Researchers at UConn’s Institute for Systems Genomics are assembling a detailed map of the horseshoe crab’s DNA. Led by Geneticist Rachel O’Neil
Horseshoe Crabs: How Did They Get an Exception?
March 4, 2019
‘Skype A Scientist’ Program Combats Fake News Through Public Education
March 1, 2019
Non-Coding Doesn’t Mean Non-Functioning
February 8, 2019
Click for full article regarding Dr. Leighton Core’s $2 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Dr. Graf Elected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology
January 29, 2019
Click for full article regarding Dr. Joerg Graf’s election into the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology.
A Little Squid Sheds Light on Evolution with Bacteria
January 17, 2019
Click for full article on Dr. Spencer Nyholm’s study which sequences the genome of the Hawaiian bobtail squid.
Good Bacteria, Bad Bacteria: Uncovering How the Microbiome Supports Health
December 27, 2018
Click for full article on Dr. Nichole Broderick’s NHI grant supporting her study of the microbiome.
MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Winter Courses
December 19, 2018
Exciting opportunities offered through the MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program Winter Session 2019. Hands on training on state-of-the-art instruments through short, intense modular training courses. This winter we will be offering two modules. Open to graduate and undergraduate students with the required prerequisites. (more…)
Dr. Rachel O’Neill and graduate student, Kate Castellano, spent two weeks with a team of researchers from Woods Hole, OceanX, and NASA aboard the Alucia research vessel.
December 17, 2018
With the help of an underwater submersible, they were able sequence the DNA of coral ecosystems thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean; in the protected Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, 130 miles off the coast of Massachusetts.
Click here for the full National Geographic article.
Dr. Gogarten is featured in a newly published book
November 26, 2018
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Open in new tab MCB Welcomed Dr. Raja Jothi, from NIH, at this year’s Khairallah Symposium
October 29, 2018
