Research & Discovery
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.
UConn in Top 10 Worldwide for Biological Data Research Output
UConn tied for ninth-place with Princeton for research output in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology, according to CSRankings.
Drug Discovery Partnership with AI Biotech Company Reaps Promising Early Results
At UConn Health, the technology is being used to pursue therapeutic treatments for strokes, for which there is “an urgent need for novel therapies that can move rapidly into clinical trials,” says Rajkumar Verma.
Meet the Researcher: Sina Shahbazmohamadi at UConn Tech Park
Sina Shahbazmohamadi wears his long black hair in a ponytail pulled back from his bearded face and smiles eagerly as he begins to talk about his work at the Innovation Partnership Building (IPB) at UConn Tech Park. A mechanical engineer by training, Shahbazmohamadi does advanced research in 3D imaging at the Reverse Engineering, Fabrication, Inspection […]
UConn and Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Create Stem Cell Biobank
The biobank will be able to supply induced-pluripotent stem cells for Prader-Willi syndrome to researchers throughout the world.
Meet The Researcher: Sina Shahbazmohamadi, REFINE Center at UConn Tech Park
Sina Shahbazmohamadi conducts advanced research in 3D imaging at the Reverse Engineering, Fabrication, Inspection and Non-Destructive Analysis (REFINE) lab, one of eight industry-sponsored research centers at UConn Tech Park.
UConn Researcher Wins NASA Grant to Study Gene Transfer in Archaea
UConn researchers will study the role of horizontal gene transfer in archaeal evolution. Archaea are organisms that could potentially live on Mars and offer insight into the evolution of extraterrestrial life there.
Meet the Researcher: Isabella Saraceni ’19, Fine Arts
Wandering through the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, Isabella Saraceni was initially captivated by the work of the great masters of art that surrounded her: Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael. But after a few visits to the gallery, Saraceni eventually began to notice a conspicuous absence in the displayed collection: where were the women […]
Food for Thought: Why Did We Ever Start Farming?
Findings support the idea that domestication happened in times when there was less than an ideal amount of food, says Elic Weitzel, a Ph.D. student in anthropology.
Meet the Researcher: Isabella Saraceni, SFA ’19
Isabella Saracena, SFA '19, is researching forgotten women artists from the past and recognizing their contribution through her own original works.