Research & Discovery
UConn Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant For Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development
Lisa Butler, PhD, associate research professor at UConn, is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her research project aims to optimize health for mothers and children in Botswana.
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.
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.
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.
A New Tide at UConn’s Connecticut Institute of Water Resources
What do taking a trip to the beach, testing a well, and planting a new garden have in common? You guessed it – water. UConn is home to a state-wide organization focused on providing Connecticut’s citizens with information and research about all the water resources we encounter in our daily lives. As the state’s land […]
Targeting the Flu with a Novel Antiviral Drug
UConn molecular and cell biologist, Jim Cole, formed a startup to develop a novel potential treatment for the flu.
Connecticut Student Researchers Shine at UConn Health
You are 'at the heart of the state’s future bioscience ecosystem,' keynote speaker Susan Froshauer told students participating in a new innovation program headed by UConn Health's Caroline Dealy, during the Aug. 1 event.
Real Talk: Applying Computer Learning Models to Human Speech Recognition
UConn professor of psychological science, James Magnuson, has received more than $600K from the National Science Foundation to address a longstanding problem with research on speech perception and spoken word recognition.
Connecticut’s Forests Today a Far Cry from Towering Giants of Old
'We tend to look at deforestation in areas like the tropics, but we should also look at what is happening in our own backyard,' says researcher John Volin.
$2M NIH Grant to Study Genetic Mechanisms of Inherited Heart Muscle Disorders
Dr. John Travis Hinson, a joint faculty member at UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine has received more than $2 million from the NIH to study a serious and often fatal heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.