The Holster Scholars First Year program is a highly selective enrichment opportunity for first-year Honors students. Beyond some basic requirements, projects are self-designed. Klara’s project will test the effects of glycoproteins in archaea on their ability to mate. Research has shown that there are several genes in the model organism, Haloferax volcanii, responsible for glycoprotein […]
Author: Vining, Susan
Congratulations to Anne R. Kaplan, from Dr. Alexandrescu’s Lab, who won an NSF-GRFP award!
A message from Anne, “I am proud and honored to be a part of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. This would not have been possible without the help and support of my advisor, Dr. Alexandrescu and the opportunities presented to me throughout my educational journey. Thank you to all those who made this happen!”
Dr. Barbara Mellone is a recipient of the 2015 AAUP Excellence Awards for Excellence in Research & Creativity: Early Career. Congratulations, Dr. Mellone!
Congratulations to MCB Faculty Emeritus, Dr. Philip Yeagle, a Deputy Editor, and Dr. Joerg Graf, an Associate Editor, of the new journal, Science Advances!
Science Advances is a sister journal to the well known premier journal, Science.
Dr. Carolyn Teschke has been selected to participate at the department of state or USAID for a year, beginning in August 2015.
Click here for more information on the Jefferson Science Fellowship Program. Congratulations, Dr. Teschke!
Applications available for the Lt. Paul L. Drotch Memorial Scholarship in the Biological Sciences
This Scholarship is open to UConn undergraduates in biology including Biological Sciences, EEB, MCB, PNB and Structural Biology and Biophysics who have demonstrated both outstanding scholarship and substantial financial need for this academic year as determined by the Financial Aid office. Students must have completed a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 semesters […]
MCB Tuesday Seminar Series starts January 20th!
A recent series of articles written by MCB graduate student Scott Chimileski (from the Papke Lab) were among the top 10 most read on the Naturejobs blog at the end of 2014.
Scott argued that there is room for optimism among recent pessimism regarding science jobs and funding by looking at historical trends and interviewing successful scientists, including MCB assistant professor Jonathan Klassen.
MCB Notes December 2014 issue released
Highlighting Asst. Professor Leighton Core’s recent Nature Genetics article, a new grant awarded to Assoc. Prof. Kenneth Campellone, the 2014 Khairallah Symposium, and the accomplishments of MCB Honors undergraduate Sonya Haupt, SB3 graduate student Jason Pattis, and Prof. David Goldhamer.
Associate Professor Nathan Alder has been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from National Institutes of Health for his project, “Investigation of the Subunit and Lipid Interactions of the Mitochondrial Protein Import Machinery.”
This research will focus on the molecular mechanisms by which the TIM23 complex mediates the transport of nuclear-encoded proteins into mitochondria using a host of biochemical, biophysical, and structural approaches.