The other three awardees are from MIT (one in Chemical Engineering and one from the Department of Chemistry), and one from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry. The award will be presented at the ACS annual meeting in New Orleans this March 2018.
MCB News
Congratulations to Rachel O’Neill, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, on her appointment as Director of the Institute for Systems Genomics (ISG).
The ISG was founded to facilitate and expand genomic research at UConn and has recently celebrated its 5th year at a symposium which featured, among other renown genomicists, Eric Greene, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute as the keynote speaker. Dr. O’Neill is a genomicist studying how genomes of diverse organisms maintain their […]
Check out the construction progress of the new Engineering Science Building (ESB)!
MCB Professional Science Master’s Winter Courses
Exciting opportunities offered through the MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program Winter Session 2018.
Congratulations to Prof. Ken Noll, who has been awarded the 2017 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Public Engagement in the Tenure Track Faculty member category!
Ken will be recognized, along with the other award recipients, at the Excellence in Public Engagement Reception on Tuesday, November 14th.
MCB Major, Brian Aguilera, took part in the new Health Research Program!
Aguilera was selected to work in the lab of assistant professor Mallika Ghosh in the Center for Vascular Biology at UConn Health, where he studied the protein enzyme CD13 and its effects on the formation of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs),
Check out our new Professional Master’s Program in Applied Biochemistry and Cell Biology!
Sarah McAnulty’s Skype a Scientist program is a huge success!
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Congratulations to Michael Lynes who was recently elected as a fellow of the Cell Stress Society International for his work on metallothionein and its role in stress-mediated immunomodulation!
Congratulations to Carolyn Teschke, who was awarded the Alice C. Evans award by the American Society of Microbiology!
ASM recognizes contributions toward the full participation and advancement of women in microbiology. This award was established by the ASM’s Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology, and is given in memory of Alice C. Evans, the first woman to be elected ASM President in 1928.