A review paper entitled “Dense granule biogenesis, secretion and function in Toxoplasma gondii” was published in a special issue of Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. The paper is authored by graduate students Michael Griffith and Camille Pearce, Heaslip Lab. An image from the lab was featured on the cover, top right image.
MCB News
“Biking and eating is fun!” MCB PhD Student Geno Villafano’s Adventures
Road Eats: When this Ph.D. student isn’t working in a genomics lab, he’s biking — and finding some truly wild things on the side of the road. (And, often, eating them!) See story in UConn Today
MCB Major, Tamborra-Walton Invited to the 2nd Annual BIG EAST Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
Teresa Tamborra-Walton, an MCB major and senior undergraduate research student in the Lynes laboratory, has been selected to represent the University of Connecticut at the second annual BIG EAST Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. Her work was chosen to represent the best of student research being done across all disciplines including natural sciences, physical sciences, social […]
Maltz-Matyschysk, Graf, Lynes Receive NIH Award
Michele Maltz-Matyschsyk, Joerg Graf, and Michael Lynes recently received an NIH award to support their work to define biomarker signatures of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C, an adverse effect of SARS-CoV2 infection). They will be working together with a consortium of other universities and research institutes in Connecticut and New York. Their work will measure multiple protein […]
Alder Awarded Reinhard-Frank Foundation Grant
Nathan Alder, along with collaborator Doron Rapaport from the University of Tübingen (Germany), has received an award from the Reinhard-Frank Foundation for research on mitochondria-targeted bioactive compounds. Support from this foundation is designed to advance novel research that builds upon existing research strengths and promotes sustained partnership between participating institutions. The supported research will explore […]
May and Alder Receive Collaborative NIH Grant with Johns Hopkins University
Nathan Alder and Eric May have been awarded an R01 grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) as co-investigators on a project led by Steve Claypool at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The project, entitled “An intimate and multifaceted partnership: cardiolipin and the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier” (R01HL165729), is a […]
Lee, Nyholm and Zweifach Receive SFF Awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research provides financial support up to $2,000 to faculty across all disciplines, on a competitive basis, to promote, support, and enhance the research, scholarship and creative endeavors of faculty at UConn. The Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SFF) is designed to assist faculty in the initiation, completion, or advancement of […]
New Publication from the Campellone Lab
Genomic instability caused by Arp2/3 complex inactivation results in micronucleus biogenesis and cellular senescence. Haarer EL, Theodore CJ, Guo S, Frier RB, and Campellone KG. PLoS Genetics 2023. 19(1):e1010045. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010045.
New Publication from the Nyholm Lab
“Failure To Launch”: Development of a Reproductive Organ Linked to Symbiotic Bacteria. McAnulty SJ, Kerwin AH, Koch E, Nuttall B, Suria AM, Collins AJ, Schleicher TR, Rader BA, Nyholm SV. mBio. 2023 Jan 19:e0213122. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02131-22. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36656023 https://journals.asm.org/eprint/YGSCY7MQHFMPVZJSNK7A/full
MCB Fall ’22 Graduate Travel Award Announced
MCB Department Head, Carol Teschke, recently announced that Patrick Grady has been awarded the Fall ’22 MCB Graduate Travel Award in recognition of his outstanding graduate seminar. This bi-annual award provides support to students for conference attendance to enrich their graduate program study and is offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified […]