The mission of MCB is to understand fundamental biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels across all domains of life. We accomplish this through research, classroom teaching, and laboratory training directed at promoting the intellectual curiosity and critical thinking of individuals at all career levels including undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, research staff members, and faculty.
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- Summer ’24 Doctoral Dissertation Award AnnouncementCongratulations to Alyssa Coulter, Ryan Drennan, Jacob Kellermeier, Nadine Lebek and Michelle Neitzey on their Summer '24 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Awards from the Graduate School!Posted on April 16, 2024
- MCB Grad Student Appreciation WeekOn Monday, 4/8, the MCB Department celebrated UConn's Grad Appreciation Week with Dairy Bar ice cream! It was a beautiful day to be outside and enjoy each other's company along with the ice cream. Thank you MCB Graduate students for all you do!Posted on April 10, 2024
- MCB DEI Seminar and Workshop with B. Chad Starks a SuccessThe MCB DEI Committee recently welcomed Dr. B. Chad Starks, CEO and Founder of BCS & Associates for a special seminar and workshop. Dr. B. Chad Starks is a writer, speaker, and educator with over 20 years of experience working with universities, research institutions, and organizations to provide training on issues of social justice and […]Posted on April 8, 2024
- Goldhamer Lab Receives Grant from Alexion PharmaceuticalsDr. David Goldhamer and Alexion Pharmaceuticals have established a collaborative research agreement under the company’s Discovery Partnerships Program to investigate mechanisms of impaired regeneration in models of muscle degenerative disease.Posted on April 2, 2024
- 2024 MCB Summer Fellowship AwardsThe UConn Department of Molecular and Cell Biology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 graduate and undergraduate student summer fellowships. These distinguished fellowships are made possible by some very generous donors and are offered on a competitive basis to the most highly qualified students. Congratulations to all the awardees! Claire M. Berg Graduate Fellowship […]Posted on April 1, 2024
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Upcoming Events
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Apr
24
MCB Dissertation Defense: Lorraine Burdick 10:00am
MCB Dissertation Defense: Lorraine Burdick
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
10:00 AM
BPB 131
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Announces the
Oral Dissertation Defense for the Doctoral Degree
Lorraine Burdick
B.S. University of Connecticut
Investigating the Developmental Fate of Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors in Mouse Models of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
10:00 AM
BPB 131
Webex Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/lna09001
Major Advisor: David Goldhamer
Associate Advisor: Charles Giardina
Associate Advisor: Leighton Core
Examiner: Lawrence Silbart
Examiner: Caroline Dealy
Link to Current Draft of Dissertation
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Cb4h7YolwT3UbVc4Um7_yzmNh9aMCT0zxS7b0y74Qc/edit?usp=sharing
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Apr
24
MCB 1201 Virus Hunting: Applied Bioinformatics Student Poster Symposium 1:30pm
MCB 1201 Virus Hunting: Applied Bioinformatics Student Poster Symposium
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
BPB Lobby
Undergraduate researchers share their computational explorations of the molecular parasites that invade bacterial viruses
This year the students’ research focused on inteins in actinophages.
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Apr
26
MCB Research in Progress: McDermott and Samuelson 12:20pm
MCB Research in Progress: McDermott and Samuelson
Friday, April 26th, 2024
12:20 PM
Biology/Physics Building
Tyler McDermott, Mellone Lab
Consequences of Activating a Retroelement Enriched at Fruit Fly Centromeres
Kaylah Samuelson, Hanlon Lab
Elucidating the role of Polo kinase activity and regulation in meiotic drive of the B chromosomes in D. melanogaster
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Apr
26
All Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium 1:30pm
All Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, April 26th, 2024
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM
TLS 111
All Biology Undergraduate Symposium
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Apr
29
MCB Dissertation Defense: Corey Theodore 1:00pm
MCB Dissertation Defense: Corey Theodore
Monday, April 29th, 2024
01:00 PM
ESB 121
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Announces the
Oral Dissertation Defense for the Doctoral Degree
Corey Theodore
B.S. Curry College
Cytoskeletal Control of Autophagosome Turnover and Lysosome Integrity
Monday, April 29, 2024
1:00 PM
ESB 121
Major Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Campellone
Associate Advisor: Dr. Adam Zweifach
Associate Advisor: Dr. David Goldhamer
Examiner: Dr. Nathan Alder
Examiner: Dr. Juliet Lee
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Recent Publications
Gogarten Lab:
Neighboring inteins interfere with one another's homing capacity
PNAS Nexus
Lynes Lab:
Extracellular metallothionein as a therapeutic target in the early progression of Type 1 Diabetes
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Lynes Lab:
Stress biology: Complexity and multifariousness in health and disease
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Teschke Lab:
Bacteriophage P22 SieA-mediated superinfection exclusion
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Goldhamer Lab:
Sex as a critical variable in basic and pre-clinical studies of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Biomolecules
May Lab:
Curvature sensing lipid dynamics in a mitochondrial inner membrane model.
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Heaslip Lab:
F-actin and myosin F control apicoplast elongation dynamics which drive apicoplast-centrosome association inToxoplasma gondii
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