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 […]
Author: Vining, Susan
Philip Yeagle has just published the third edition of his seminal work, The Membranes of Cells. Congratulations!
Tyler Daman, from the Robinson Lab,
was selected to present his work at the St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium (NGSS).
Peter Burkhard’s protein nanoparticles
have made the cover of Biophysical Journal as well as several other publications.
Carol Norris performed at Carnegie Hall!
as part of an international chorus of nearly 300 members.
Nyholm lab and a recently awarded NSF grant
studying bacteria living inside the Hawaiian bobtail squid in the search for new drugs to fight pathogens in humans.
Reducing Stress on Preemies
Dr. Joerg Graf along with Dr. Matson from Connecticut’s Children Medical Center were interviewed about a collaborative project where they investigate the linkage of stress, nutrition and the microbiome with the neurological development and overall health of premature infants.
Check out our Spring 2016 Seminar Series!
From UConn Today, “Gut Response: Reducing the Stress on Preemies”
In the new study by Xiaomei Cong, associate professor or nursing, and Joerg Graf, professor of molecular and cell biology, fecal samples are collected to study the patient’s microbiome, which may help communicate details that the babies are unable to. Click here to view the full article.
Nichole Broderick and Patricia Rossi’s class “Microbe Hunting: Crowdsourcing the Discovery of New Antibiotics,”
was profiled in the CLAS news section online.