In recognition of her outstanding contributions, professional dedication to inspiring student learning and commitment to education, we congratulate Jacqui!
Author: Vining, Susan
Congratulations to Dr. Lynes for receiving a highly competitive UConn SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund Program award for his work on Anti-metallothionein antibody: a safe and effective anti-inflammatory therapy!
The UConn SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund provides that invaluable initial support to move technologies along the innovation continuum so they can more quickly and successfully reach the market, benefit society, and impact economic growth in Connecticut. View full article here.
Congratulations Dr. Cole and Dr. Lynes for being selected into the PITCH program!
PITCH (Program in Innovative Therapeutics for Connecticut’s Health), is supported by a three-year, $10 million investment by BioInnovation Connecticut, and helps innovators speed bioscience discoveries toward commercialization.
MCB T-Shirts are here!
We have received a new shared plate reader, a Molecular Devices SpectraMax i3X!
The instrument, which accommodates 12-well to 384-well plates and is temperature controlled, can acquire the following kinds of signals: absorbance, fluorescence (all wavelengths, as it is monochrometer based), and luminescence.
MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) May Term and Summer Session 2016 Courses
Exciting opportunities offered through the MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program May term and summer session 2016. Hands on training on state-of-the-art instruments through short, intense modular training courses. This May term and summer session we will be offering six modules. Open to graduate and undergraduate students with the required prerequisites.
Brendan Smalec Receives NSF Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
This fellowship will support Brendan’s work examining cancer susceptibility and progression in a non-traditional mammalian model, specifically, the Peromyscus leucopus, or white-footed mouse.
Kevin Boyd Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
This fellowship will support Kevin’s work using computational and experimental methods to investigate the structure-function relationships of the mitochondrial translocase Tim23 protein.
Campellone Lab featured on the cover of MBoC
Russo AJ, Mathiowetz AJ, Hong S, Welch MD, and Campellone KG (2016). Rab1 recruits the actin nucleation machinery but limits filament assembly during membrane remodeling. Mol Biol Cell. 27(6):967-978. (Cover)Small G-proteins are molecular switches that signal to the actin cytoskeleton to control the shape and movement of cells and their organelles. In the article on […]