Bacteria are the smallest organisms that scientists agree are alive. But there are even smaller things that parasitize bacteria. UConn microbiologists have been studying a single gene that is a parasite of bacteria, and in the July 26 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they report that while it can hamper […]
Author: Vining, Susan
MCB Faculty, Wolf-Dieter Reiter, retires after 23 years.
Well known for his challenging and invaluable advanced biochemistry course, Dr. Reiter has played a central role in elucidating the biosynthetic pathways of cell wall biosynthesis. His party cake memorialized that fact with an image in green icing of Arabidopsis thaliana, one of the key model systems in this area. Best wishes on your retirement, […]
Adam Zweifach recently received a $950K grant from NIH
The grant is intended to fund the development of an assay that can be used to screen chemical libraries for compounds that enhance the activation of immune cells. If we can find active compounds, they could form the basis of strategies to enhance anti-viral and anti-cancer immunity.
Michael Lynes recently received a $500K Connecticut Biosciences Innovation Fund (CBIF) Award
This award, from Connecticut Innovations, is for work entitled “A Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease”.
Registration for the 2016 MCB Retreat is now open!
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Eric May has received a 5 year $1.8 million grant from NIH
Eric May has received an R35 (MIRA) award from NIH Institute of General Medical Sciences. This flexible award will fund research in the May lab that falls under the project umbrella of “Structural Dynamics of Viral Proteins: Computational Investigation of Capsids, Lytic Peptides and Nucleoproteins Under Varying Conditions”
Doctoral student, Sarah MacAnulty, interviewed with NPR’s “Science Friday” last week during Cephalopod week.
You can find the audio of this interview, on cephalopods, symbiosis, and immunity, at https://soundcloud.com/scifri/closing-out-the-cephaloparty Sarah’s interview begins at 9 minutes into this segment.
Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Mellone, who has been selected for the 2016 ASCB Women in Cell Biology Excellence in Research Junior Award!
Barbara will receive the award at the 2016 American Society of Cell Biology meeting in San Francisco on Tuesday December 6, 2016.
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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.