Research & Discovery

ImStem Biotechnology, Inc.

UConn Startup Meets Major Milestone for MS Treatment

ImStem Biotechnology, a biopharmaceutical company located in UConn’s Technology Incubation Program (TIP), recently announced the U.S. FDA has removed the clinical hold on ImStem’s Investigational New Drug (IND) to evaluate their cell product candidate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Meet the Researcher: Clewiston Challenger, Educational Psychology

Educational psychologist Clewiston Challenger talks about his journey from the gridiron to innovative research about students of color in higher education.

Direct hit. A soft x-ray (white) hits a holmium atom (green). A photo-electron zooms off the holmium atom, which releases energy (purple) that jumps to the 80-carbon fullerene cage surrounding the holmium. The cage then also loses an electron. (Courtesy of Razib Obaid)

Radiation Damage Spreads Among Close Neighbors

An experiment has given researchers insight into how radiation may damage living tissue.

Portrait of Dorit Bar-On

UConn Researcher Receives NEH Fellowship for Book on Origins of Language

UConn philosopher Dorit Bar-On recently received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to work on a book about the origins of language.

A logo with a close-up coronavirus microbe.

Collaboration Underway For a COVID-19 Vaccine

A UConn researcher is collaborating with colleagues in an effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

A sugar bowl next to a baby's bottle

Marketing Makes Dubious Claims About Infant Formula and Toddler Milks

Common marketing claims persuade caregivers that infant formula and toddler milks provide unsupported health benefits for young children, according to UConn's Rudd Center.

Valeria Sarmiento sees science as a way to help people while learning about the world. (UConn Photo/Christie Wang)

Meet the Researcher: Valeria Sarmiento ’20, Molecular & Cell Biology

Valeria Sarmiento forged her own path at UConn to unite her twin passions for science and helping others.

Gingermania! UConn Now Home to Major Collection of Ginger Relatives

Gingermania is running at wild at UConn, thanks to an enormous donation of plant species by a Smithsonian scientist.

A close-up of a vampire bat.

Important Lessons from Social, Yet Sick, Bats

The treatment of sick bats by their healthy counterparts may mirror how human beings behave under similar circumstances.

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UConn

José Manautou to serve as the School of Pharmacy Department Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences

José Manautou, Ph.D.  will serve as the School of Pharmacy Department Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences effective immediately. Dr. Manautou’s first term as head of the department is for a period of five years.  “José has served in the role as interim department head here in the School of Pharmacy for the past three years and […]