MCB’s Milligan-McClellan Works to Strengthen Native American and Indigenous Community at UConn

September 29, 2022

Momentum is building around Native American and Indigenous studies and programming at UConn, and new faculty and students are poised to make UConn a New England hub for Native Studies and the broader Indigenous community. See full article in UConn Today

MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Jeremy Rotty

September 21, 2022

Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
BPB 130

Jeremy Rotty, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Uniformed Services University

Host: Ken Campellone

MIRA Award Recipient Jelena Erceg Unfolding the Mysteries of Genome Folding

September 15, 2022

Jelena Erceg is studying the role of parental genome folding during development which could support the development of personalized genome medicine for chromosome-based diseases.
See full story in UConn Today

New Leadership in MCB

September 9, 2022

Dr. Carolyn Teschke has accepted the role of MCB department head and will serve in that position for the next five years. She is joined in the new administrative structure by Dr. Victoria Robinson, who will serve as Associate head for Graduate Research and Education, and Dr. Daniel Gage, who will serve as Associate head for Undergraduate Research and Education.

Dr. Carolyn Teschke, Professor and Department Head

Dr. Victoria Robinson, Associate Professor and Associate Department Head of Graduate Research and Education

Dr. Daniel Gage, Professor and Associate Head of Undergraduate Research and Education

New Publications from Klassen and Milligan-McClellan Labs

Milligan-McClellan KC, Dundore-Arias JP, Klassen JL, Shade A, Kinkel LL, and Wolfe BE. Deciphering the Microbiome: Integrating Theory, New Technologies, and Inclusive Science. 2022 mSystems https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00583-22

Green EA and Klassen JL. Trachymyrmex septentrionalis Ant Microbiome Assembly Is Unique to Individual Colonies and Castes. mSphere 7:00989-21 https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00989

MCB PSM/PM Orientation

September 8, 2022

First and second year students, program directors and one cohort course instructor Charlie Giardina, Vikki Robinson, Joerg Graf, and Clare Melchiorre. The photo was taken in the new MCB PSM seminar and classroom space in TLS. E Mirkin credit.

The MCB Professional Science Master's Program held their Fall Orientation on Thursday, 9/1. The event went well with all students enthusiastic and energetic. Best wishes for a great year!!

MCB Welcomes new Assistant Professor, Michel Santiago-Martinez (Geo)

August 30, 2022

Michel Giovanni Santiago-Martinez (Geo) has joined the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology as an assistant professor. Santiago-Martinez is a microbiologist from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and The Pennsylvania State University. He is interested in the ecophysiology of archaea and anaerobic bacteria, and how energy status influences their ability to resist environmental stress conditions, such as exposure to oxygen and nutritional starvation. His research goal is to understand the function of anaerobic microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles and host-associated microbiomes. He is also interested in bringing up-to-date knowledge of archaea to the classrooms and outreach activities, as well as promoting more inclusive science through mentoring activities and service initiatives.

Alder Collaborates with UConn School of Nursing, Publishes Paper

August 23, 2022

Nathan Alder contributed to a collaborative study led by a group from the UConn School of Nursing that was just published in Developmental Neurobiology. The title is "Associations of Mitochondrial Function, Stress, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Early Life: A Systematic Review"

MCB 2022 Grad Orientation

August 22, 2022

A big welcome to our new grad students!

MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Lawrence David

Please join us for our first MCB Seminar of the semester!

Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

BPB 130
Dr. Lawrence David, Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University

Host: Kat Milligan-McClellan

"Nutrient limitation and the gut microbiome"

Summary: How does diet shape gut microbial ecology across mammals?

Bio: Dr. Lawrence David is an associate professor in Duke University’s Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Interim Director of the Duke Microbiome Center. The David Lab studies relationships between diet, the gut microbiome and human health. The lab is also interested in engineering new tools at the interface of nutrition and microbiology, including building genomic approaches for tracking food intake and microfluidic techniques for high-throughput assay of microbial metabolism. Lawrence was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, and he received a Ph.D. in Computational & Systems Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University. Lawrence has been named one of the 10 Scientists under 40 years old to watch by ScienceNews and his work has been recognized with innovator and investigator awards from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Searle Scholars Program, and the Arnold & Mabel Beckman, Hartwell, Alfred P. Sloan, and Damon Runyon Foundations.

To learn more about Dr. David and his work, view his publication https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-018-0267-7 and visit his website at http://www.ladlab.org

Join us at 3:15 in the BPB lobby for refreshments, Seminar begins at 3:30

Livestream here: https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/2090521/uiconf_id/38934061/entry_id/1_904uedgo/embed/dynamic?

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