Author: Vining, Susan
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected molecular and cell biology major Anne Sung ’16 as a 2015 recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
This fellowship is aimed at highly-competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers in microbiology. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected molecular and cell biology major Anne Sung ’16 as a 2015 recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship. This fellowship is aimed at highly-competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers in […]
Faculty position in Cell and Developmental Biology available in Molecular and Cell Biology.
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Congratulations to Jim Cole, now president-elect of Gibbs Society of Biological Thermodynamics
In 1987, researchers from 11 U.S. institutions met together in Carbondale, IL for the first Gibbs Conference on Biothermodynamics. Their goal was to foster more innovative applications in the field of biological thermodynamics than had been traditionally envisioned. Since its inception, these annual conferences have grown and a society was formed and named after Josiah […]
Graf Lab highlighted by the Daily Campus:
October 28, 2015 Inside the Lab: Medicinal leech study explores life of bacteria By Diler Haji Life On the fourth floor of the biophysics building, assistant professor Joerg Graf’s lab is alive with activity. Jeremiah Marden, a post-doctorate, guides fifth-semester molecular and cell biology major Spoorthi Sampath through the process of heating a beaker under […]
Congratulations to Kunal Dolas, from Papke’s Lab, who won a best poster prize at the 50th annual regional I ASM conference, held in Randolph, MA
Dolas K, Chimileski S, Makkay A, Papke R . “Role of HVO_1477 in eDNA metabolism and natural transformation of Haloferax volcanii”. 2015, American Society of Microbiology Region I Meeting, MA. Oct., 20-21
Faculty position in Cell and Developmental Biology available in Molecular and Cell Biology.
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Kenneth Noll received a two-year, $220,264 award from NASA for his project:
“A Pilot Study Examining Interspecies Sharing of Chromosomal Genes Among Extreme Thermophiles.”
Congratulations to Jim Cole, whose book he edited was just published:
Methods in Enzymology, Volume 562: Analytical Ultracentrifugation
October 10th UConn hosted the 12th Annual North Eastern Structure Symposium
The 12th Annual North Eastern Structure Symposium brought together renowned scientists in the field of structural biology to discuss late breaking results on topics related to intrinsically unstructured proteins. Eric May and Andrei Alexandrescu organized this event which brought in scientists from as far away as San Diego, and drew a crowd of over 100 […]