Professor Hallie Krider, a former member of the MCB faculty, passed away at his home in Arizona on May 31.  A Wisconsin native, Hallie received his PhD in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1971 and began working at UConn in the Genetics and Cell Biology section of the former Biological Sciences Group.  […]

It was a beautiful weekend as MCB’s Undergraduate and Graduate students celebrated commencement this past weekend. If you have additional photos, please share! They can be sent to susan.vining@uconn.edu and we will include them here.

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at the Biology Undergraduate Commencement Reception: Margaret F. Ertman Award – Katie Mercado Connecticut Museum of Natural History Award – Crystal Zhu Outstanding Senior in EEB Award – Charlotte Meinitsky Outstanding Senior in MCB Award – Ryan Frier Outstanding Senior in PNB Award – MacKenna Rook Excellence […]

The inaugural Graduate Student Research Symposium Poster Competition was held on April 23, 2025.   MCB is proud to share that Carol Vieira Da Silva (Milligan-McClellan Lab) and Sarah Pasqualetti (Milligan-McClellan Lab) each placed first in their categories. (Carol in cognition, health and medicine & Sarah and economy, energy and environment). Top category winners went on […]

Join us in congratulating next year’s elected board members! President: Josette Nammour Vice President: Paul Braymen Treasurer: Danielle Arsenault Secretary: Lianna Wagner Outreach Coordinator: Shania Kalladanthyil DEIC Facilitator: Katherine Fleck DEI Grad Rep.: Mullein Francis Senator: Nadia Upah Visit GO:MCB website

The 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Awards were announced and 15 out of 46 awardees are MCB students! These UConn students were selected from a strong group of applicants representing diverse areas of academic inquiry. Thank you to the research advisors and other faculty members who supported SURF applicants, to the faculty who served […]

Each year, the University of Connecticut proudly recognizes faculty members across our campuses who have earned promotion and/or tenure. These decisions reflect the exceptional contributions our faculty make through their teaching, research, mentorship, and service to the university and the broader community. Promotion and tenure mark important milestones in a faculty member’s academic journey, affirming […]

Congratulations to Heather Jamieson (Goldhamer Lab), who won first place in the poster competition at the Northeastern Society for Developmental Biology Conference that was held at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA on April 25-27, 2025.

The 11th Annual Undergraduate Research Colloquium in Molecular and Cell Biology took place on April 15 and 18, 2025. We received a record number of entries this year with a total of 14 participants. The top three presenters are 1st, Ryan Frier (Actin nucleation factors maintain genomic integrity and ​promote mitotic fidelity); 2nd, Erica Lavoie […]

A UConn molecular and cell biology assistant professor appeared on the game show on April 1 April 9, 2025 | Mike Enright ’88 (CLAS), University Communications An assistant professor from Storrs, Connecticut…..Kristen Ramsey.” Those were the words of Johnny Gilbert, the famed announcer of Jeopardy!, on April 1 as the UConn molecular and cell biology assistant professor […]