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- MCB DEI Committee Presents Special Seminar and WorkshopThe MCB DEI committee invites you to attend and participate in a Keynote lecture on April 2 at 3:30 PM in BPB131 and Workshop April 3 at 10 AM in ESB 121. Our speaker is Dr. B. Chad Starks, Founder and CEO of BCS Associates. Dr. B. Chad Starks is a writer, speaker, and educator […]Posted on March 19, 2024
- MCB Student Cassandra Correa Chosen for 2024 Jackson Laboratory Summer Student ProgramCassandra 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.Posted on February 22, 2024
- MCB Graduate Stephanie Schofield, (’23 CLAS), Among Ten UConn Fulbright Recipients for 2023-24UConn 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 […]Posted on February 20, 2024
- MCB Fall 2023 Grad Travel AwardJosette Nammour, Robinson Lab, received the Fall 2023 MCB Travel Award for her Research in Progress seminar entitled Altered Guanine Nucleotide Binding of BipA Negates Actin Pedestal Formation in EHEC. Congratulations to Josette!Posted on February 14, 2024
- MCB Spring 2024 Conference Participation Awardees AnnouncedMCB is proud to announce that John Briseno, Nadine Lebek, and Michelle Neitzey have received Spring 2024 Conference Participation Awards from the Graduate School. These awards support doctoral and MFA students’ ability to present their research at national or international meetings and conferences, including both in-person and virtual events.Posted on February 14, 2024
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Upcoming Events
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Mar
29
MCB Research in Progress: Pasqualetti and Kellermeier 12:20pm
MCB Research in Progress: Pasqualetti and Kellermeier
Friday, March 29th, 2024
12:20 PM
Biology/Physics Building
Sarah Pasqualetti, Milligan-McClellan Lab
Characterizing the plastic degrading potential of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) microbiome
Jacob Kellermeier, Heaslip LabMyosin F controls actin organization and dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii
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Apr
1
MCB Dissertation Defense: Jeffrey D. (JD) Tamucci 1:00pm
MCB Dissertation Defense: Jeffrey D. (JD) Tamucci
Monday, April 1st, 2024
01:00 PM
BPB 201
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Announces the
Oral Dissertation Defense for the Doctoral Degree
Jeffrey D. (JD) Tamucci
B.A. Spanish, University of Connecticut
M.P.H., University of ConnecticutComputational Investigation into the Membrane-Mediated Mechanism of Mitochondria-targeted Peptide Therapeutics for Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Monday, April 1, 2024
1:00 PM
BPB 201
Major Advisor: Dr. Eric R. May
Associate Advisor: Dr. Nathan N. Alder
Associate Advisor: Dr. Andrei T. Alexandrescu
Examiner: Dr. Victoria L. Robinson
Examiner: Dr. José A. Gascón
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Apr
1
MCB Microbiology Journal Club 4:00pm
MCB Microbiology Journal Club
Monday, April 1st, 2024
04:00 PM
BPB 201
Sonakshi Srivastava will lead a discussion of “The collapse of cooperation during range expansion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa” by Luo et. al., 2024 Nat. Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01627-8.
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Apr
2
MCB DEI Seminar: B. Chad Starks 3:30pm
MCB DEI Seminar: B. Chad Starks
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
03:30 PM
Biology/Physics Building
MCB Special DEI Seminar with B. Chad Starks, PhD, BCS Associates Inc.
Be the Messenger of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Within and Beyond the University of Connecticut Community
All university community invited and welcome!
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 equity. View Dr. Starks’ website
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Apr
3
MCB DEI Special Workshop with Dr. B. Chad Starks 10:00am
MCB DEI Special Workshop with Dr. B. Chad Starks
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Engineering & Sciences Building
What Can I Do to Make Spaces Just?
In this session, Dr. Starks will introduce his “Be The Messenger” theoretical framework which examines four major constructs - Identity, Culture, Diversity, and Respect - essential to self-development, understanding bias, implicit bias, and privilege, and cultivating a deep appreciation of diversity and inclusion.
The workshop is open to all UConn STEM teaching and mentoring community including graduate students, please see website for more details and to register for the workshop
Recent Publications
Teschke Lab:
Bacteriophage P22 SieA-mediated superinfection exclusion
mbio
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.
Commun Biol
Heaslip Lab:
F-actin and myosin F control apicoplast elongation dynamics which drive apicoplast-centrosome association inToxoplasma gondii
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Gogarten Lab:
Protocol for an agent-based model of recombination in bacteria playing a public goods game.
STAR Protoc.
Alder/May Lab Collaboration:
Peptide Power: Mechanistic Insights into the Effect of Mitochondria-Targeted Tetrapeptides on Membrane Electrostatics from Molecular Simulations
Mol Pharm
Klassen Lab:
Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics
Nature
Alexandrescu Lab:
Solution NMR assignments and structure for the dimeric kinesin neck domain
Biol NMR Assign