Associate Professor Jonathan Klassen Receives Funding from UConn’s Research Excellence Program (REP)

August 9, 2022

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) announced that Dr. Klassen’s proposal entitled "Who is Protecting Whom? Defining Defensive Roles in a Multipartite Symbiosis" has been selected for funding of $50,000.

The goal of the OVPR’s Research Excellence Program is to provide seed funding to fuel innovative research, scholarship and creative endeavors that have strong potential for

  • Significant extramural funding from federal and state sponsors, corporations, industry partners, and foundations.
  • Achievements consistent with the highest standards of accomplishment in the discipline.

This is a Multi-PI, interdisciplinary award. Co-PI is Dr. Marcy Balunas, Associate Professor in Medicinal Chemistry, Associate Professor in Chemistry

Inaugural MCB Department Head Distinguished Service Award

July 11, 2022

The MCB Department is pleased to announce that the inaugural MCB Department Head Distinguished Service Award has been awarded to Katie Kyle for her efforts over the past few years on behalf of MCB. This award can be used to support research.

An Experimental Treatment Failed in Mice, and Researchers Did the Right Thing: They Published About It

June 20, 2022

The knowledge could help steer scientists toward more promising approaches.

UConn Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology David Goldhamer, Alexion Pharmaceuticals researcher Jeffrey Hunter, and colleagues worked for years to discover a potential antibody therapy for FOP using accurate genetic mouse models of the disease developed by the two groups. The idea was that the antibody would block the mutant receptor and prevent the responsible stem cells from making new bone. But the results were exactly the opposite.

See story in UConn Today 

Graf Receives 2022 CLAS Faculty Mentoring Award

May 25, 2022

Joerg Graf has been awarded the CLAS 2022 Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Award. The Faculty Mentoring Awards recognize faculty who demonstrate exemplary support, encouragement, and the creation of opportunities to enrich the learning and professional development of others. Awards are given in three categories each year: mentoring of faculty, mentoring of graduate students, and mentoring of undergraduate students.