Rachel O’Neill, MCB Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and director of UConn’s Institute for Systems Genomics, and her lab are contributing to a groundbreaking new ruminant genome sequencing effort. See full story in UConn Today

MCB Graduate Stephanie Schofield, (’23 CLAS), Among Ten UConn Fulbright Recipients for 2023-24 2024 SURF Awards Keertana Chagari ’25 (Molecular and Cell Biology, CLAS) Project Title: Reproducible Bioinformatic Workflows to Produce Diploid Phased Eukaryotic Genome Assemblies Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Wegrzyn, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Peter Fatzinger ’26 (Molecular and Cell Biology, CLAS) Project Title: […]

Fall 2023 MCB Graduate Travel Award Josette Nammour received the Fall award in recognition of their 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 student. 2024 MCB Summer Fellowship Awards Claire M. […]

UConn researchers helped complete nationwide effort to understand ape genome. Tor the first time, researchers have assembled a complete “end-to-end” reference genome for the sex chromosomes of five great ape species and one lesser ape species. The findings shed light on the evolution of sex chromosomes and inform understanding of diseases related to genes on these chromosomes in both apes and humans.

GO:MCB has announced the results of the 24-25 e-board election.

EAGR Program Director, Kenneth Campellone is pleased to announce that six undergraduate students have been named as 2024 scholars. Bailey Millis, Kelsey Gorgei, Emily Szydlo, Elizabeth Parkerson, Milad Zameeri, and RoseMina Notch will participate in an immersive, hands-on Summer research program in Geroscience research labs at UConn and UConn Health. The UConn Undergraduate Education in […]

The Santiago-Martinez lab uses modern approaches to investigate ancient things. -by Stacey Hanlon Cellular life on Earth can be classified into one of three domains: Eukarya (Eukaryota), Bacteria, and Archaea. Though most of us are familiar with species that fall into the Eukaryota and Bacteria domains, those belonging to the Archaea domain are often ignored […]

In science, there are often times when art and data are indistinguishable. To showcase the beauty of the Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) Department’s research and the creativity of its members, we are proud to introduce the first Picturing MCB Image Competition! Anyone associated with the MCB Department may submit an unlimited number of entries […]

The All-Biology Colloquium was held with great success on Friday, April 26, 2024. The Colloquium showcased undergraduate research occurring in the three Biology departments at UConn. Award winners were celebrated at a reception prior to the graduation ceremonies on May 5. Congratulations to these exceptional students! Biology Director’s Award: Carrie Epstein (PNB) and Alana Grant […]