MCB News
NESS Symposium – Registration Deadline Oct 5
The 15th Annual North Eastern Structure Symposium (NESS), to be held on Saturday October 20, 2018 at UConn Health in Farmington, CT. This year’s theme is Biomolecular Design and Structure Prediction. The abstract submission deadline is October 5th. For more information about the meeting and to register, please visit our website at: https://pesb.uconn.edu/ness-18/
Dr. Sarah Hird was a storyteller at the Story Collider event in Hartford
THE STORY COLLIDER PRESENTS: STORIES FROM UCONN SCIENTISTS
Sarah McAnulty was interviewed in Nature Careers!
“The squid biologist connecting schools and scientists worldwide!” Click here for full article.
Congratulations to Sarah McAnulty, who was awarded a $20,000 dissertation fellowship from the American Association of University Women!
The Graf lab published a paper in mBio about how tiny amounts of antibiotics inside the leech lead to patients being infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Press coverage about the publication and its implications: STAT, UConn Today, Youtube video and more!
Thanks to all who came to this year’s All Biology Networking Event!
Dr. Spencer Nyholm’s talk at the Beneficial Microbes Conference in Madison, Wisconsin is on the homepage of sciencenews.org AND Newsweek’s website!
One squid has a unique solution to keep her eggs healthy, according to new research in the Nyholm lab—bacteria and jelly. Click to read more!
Scientists Crack Koala’s Genetic Code
An international team of scientists including UConn genomicist Rachel O’Neill have sequenced the first full koala genome! Click here for full UConn Today article.
June 11, 2018: Dedication of the new Engineering and Science Building
Governor Malloy was enthusiastic about the new Engineering & Science Building and the prospects for its role in the training of new scientists and engineers as well as for its configuration as a cutting edge research facility. The photo shows him speaking at the ribbon cutting for the new building: As part of the Institute […]