The UConn Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 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. Congratulations to all the awardees! Claire M. Berg Graduate Fellowship […]
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MCB DEI Committee Presents Special Seminar and Workshop
The MCB DEI committee invites you to attend and participate in a Keynote lecture on April 2 at 3:30 PM in BPB131 and Workshop April 3 at 10 AM in ESB 121. Our speaker is Dr. B. Chad Starks, Founder and CEO of BCS Associates. Dr. B. Chad Starks is a writer, speaker, and educator […]
MCB Student Cassandra Correa Chosen for 2024 Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program
Cassandra Correa (Lynes Laboratory) has been chosen for the 2024 Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program (https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/high-school-students-and-undergraduates/learn-earn-and-explore), and will be working with Dr. Julia Oh, of the Center for Genomic Medicine in Farmington, CT. Dr. Oh’s work is focused on the development of microbiome therapeutics to treat human disease.
MCB Graduate Stephanie Schofield, (’23 CLAS), Among Ten UConn Fulbright Recipients for 2023-24
UConn had 10 students named to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in 2023-24, a record-setting number for the school. Among the recipients is Stephanie Schofield (’23 CLAS). Stephanie earned her UConn undergraduate degree in molecular and cell biology with a minor in psychological sciences. She is spending 2023-24 at the Institute of Human Genetics at […]
MCB Fall 2023 Grad Travel Award
Josette Nammour, Robinson Lab, received the Fall 2023 MCB Travel Award for her Research in Progress seminar entitled Altered Guanine Nucleotide Binding of BipA Negates Actin Pedestal Formation in EHEC. Congratulations to Josette!
MCB Undergrad Research Symposium – Submissions Now Being Accepted!
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium 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 a MCB faculty member are also invited to present their work. If […]
NEW OPPORTUNITY! Undergraduate Education in Aging & Geroscience Research Program
New paid summer research opportunities at UConn or UConn Health – Education in Aging & Geroscience Research (EAGR) Program. To learn more about becoming an EAGR Scholar, enrolling in geroscience coursework, and applying for funded summer research in labs at UConn and UConn Health, visit https://education-aging-geroscience.research.uconn.edu/ or contact kenneth.campellone@uconn.edu Sophomores & Juniors Apply Now! Deadline February 19, 2024
Dr. Pallavi Limaye Receives UConn Hartford Fellow Award
The University of Connecticut Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is delighted to announce that Dr. Pallavi Limaye has been selected as the inaugural UConn Hartford Teaching & Learning Equity Faculty Leadership Fellow to start in Spring 2024. This annual fellowship was created by UConn Hartford to contribute to the campus’ commitment to teaching excellence […]
MCB Invites Applications for Summer Fellowships
Announcing the annual competition for our student summer fellowships in MCB. These distinguished fellowships are made possible by very generous donors and are offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified students in MCB. Additional information about the named fellowships, including short biographies of those they are named in honor of can be viewed on the […]
NEW OPPORTUNITY! Undergraduate Education in Aging & Geroscience Research Program
New paid summer research opportunities at UConn or UConn Health – Education in Aging & Geroscience Research (EAGR) Program. To learn more about becoming an EAGR Scholar, enrolling in geroscience coursework, and applying for funded summer research in labs at UConn and UConn Health, visit https://education-aging-geroscience.research.uconn.edu/ or contact kenneth.campellone@uconn.edu Deadline January 31, 2024