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UConn Startup Wins R&D Grant for Voltage-Sensitive Dyes
Potentiometric Probes, a biotech startup based on UConn Health technology, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new class of voltage-sensitive dyes.
UConn Spinout, Biorasis Receives $3M from Helmsley Charitable Trust
Invented by UConn professors, Biorasis’ technology responds to significant clinical and societal needs related to Type 1 diabetes, which affects over 30 million Americans.
Meet the Researcher: Lisa Eaton, Human Development and Family Studies
Researcher Lisa Eaton has dedicated her career to combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic among gay/bisexual black men in the southeastern United States.
Meet the Researcher: Lisa Eaton, Human Development and Family Studies
Wandering through a graveyard on a genealogical expedition with her father, a young Lisa Eaton noticed tombstone after tombstone of young mothers and their babies from centuries ago. Her father told her: “We’re just getting out of the dark ages of medicine.” These early adventures had a lasting impact on Eaton, who has since dedicated […]
UConn, UMass Lowell, Georgia Tech to Collaborate with Industry on 3D Printing Research Supported by NSF
IUCRCs bridge the gap between early academic research and commercial readiness, supporting use-inspired research leading to new knowledge, technological capabilities, and downstream commercial applications of innovative technologies.
The Power of Positive: UConn Co-Directs National Education Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions
UConn is serving as a lead institution on a $32.6 million U.S. Department of Education grant supporting schools nationwide to implement practices to increase student success.
$3.8 Million Grant to Study Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Young Children
With the $3.8 million grant from NIMH, the UConn Health research team will look at several measures of threat reactivity to explain the diversity in outcomes observed in young children exposed to interpersonal violence.
Addressing Accelerated Genetic Aging in African Americans
With a $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, UConn researchers will study several factors that potentially accelerate aging in the African American population to pave the way for future programs that could help improve health outcomes.
Adding to the Arsenal against Tinnitus
UConn Health professor of neuroscience, Douglas Oliver, has received a $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop an improved detection method for one of the most prevalent health problems for veterans, tinnitus.
Using Tiny Worms to Reveal Big Truths
With this $2 million grant from the NIH, UConn Health researchers aim to help the scientific community better understand how various neurons may interact through chemical synapses and gap junctions to direct bodily movement.