“Centromeres continue to be widely considered the ‘black hole’ of genomics,” says Barbara Mellone, associate professor of molecular and cell biology at UConn and lead author on the study.

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“Why are Squids so Smart? We ask a Squid Nerd”

Congratulations to the following Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Awards recipients for Summer 2019! These UConn students were selected from an exceptionally strong group of applicants. (more…)

UConn student team Tony Patelunas, Josh Schreier, Shankar Kumar, and Sneha Jayaraj,  participated in New York University’s Policy Case Competition (NYUPCC).

The team beat out a field of over 500 students comprising 139 teams from 67 institutions and 6 countries. (more…)

The Molecular and Cell biology is proud to announce that the recipient of the CLAS Faculty Research Excellence Award in the Life and Behavioral Sciences division for this year is Professor David Knecht. (more…)

MCB PSM PIE Fellows Program Workshop I
Beach Hall 204
May 29-31, 2019
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Introduction to Molecular Biology – Partnership in Innovation & Education (PIE) Fellows learn basic molecular biology skills, including (more…)

Exciting opportunities offered through the MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program May Term 2019. (more…)

Human evolution is based on the premise of “survival of the fittest” where the organisms with the genetically encoded characteristics best suited to their environment survive to pass those genes on to their offspring who keep passing that trait on until all members of the population have it. (more…)

MCB Professor Rachel O’Neill Contributed to the Discovery of Two New Species of Deep-Sea Corals During a September 2018 Expedition in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.