MCB Student Cassandra Correa Chosen for 2024 Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program

Cassandra Correa (Lynes Laboratory) has been chosen for the 2024 Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program (https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/high-school-students-and-undergraduates/learn-earn-and-explore), and will be working with Dr. Julia Oh, of the Center for Genomic Medicine in Farmington, CT.  Dr. Oh’s work is focused on the development of microbiome therapeutics to treat human disease.

MCB Graduate Stephanie Schofield, (’23 CLAS), Among Ten UConn Fulbright Recipients for 2023-24

UConn had 10 students named to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in 2023-24, a record-setting number for the school. Among the recipients is Stephanie Schofield (’23 CLAS). Stephanie earned her UConn undergraduate degree in molecular and cell biology with a minor in psychological sciences. She is spending 2023-24 at the Institute of Human Genetics at […]

NEW OPPORTUNITY! Undergraduate Education in Aging & Geroscience Research Program

New paid summer research opportunities at UConn or UConn Health – Education in Aging & Geroscience Research (EAGR) Program. To learn more about becoming an EAGR Scholar, enrolling in geroscience coursework, and applying for funded summer research in labs at UConn and UConn Health, visit https://education-aging-geroscience.research.uconn.edu/ or contact kenneth.campellone@uconn.edu  Sophomores & Juniors Apply Now! Deadline February 19, 2024

Dr. Pallavi Limaye Receives UConn Hartford Fellow Award

The University of Connecticut Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is delighted to announce that Dr. Pallavi Limaye has been selected as the inaugural UConn Hartford Teaching & Learning Equity Faculty Leadership Fellow to start in Spring 2024. This annual fellowship was created by UConn Hartford to contribute to the campus’ commitment to teaching excellence […]

MCB Invites Applications for Summer Fellowships

Announcing the annual competition for our student summer fellowships in MCB. These distinguished fellowships are made possible by very generous donors and are offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified students in MCB.  Additional information about the named fellowships, including short biographies of those they are named in honor of can be viewed on the […]

NEW OPPORTUNITY! Undergraduate Education in Aging & Geroscience Research Program

New paid summer research opportunities at UConn or UConn Health – Education in Aging & Geroscience Research (EAGR) Program. To learn more about becoming an EAGR Scholar, enrolling in geroscience coursework, and applying for funded summer research in labs at UConn and UConn Health, visit https://education-aging-geroscience.research.uconn.edu/ or contact kenneth.campellone@uconn.edu  Deadline January 31, 2024

MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Church

Tuesday, December 5, 3:30 PM, BPB 130 Dr. Michael Church, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stowers Institute for Medical Research Host: Stacey Hanlon Regulating metabolism through control of gene expression Summary: Protein complexes that affect DNA accessibility by sliding/evicting nucleosomes are conserved throughout Eukarya, and play an important role in gene regulation. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, one […]