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 […]
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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 […]
MCB Fall Seminar Series Speakers Announced
The Fall 2019 Molecular and Cell Biology Seminar Series runs every Tuesday, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm in BPB 130. Refreshments are available in the BPB lobby at 3:15.
Anthony Patelunas Awarded Fall 2019 Doctoral Student Travel Fellowship
MCB is proud to announce that Anthony Patelunas has been awarded a Fall 2019 Doctoral Student Travel Fellowship by UConn the Graduate School. This bi-annual award provides support to students for conference attendance to enrich their graduate program study. Anthony is a member of the Goldhamer Lab.
Cory Jubinville Awarded Fall 2019 Doctoral Student Travel Fellowship
MCB is proud to announce that Cory Jubinville has been awarded a Fall 2019 Doctoral Student Travel Fellowship by UConn the Graduate School. This bi-annual award provides support to students for conference attendance to enrich their graduate program study. Cory is a member of the Goldhamer Lab.
Corynne Dedeo Awarded Fall 2019 Doctoral Student Travel Fellowship
MCB is proud to announce that Corynne Dedeo has been awarded a Fall 2019 Doctoral Student Travel Fellowship by UConn the Graduate School. This bi-annual award provides support to students for conference attendance to enrich their graduate program study. Corynne is a member of the Teschke Lab.
UConn Today Highlights SURF Award Winner Grace Nichols ’20
Nichols , a Rising Senior majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology, is performing research at UConn Health this summer by using a mouse model to identify the types of sound stimuli that are more likely to induce tinnitus, a medical condition characterized by the perception of a sound that is not really there. Read full […]
Announcing the New Executive Board of GO:MCB
Congratulations to the new executive board of GO:MCB for the 2019-2020 academic year! President – Kathleen Kyle Vice President – Irio Schiano Treasurer – Patrick Grady Secretary – Jacob Kellermeier Outreach Coordinator – Meghan Wyatt
Horseshoe Crabs – The Fortunate Ones?
The horseshoe crab has persisted, unchanged, for hundreds of millions of years. But now, its survival is threatened by the harvesting of its prized baby-blue blood. A team at UConn seeks to map its DNA and save it from extinction. Dr. O’Neill, graduate student Kate Castellano and colleagues are mapping a full assembly of the […]