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Kim Krieger

Kim Krieger has covered politics from Capitol Hill and energy commodities from the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Her stories have exposed fraud in the California power markets and mathematical malfeasance in physics. And she knows what really goes on in the National Radio Quiet Zone. These days, Kim tells clear, compelling stories of the research at UConn. Her work connects Connecticut citizens and the press with the vast resources of their flagship public university. When not at UConn, she can be found kayaking among the beautiful Norwalk islands, digging in her garden, or occasionally enjoying the silence in the National Radio Quiet Zone.

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Skeleton of Harry Eastlack (1933-1973), who had a rare disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva caused by a genetic mutation that transforms connective tissue, such as muscle, ligaments, and tendons, into bone, resulting in progressive fusion of all the joints in the skeletal system. (Memento Mütter Museum, under a Creative Commons License)

Bones in All the Wrong Places

UConn researchers have shown how a mutation causes certain cells in muscle tissue to develop into cartilage and bone at injury sites.

March 27, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery
A brain-shaped printed circuit board. (Alfred Pasieka,/Science Photo Library via Getty Images)

Brain Awareness: Toward Growing an Artificial Mind

UConn Health/JAX researcher Min Tang-Schomer is experimenting with nerve cells and electrical signals in a dish to recreate the way neurons 'talk' to each other in the brain.

March 15, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery UConn Health
Tiffany Johnson of Bloomfield holds her son, Quincey, who was born at 25 weeks, weighing one pound 14 ounces. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Brain Awareness: Can Caffeine Save the Tiniest Babies’ Brains?

Two UConn researchers are exploring ways to mitigate the effects of extended development outside the mother's womb on the brains of pre-term babies.

March 14, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery UConn Health
As part of an investigation into why humans move as they do in crowds, UConn researchers compare the flocking behavior of soccer players with that of inanimate particles. (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Brain Awareness: Soccer Players May Offer Clues to Collective Movement

Flocking as a behavior is found among inanimate objects as well as living beings. Does that mean the brain doesn't have to think about it?

March 12, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery

Very Special Snowflakes

If you have a theorem in mind you believe holds true for all possible curves, you may want to test it against a snowflake, according to UConn mathematician Vyron Vellis.

March 7, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery
Nathan Chen of the United States trains during figure skating practice ahead of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Figure Skating by the Book

As Olympic figure skating events begin in Pyeongchang, UConn professor Jaci VanHeest discusses the science behind the artistry of today’s elite figure skaters.

February 9, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery
Bone-forming cells inside a living bone from a newborn mouse. The cells were engineered to contain a fluorescent green protein that senses cyclic GMP, a molecule that stimulates bone growth. In a recently published study in eLife, Leia Shuhaibar and others at UConn Health showed that these cells produce less cyclic GMP under conditions that resemble those in people with achondroplasia (dwarfism). Understanding how cyclic GMP production is regulated could contribute to improved therapies for achondroplasia.

Fertility Study Offers Unexpected Lead on Dwarfism

In the most common type of dwarfism, the fibroblast growth factor receptor is always 'on' so bones don’t grow enough. UConn Health researchers found a way to block that function in the lab.

February 5, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery UConn Health
Dr. Marc Lalande, founding chairman of the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences. (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health).

Giving Silenced Genes a Voice

UConn Health researchers generated cells that expressed the maternal copy of the Prader-Willi gene that, when silenced, causes the life-threatening disorder.

January 25, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery UConn Health
In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

Hollywood and Beyond: The Role of Organizations in Preventing Sexual Harassment

How to make good on Oprah Winfrey's promise to young girls that 'a new day is on the horizon,' according to UConn psychologist Vicki Magley.

January 8, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Five UConn Health researchers have won a new type of NIH grant designed to foster innovation and risk-taking in basic medical research. From left, Duygu Ucar, Justin Cotney, Brenton Graveley, Zhengqing Oyang, and Stefan Pinter, at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

MIRA Awards Reflect Innovation of UConn Scientists

Five UConn Health researchers have won a new type of NIH grant designed to foster innovation and risk-taking in basic medical research.

January 8, 2018 | Kim Krieger

Research & Discovery UConn Health