Research & Discovery
UConn Scientists Team Up to Conduct New Cancer Research
Researchers from Storrs and the Health Center are teaming up to pursue new avenues of research that could result in better diagnosis and treatment methods to combat cancer.
UConn Health Center Researcher Awarded $9.3 Million Grant for Human Genome Study
“We hope to better understand why a person develops a particular disease, and from there how to cure it,” says Brenton Graveley.
You Are What You Eat – And Where You Live
Geography faculty member Debarchana Ghosh studies how proximity to services, such as grocery stores and medical centers, affects people’s health.
Finding the Pathways to Drug-induced Liver Injury
UConn pharmaceutical researchers are searching for a genetic link to a significant public health concern – drug-induced liver injury.
UConn-Jackson Lab Symposium Features Genomics Research
Storrs, Farmington, and Jackson Laboratory researchers get together for two days of talks and strategy sessions.
Symposium to Highlight Research Partnership with Jackson Labs
Two days of presentations by UConn and Jackson Lab researchers will focus on aspects of systems genomics.
Internal Grant Program Fosters Inter-Campus Research
The University is providing seed money to six research teams in 2012, and has distributed nearly $2 million since 2008.
Chemist Improves Accuracy of Oral Cancer Detection
Chemistry professor James Rusling has developed a method to detect multiple proteins indicating that a person has oral cancer.
Climate Change on Martha’s Vineyard
A UConn graduate student used GIS data to project what could happen on Martha’s Vineyard if sea levels rise dramatically.
Bio-inspired Science
Chemistry professor Yao Lin is tapping into the concepts of nature to make novel synthetic materials.