Dr. Abbott was nominated by students and recommended by them as well. In his official capacity as an advisor, he advises some Honor students, and is the faculty Predental advisor.  In his unofficial capacity, he advises a large contingent of Biology 1107 students.

Join us March 26, 2018 for a special seminar from Dr. Arturo Casadevall. Seminar title: Crisis in biomedical sciences, time for reform?” 4pm, BPB 131. Reception to follow.

Victoria Robinson, Ph.D., an associate professor in UConn’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, has received a promising project award from the UConn/Yale PITCH program to study a novel way of inhibiting bacterial activity and survival in hosts. (more…)

UConn has been selected to join the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program in the 11th cohort of schools. MCB faculty Carol Teschke, Simon White, Peter Gogarten and Noah Reid applied to be part of the program, in which first or second year undergraduates participate in a two-semester, discovery-based undergraduate research course that begins with simple digging in the soil to find new bacterial viruses, but progresses through a variety of microbiology techniques and eventually to complex genome annotation and bioinformatic analyses.

Former MCB post-doc in the Teschke Lab, Dr. Juliana Cortines, now Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Microbiology Institute, Virology Department, has received a Fulbright Fellowship to come back to UConn next academic year for Research and Teaching. She will be working in Dr. Teschke’s lab on characterizing a giant virus called Samba virus.

Dr. Malone is part of the delegation of the Global Young Academy and UNESCO and has contributed to development of the concept note for SD17: The use of science, technology, and innovations in facilitating youth engagement, development, and resilience. Dr. Malone will participate in the panel discussions both days.

The forum (The role of youth in building sustainable and resilient urban and rural communities) will provide a platform for youth to engage government representatives, policymakers, and stakeholders in civil society and the private sector to generate new ideas for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. He will represent the The Global Young Academy (GYA) and North America at the United Nations, 30-31 January 2018, and outline how biological and molecular science can be used to create opportunity and ensure that science as a profession is an attractive option for youth worldwide. These ideas will contribute to SDG17: The use of science, technology, and innovations in facilitating youth engagement, development, and resilience.

The “Partnership for Innovation and Education” project will integrate educational endeavors of a number of Connecticut academic institutions with the goal of educating and training students for careers in biotechnology. A major benefit of the program is the availability of financial support for internships (30-40 in total), which will facilitate student training and provide important assistance to start-up companies in the state. The MCB PSM programs acknowledge Dr. Caroline Dealy (UConn Health) for spearheading this effort, as well as for her long-term support of the MCB PSM programs.