Open to undergraduate students from all of the University’s schools and colleges, the University Scholar Program allows students to design and pursue an in-depth research or creative project and to craft a learning plan that supports their interests and academic goals during their final three semesters. Each student is mentored by an advisory committee of […]

Roshni Mehta has been awarded the 2022 Excellence in Applied Genetics and Technology Award. Each year UConn’s Center for Applied Genetics and Technology of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences sponsors the award that is given to an outstanding graduating senior who has conducted original research in applied genetics/genomics using an innovative technology or […]

Lauren Daddi has been awarded the 2022 MCB Outstanding Senior Award. The Outstanding Senior in MCB Award is awarded to a MCB or Biological Sciences major who has demonstrated exceptional academic and research accomplishment within the MCB department during her or his undergraduate career. Identification of ciprofloxacin resistance factors via in vivo evolution of Aeromonas […]

Congratulations to Shell Chen (Stacey Hanlon lab), Hamza Kasanga (Jonathan Klassen lab), and Harpreet Kaur (Charlie Giardina lab) The Judith A. and David C. Kelly Summer MCB Research Fellowship program will support these three rising senior MCB majors in their research activities in an MCB Faculty laboratory during the summer of 2022.  

Congratulations to the following MCB Undergrads that have been awarded Spring 2022 UConn IDEA Grant Recipients! Ananya Aggarwal ’24, Molecular and Cell Biology, CLAS Synthesizing Cisplatin Loaded Nanoparticles for the Intraperitoneal Treatment of Ovarian Cancer Nour Al Zouabi ’23, Molecular and Cell Biology & IMJR: Rights, Health, and Refugees, CLAS Refugees’ Post-Resettlement Barriers to Accessing […]

Congratulations to Leighton Core, promotion to Associate Professor Thomas Abbott, promotion to Associate Professor In-Residence David Daggett, promotion to Associate Professor In-Residence Patricia Rossi, promotion to Associate Professor In-Residence Evaluations for promotion, tenure, and reappointment apply the highest standards of professional achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service for each faculty member evaluated.  

Summer Fellowship Awards Claire M. Berg Graduate Fellowship in Genetics Sophia Gosselin, Michelle Neitzey Arthur Chovnick Graduate Fellowship in Genetics Bryce Santinello Richard C. Crain, Jr. Memorial Fellowship JD Tamucci Cross-Disciplinary Fellowship in MCB and Pharmaceutical Sciences Katie Kyle Dr. Edward A. and Dr. Lamia H. Khairallah Graduate Fellowship Karishma Dhuri, Shipra Malik, SooWan Lee […]

Kenneth Noll’s career at UConn began in 1990.  He received his doctoral degree working with Ralph Wolfe at the University of Illinois where he identified the elusive “component B” in methanogenesis as 7-mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate.  Component B is essential to the last step in making biogenic methane.  Its characterization was a major advance in understanding the global […]

University Scholars Michelle Antony, Poorna Balakumar, Ashiti Damania, Rayna Esch, Paul Isaac, Alexandra Goldhamer, Sarah San Vicente, Joshua Yu Open to undergraduate students from all of the University’s schools and colleges, the University Scholar Program allows students to design and pursue an in-depth research or creative project and to craft a learning plan that supports […]

        ’21-’22 HIGHLIGHTS Internships During the 2021-2022 academic year, students completed internships at Center for DNA-Guided Medicine; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Yale School of Medicine; UConn Health; Shoreline Biome; and UConn School of Nursing Biobehavioral Laboratory. Recent Graduate Employment  Research Associate, Sensei Biotherapeutics; Quality Control Associate, Moderna; LabCorp Integrated Genetics; Yale School of Medicine; […]