Schools & Colleges
Fellowship Program Features Top Entrepreneurs
It is a great thing to be an entrepreneur; it is even better to be an entrepreneur who can make a difference in the world. That’s the goal of the 10 teams of innovators who spent their summer at the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI), refining and strengthening their start-ups.
Plant science + animal science = a nutritional yogurt
What is the result of combining the scientific knowledge of a well-known plant breeder and an award winning dairy microbiologist with cooperation from nutritional sciences and allied health sciences?
Nature and Knowledge at Our Doorstep
Students exposed to nature, some for the first time, soon become fascinated and eager to learn more.
Ovarian Cancer Cells Hoard Iron to Fuel Growth
Researchers at UConn Health have found that iron may be playing a critical role in increased fatty acid synthesis in cancer.
Marcy Balunas Honored with ASP’s 2018 Young Investigator Award
Marcy Balunas, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, was recently awarded the 2018 ASP Matt Suffness/Young Investigator award by the American Society of Pharmcognosy (ASP) at their Annual Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky. The prestigious award is given to younger investigators who have shown outstanding promise as independent natural product scientists. Pharmacognosy is the study […]
Bitcoin Believers
If you can understand pizza and poker, you can understand Bitcoin – and here's why you should.
Neuroepigenetics Specialist Gregory Sartor, Ph.D. Joins UConn Pharmacy’s Faculty
Gregory Sartor, Ph.D. has joined the UConn School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology. He comes to UConn from the University of Miami’s School of Medicine where he did postdoctoral training in epigenetic mechanisms of drug addiction. As a graduate student in Dr. Gary Aston-Jones’ laboratory […]
Synchrony Keeps the Beat
UConn neuroscientist Ed Large built a model of the brain that can predict the future. And then he taught it to dance.
Jury finds Monsanto Liable in the first Roundup Cancer Trial – Here’s What Could Happen Next
A UConn Health professor with experience of trying to help figure out why people get cancer discusses implications of the Roundup verdict.
New $2M NIH Grant Studies Asymmetric Stem Cell Division
This latest project from professor of cell biology, Dr. Mayu Inaba, builds on her previous discovery of microscopic protrusions found only on stem cells.