MCB Tuesday Seminar Series:
Dr. Clare M. Waterman, Director, Cell and Development Biology Center, National Institute of Health

"Integrating actin and adhesion dynamics in cell migration and innate immunity"

Dr. Waterman pioneered the invention and application of novel quantitative and super-resolution light microscopy methods. She utilized these tools to reveal the
architectural blueprint and dynamics of protein-based nano-machines that selfassemble
in cells to generate, organize, and transmit the forces that drive cell movement, and she defined molecular pathways governing the orchestration of
these protein machines in space and time.

To learn more about Dr. Waterman, visit https://irp.nih.gov/pi/clare-waterman

Abstract: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19575647

Refreshments 3:15, Seminar 3:30

Women in Science, an organization dedicated to discussion and support of issues relevant to graduate and postgraduate women in academic life sciences, is meeting on February 5 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm in BPB 201. We will be discussing Prioritizing Mental Health and organizing for the rest of the semester! Everyone is welcome to attend and feel free to bring lunch!

MCB Graduate Student Recruitment Event

Tom Jarvie, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Shoreline Biome
Seminar attendance is limited to MCB PSM, PM, and Ph.D. students

MCB Graduate Recruitment Event

Please join us for the MCB Research Seminar Series

Presenters will be
Kathleen Kyle, Klassen Lab
Lorraine Apuzzo, Goldhamer Lab
Bryce Santinello, Mellone Lab
Emily Ng, Alder Lab

The monthly lunch reception will be held beforehand starting at 11:30 am in the BPB lobby

Molecular and Cell Biology
Genetics & Genomics Faculty Search Seminar
Refreshments at 3:15, Seminar at 3:30

GO:MCB will be hosting our first coffee hour of the semester this week on Valentine's Eve: Thursday, Feb. 13th, from 9:45-10:45am in BPB 201! We will have Starbucks coffee and donuts from Dunks (and maybe some bagels if I can find some)!

Please come by and hangout, caffeinate, and start your morning off right with a donut sugar-rush.

Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Announces the

Related Proposal for the Doctoral Degree of

Savannah J. Klein

Investigating the role of transcriptionally active retroelements in
human neocentromere assembly and function

Major Advisor: Dr. Rachel O’Neill
Associate Advisor: Dr. Barbara Mellone
Associate Advisor: Dr. Michael O’Neill
Associate Advisor: Dr. Leighton Core
Associate Advisor: Dr. Judy Brown

Substrates beneath ecosystems: a primer on New England's glacial landscape

Courtney Gunter, M.S., Program Manager, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Seminar attendance is limited to MCB PSM, PM, and Ph.D. students

MCB Research Seminar
Kevin Lee, Klassen Lab

“Microbial Melting Pots:
The Biogeography of a
Fungus-growing Ant Garden”

Gary C. Sieck, Ph.D.,
Professor,
Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,
Rochester, MN

Talk Title:
"Promoting Recovery from Cervical Spinal Cord Injury"

Host: Dr. Daniel Mulkey

What maintains the balanced polymorphism among three male morphs of ruffs?

Molecular and Cell Biology
Genetics & Genomics Faculty Search Seminar
Refreshments at 3:15, Seminar at 3:30

John Kallasay, MBA, Chief Executive Officer and Financial Officer, Bactana Corp and Simon McManus, Ph.D., Head of Research, Bactana Corp

Seminar attendance is limited to MCB PSM, PM, and Ph.D. students

MCB Research Seminar
Amy Thees, Lynes Lab
“Investigating the Role of Bacterial Metallothionein, PmtA, in Human Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa”

Microbiology
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut

Announces the Oral Dissertation Defense for the Doctoral Degree of Rebecca Bova

B.S. The Pennsylvania State University, 2012

M.S. University of Connecticut, 2017

Characterizing the role BipA plays during cellular adaptation in Escherichia coli

Major Advisor: Dr. David Benson
Associate Advisor: Dr. Victoria Robinson
Associate Advisor: Dr. Daniel Gage
Examiner: Dr. Joerg Graf
Examiner: Dr. Ken Campellone

https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=Bova_Dissertation%20Draft.pdf&p=LuI7TmG7N2Z0jXQJD

Molecular and Cell Biology
Genetics & Genomics Faculty Search Seminar
Refreshments at 3:15, Seminar at 3:30

Andrew Holmes, PhD
Chief,
Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience,
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
Rockville, MD

Talk title:

"Neural circuits mediating socially-learned fear."

Host: Dr. Linnaea Ostroff

Linking macroevolution and ecology using plant-arthropod mutualisms

Molecular and Cell Biology
Genetics & Genomics Faculty Search Seminar
Refreshments at 3:15, Seminar at 3:30

Sarah Wojiski, Ph.D., Director of Education, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Seminar attendance is limited to MCB PSM, PM, and Ph.D. students

MCB Research Seminar

Gabrielle Hartley, R. O'Neill Lab

Lyle King, Campellone Lab