the work.
Horseshoe Crabs: How Did They Get an Exception?
Researchers at UConn’s Institute for Systems Genomics are assembling a detailed map of the horseshoe crab’s DNA. Led by Geneticist Rachel O’Neil
Dr. Benson named AAAS Fellow
Four UConn professors, including three from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and one from UConn Health, were named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this week.
Prof. Eric May and Postdoc Shivangi Nangia will investigate Virus Infection Mechanisms on World’s Fastest Supercomputer for Biomolecular Simulations.
Drs. May and Nangia have received an allocation on the Anton2 supercomputer donated to the Pittsburg Supercomputing Center by D.E. Shaw Research. The allocation was granted based upon a competitive application process which involved peer review by a panel convened by the National Research Council. The allocation will allow them to analyze viral protein-membrane interactions […]