The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 graduate and undergraduate student summer fellowships. These distinguished fellowships are made possible by some very generous donors and are offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified students. Please join us in congratulating them on their accomplishments and […]

The Big East Undergraduate Research Symposium was held at Madison Square Garden on March 14, 2026. UConn’s team won top honors and Hailey DeWalt ’26 earned individual honors at the symposium. The molecular and cell biology major took first place in the STEM category for her poster on antimicrobial defense of Hawaiian bobtail squid eggs […]

Professor David Golhamer is one of nine new members from UConn elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE). He is recognized for having achieved a level of scientific distinction through original contributions to science and engineering. See UConn Today – Making CASE: Nine UConn Faculty Inducted into Prestigious Group

The department is excited to announce that seven MCB students have been chosen as 2026 University Scholars! Congratulations to Riddhi Bansal Anna Coulter Rebecca Denhart Shailaja Gillett Anna Johnson Jaclyn Kolor Mackenzie Robillard See the UConn Scholar Program announcement to learn more about the scholars.

Submissions are now being accepted for the 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Colloquium in Molecular and Cell Biology. Graduating senior MCB or Biophysics majors are encouraged to present their research project as a short 15 minute talk. Graduating Biology majors whose project is supervised by an MCB faculty member are also invited to present their work. […]

Current Landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Ed and UConn’s Office for Inclusion and Civil Rights Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 3:30 pm, BPB 130 Kathleen Holgerson MPA Interim Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion UConn Health Office for Diversity and Inclusion Hosted by the MCB Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Current Landscape […]

Adam Zweifach has agreed to serve as head of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology for a five-year term, starting Jan. 1, 2026.  Adam earned his BA in biology from the University of Pennsylvania, his Ph.D. in physiology from Yale University, and completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University. Before joining UConn in 2006, […]

MCB is proud to announce that MCB major Sharva Karthikeyan has received the Paul L. Drotch award for 2025/2026! When Peter Drotch ’64 was 18 his brother Paul Drotch ’57, a U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot, died during a training exercise out of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Lt. Drotch’s A-4 jet, designed to support ground […]

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has launched the Cech Fellows Program, which is a new Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program designed to support rising juniors and seniors who are eager to deepen their engagement in authentic research experiences. Cech Fellows are placed in HHMI laboratories across the US for a 9-week period in the summer, […]

First-year Ph.D. student Rey Carten from the May Lab received an outstanding poster award at the Molecular Biophysics in the Northeast meeting at the University of New Hampshire on October 11, 2025 (mbnmeeting.org). Congratulations to Rey!