“Failure To Launch”: Development of a Reproductive Organ Linked to Symbiotic Bacteria. McAnulty SJ, Kerwin AH, Koch E, Nuttall B, Suria AM, Collins AJ, Schleicher TR, Rader BA, Nyholm SV. mBio. 2023 Jan 19:e0213122. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02131-22. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36656023 https://journals.asm.org/eprint/YGSCY7MQHFMPVZJSNK7A/full
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MCB Fall ’22 Graduate Travel Award Announced
MCB Department Head, Carol Teschke, recently announced that Patrick Grady has been awarded the Fall ’22 MCB Graduate Travel Award in recognition of his outstanding graduate seminar. This bi-annual award provides support to students for conference attendance to enrich their graduate program study and is offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified […]
Hanlon Lab Publication “When it comes to genetics, cheaters do prosper”
Hanlon, S.L., Larracuente, A.M. When it comes to genetics, cheaters do prosper. Chromosome Res 30, 137–139 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-022-09705-5 Part of the Special Issue on “Non-Mendelian Inheritance and Meiotic Drive” co-edited by S.L. Hanlon and A.M. Larracuente.
Antonio H. and Marjorie J. Romano Graduate Education Fund Helps Microbiology Students so they can Continue their Research in the Summer.
Marjorie “Jean” Romano ’77 MA wanted to both honor her late husband and support graduate students conducting summer research. So, she decided to set up a bequest that will supplement a scholarship that she and her husband, Antonio, a UConn biology professor and CLAS dean, established several years ago. Her planned gift will support the […]
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Anna Tarakanova
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 03:30 PM – 04:30 PMBPB 130 Dr. Anna Terakanova Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut Host: Eric May Molecular computation for bioengineering The rapid development of high-performance computing has enabled unprecedented advances in the mechanistic understanding of molecular biomaterials. We direct the power of our “computational microscope” […]
Paul L. Drotch Undergraduate Biology Scholarship Competition is OPEN
Scholarships of $1000 or more are offered in memory of Lt. Paul L. Drotch, class of 1957. This competition is open to UConn undergraduates in Biology, including Biological Sciences, EEB, MCB, PNB and Structural Biology & Biophysics who have demonstrated both financial need and outstanding scholarship, and who have completed a minimum of 3 and […]
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Andy Moeller
Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM BPB 130 Dr. Andy Moeller. Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Host: Sarah Hird “Host-species specificity in the mammalian gut microbiota” Dr. Moeller is an evolutionary biologist interested in symbiosis, particularly host-microbe relationships. All multicellular eukaryotes serve as habitats for microbial lineages, […]
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Takashi Akera
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM BPB 130 Dr. Takashi Akera National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/NIH Host: Barbara Mellone Join us at 3:15 in the BPB lobby for refreshments, Seminar begins at 3:30 The impact of genetic cheating on reproduction and speciation Summary: Dr. Akera will talk about two unpublished […]
MCB Assistant Professor Milligan-McClellan Receives Science Diversity Leadership Award
MCB Assistant Professor Kat Milligan-McClellan has been awarded a Science Diversity Leadership Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). The award is a result of a partnership between CZI and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Science Diversity Leadership Program. The program aims to recognize and further the leadership of excellent biomedical researchers […]
Carolyn Teschke Embraces Multidisciplinary Approach to Biology
New head of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology explains the complexities of the evolving field — and why well-trained scientists are in high demand. Read full article in UConn Today