Author: Vining, Susan

Undergraduate honors student Pat Lenehan, conducting research in the laboratory of professor Barbara Mellone, is named Barry H. Goldwater scholar

Patrick J. Lenehan ’15 (CLAS), an honors student from Cheshire, Conn., is currently conducting research with Barbara Mellone, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology, on proteins and the formation of centromeres and kinetochores in Drosophila. He has also worked in the lab of Rajeswari Kasi, associate professor of chemistry, investigating the use of high-molecular […]

Dr. Strausbaugh’s “Genome Research on Mouth Fungi May Help Predict Infections” is featured in UCONN Today

Genome Research on Mouth Fungi May Help Predict Infections Using a novel genome-based approach, researchers in UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of Dental Medicine have identified and described the community of fungi that lives in an average healthy person’s mouth. The findings will eventually help medical professionals better understand, treat, and […]