Dr. Joerg Graf along with Dr. Matson from Connecticut’s Children Medical Center were interviewed about a collaborative project where they investigate the linkage of stress, nutrition and the microbiome with the neurological development and overall health of premature infants.
Check out our Spring 2016 Seminar Series!
From UConn Today, “Gut Response: Reducing the Stress on Preemies”
In the new study by Xiaomei Cong, associate professor or nursing, and Joerg Graf, professor of molecular and cell biology, fecal samples are collected to study the patient’s microbiome, which may help communicate details that the babies are unable to. Click here to view the full article.
Nichole Broderick and Patricia Rossi’s class “Microbe Hunting: Crowdsourcing the Discovery of New Antibiotics,”
was profiled in the CLAS news section online.
MCB Professional Science Master’s Winter Courses
Exciting opportunities offered through the MCB Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program Winter Session 2016. Hands on training on state-of-the-art instruments through short, intense modular training courses. This winter we will be offering four modules. Open to graduate and undergraduate students with the required prerequisites MCB 5427-01 Introduction to Cell Culture Techniques MCB 5670-01 Operations of […]
Faculty position in Cell and Developmental Biology available in Molecular and Cell Biology.
Click here for a complete position description, details and application instructions.
Carol Teschke and Philip Yeagle have been named as AAAS fellows.
This recognition comes as a result of their sustained and remarkable contributions to their scientific fields of endeavor. Congratulations!! Click here for full article.
A recent manuscript describing work in the Lynes lab has been featured at the online “Atlas of Science”.
This work is related to their ongoing studies that connect the stress response protein Metallothionein to the progression of immune behaviors in the response to infection, inflammation and autoimmune disease. Click here to view the article.
An Undergrad Discovers Some Sticky DNA – and a New Vocation
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected molecular and cell biology major Anne Sung ’16 as a 2015 recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
This fellowship is aimed at highly-competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers in microbiology. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has selected molecular and cell biology major Anne Sung ’16 as a 2015 recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship. This fellowship is aimed at highly-competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers in […]