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Solving Problems in 3D
Finding real-world solutions for industry, utilizing highly specialized equipment, training the future innovation workforce – it's all in a day's work for Rainer Hebert, director of the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center at UConn Tech Park.
Meet the Researcher Solving Problems in 3D
We’ve all watched videos, mesmerized, while a machine adds layer upon layer to 3D print anything from a model of the Eiffel Tower to a rubber duck. Aside from being really cool, this technology has tremendous implications for revolutionizing companies’ manufacturing processes. Under the leadership of Castleman Term Associate Professor in Engineering Innovation Rainer Hebert, […]
Making In-Roads with Parasite Introns
UConn Health researcher Arthur Günzl has received a $450,000 grant from the NIAID to investigate the role of introns in a class of parasites responsible for several tropical human diseases: sleeping sickness, Chagas’ disease, and leishmaniasis.
Investigating the Genetic Linchpin of Lynch Syndrome
UConn Health associate professor of medicine Christopher Heinen has received a $1.8 million grant from the NIH to better understand certain gene mutations that cause Lynch syndrome and many hereditary forms of cancer.
Meet The Researcher: Analyse Giordano ’20, Allied Health
Analyse Giordano is a junior majoring in allied health sciences at the University of Connecticut. She has her eyes set on going to med school, but there’s a lot she wants to get done first, including potentially groundbreaking research. Giordano was recently named a University Scholar and received a SURF award for her project developing […]
Meet The Researcher: Analyse Giordano, CAHNR ’20
Analyse Giordano (CAHNR '20) has her eyes set on med school, but there’s a lot she wants to get done first, including potentially groundbreaking research.
Agricultural Vaccine Research Network Established at UConn
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture has designated UConn's Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research to be the national hub for the coordination of animal vaccine research.
Closing the Gap in ADHD Research by Considering Synaptic Causes
UConn Health assistant professor of neuroscience David Martinelli has received a $165,000 grant from the Charles H. Hood Foundation to investigate a potential cause of ADHD, which affects 5 to 7 percent of children worldwide.
New Program Looks Local to Improve Road Safety
From rumble strips to retroreflectometers - the Safety Circuit Rider Program administered by UConn helps keep local drivers safe.
New Technology Designed to Reduce Mortality Rates in Cancer Patients
A pair of Ph.D. students developed a technology that takes a patient’s tumor cells and grows them outside of the body to test different cancer treatments.