Charles Bourque PhD FCAHS FRSC
James McGill Professor,
Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery,
McGill University,
Montreal QC, Canada

Talk Title:

“Bidirectional links between the circadian clock and homeostatic circuits maintaining body hydration”

Host: Dr. Alexander Jackson

Using the past to predict the future.

Seminar shared with Matt Opel.

(Contact host for link)

UConn's living library of plants.

Seminar shared with Eric Kuprewicz.

Contact host for link to attend.

MCB 2021 PhD Recruitment

This week's Grad Research Seminar will take place at the usual time, 12:20 pm as part of the 2021 Grad Recruitment. Speakers will be Jacob Kellermeier, Heaslip Lab, Jen Podgorski, White Lab, Matt Kearney, M. O’Neill Lab and Beth Herder, Hird Lab.

The link to the seminars is:
https://totalwebcasting.com/view/?func=VOFF&id=uconn&date=2021-02-05&seq=1

Alan K Howe, PhD
Professor, Dept of Pharmacology and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Hosted by Juliet Lee

"Motile & Metabolic Signaling from the Mechanical Microenvironment"

As cells move, they sense the mechanical properties of their surroundings and use that information to maintain or change their direction. In this talk, you’ll hear about recent investigations of second-messenger and energy-sensing signaling pathways through which migrating cells respond to changes in their mechanical microenvironment.

To learn more about Dr Howe and his work visit https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31721649/

Dr. Howe's Lab: https://www.uvm.edu/~howelab/

Seminar Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/webappng/sites/uconnvtc/meeting/download/73b0482edc2d4296b538911b3923d6f4?siteurl=uconnvtc&MTID=mf888e1957a812a5c6b3968a2580b5f42

Women in Science, an organization dedicated to discussion and support of issues relevant to graduate and postgraduate women in academic life sciences, is meeting virtually Wednesday February 10 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. We are hoping to check in with everyone at the beginning of this semester!

Feel free to drop in or out depending on your schedule!

Here is the WebEx link to access the discussion: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/smh15104

Hope to see you there and please let anyone know who may be interested!

Dr. Mark Andermann, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,
Dept. of Medicine,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Boston, MA


Talk Title:

“Estimation of Current and Future Physiological States in Insular Cortex”

Host: Dr. Natale Sciolino

This week in Cell Biology Journal Club, Faith Jano will lead a discussion of "
Anti-Aging Potentials of Methylene Blue for Human Skin Longevity
a” by Xiong et al., 2017.
https://mcb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2341/2021/02/Xiong-et-al-2017.pdf

Please feel free to join us online, Thursday, 12:00-1:00pm, on Blackboard Collaborate:
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/99f88df194464b529a87d4b6dd4614c9

MCB Department Faculty Meeting

Brandon O’Sullivan will present a preprint:
“Impact of South African 501.V2 Variant on SARS-CoV-2 Spike Infectivity and Neutralization: A Structure-based Computational Assessment”
Feel free to pass it on to others.
Best,
Joerg

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Christopher Mazzone, Ph.D.,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Neurobiology Laboratory,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
Research Triangle Park, NC

Talk Title: “Against the grain: how high-fat food alters neural regulation of feeding.”

Host: Dr. Natale Sciolino

Luke Wojenski, Core Lab

Hosted by Helen Edwards

'Regulation of distinct transcription profiles during cell cycle progression"

Seminar Link:
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/fd10e8a3885c470683f2410ee89de94a

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut


Announces the

Related Proposal for the Doctoral Degree

Emily P. Fuller

B.S. University of New Haven

“SpliceAbs: Bridging the Gap Between Transcriptomics and Proteomics for Alternatively Spliced Isoforms”


Monday, February 22, 2021
9:00 AM

Zoom Virtual Seminar

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89345020314?pwd=NG54eHdUemxkcEdGOUVDOGp0QTNydz09
Meeting ID: 893 4502 0314
Passcode: 16w2t8

Major Advisor: Dr. Rachel J. O’Neill

Associate Advisor: Dr. Judy Brown

Associate Advisor: Dr. Ken Campellone

Associate Advisor: Dr. Leighton Core

Associate Advisor: Dr. Barbara Mellone

Angie Casale will present “Neutralising antibodies in Spike mediated SARS-CoV-2 adaptation”. This article follows the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an immune suppressed individual treated with convalescent plasma.

https://mcb.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2341/2021/02/Kemp.pdf

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Sophie Colston, PhD ('16)
Research Biologist/Microbiologist
U.S. Naval Research Lab

Hosted by Joerg Graf

"Field forward sequencing in naval environments"

Summary: The U.S. Navy operates within diverse environments that spans both maritime operating areas and shore installations including deployed ships, hospitals, overseas medical research units, and emergent field laboratories. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has supported a number of research initiatives within these sites, including the employment of multi-omic approaches and analysis of the information gleaned from next-generation, high-throughput sequencing data such as genomics/metagenomics and transcriptomics to characterize discrete microorganisms or mixed microbial communities. In an effort to complement and expand current technologies and capabilities, NRL has taken advantage of the MinION’s portability and real-time data acquisition to facilitate sequencing in austere, non-traditional lab settings and/or in scenarios that require rapid responses.

About Dr. Colston: Following the completion of her BA at Boston University in 2000, she served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy for 8 years. After receiving her PhD from UConn in 2016, she was a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at NRL for 3 years and became a full-time federal employee in June 2020.

To learn more about Dr. Colston's work visit
https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Our-Work/Areas-of-Research/Biomolecular-Science-Engineering/

Seminar Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/webappng/sites/uconnvtc/meeting/download/73b0482edc2d4296b538911b3923d6f4?siteurl=uconnvtc&MTID=mf888e1957a812a5c6b3968a2580b5f42

Todd Testerman, Graf Lab

Hosted by: Victoria Fisher

"Biofilm Bouncers: Native Aquaculture Bacteria with Broad Range Pathogen-Inhibiting Activity"

Seminar Link: https://us.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/guest/fd10e8a3885c470683f2410ee89de94a