Welcome to the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Welcome to the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut. We represent fundamental disciplines in biology at the number 1 public university in New England, including genetics and genomics, microbiology, cell biology, biochemistry and structural biology & biophysics. Considerable depth in faculty expertise and departmental resources are available to you in MCB in each of these disciplines and we invite you inside to discover for yourself the exciting research and educational opportunities to be found in this department.

David R. Benson
Professor and Head of Department

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  • 5/12 - Assistant Professor Nathan Alder received a collaborative UCHC and Storrs/Regional Campus Incentive Grant (UCIG) with Dr. Chris Heinen's lab at UCHC for $100K / 2 years: “Monitoring effects of cancer-associated mutations on conformation dynamics of DNA mismatch repair proteins"

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  • Collins AJ*, Schleicher TR*, Rader BA, Nyholm SV. (2012) Understanding the role of host hemocytes in a squid/Vibrio symbiosis using transcriptomics and proteomics. Frontiers Immunol. 3: 91. *co-primary authors
  • Collins AJ, LaBarre BA, Wong Won BS, Shah MV, Heng S, Choudhury MH, Haydar SA, Santiago J, Nyholm SV (2012) Diversity and partitioning of bacterial populations within the accessory nidamental gland of the squid Euprymna scolopes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78: 4200-4208.
  • Fidopiastis P, Rader BA, Gerling D, Gutierrez N, Watkins K, Frey M, Nyholm SV, Whistler CA. (2012) Characterization of a Vibrio fischeri aminopeptidase and evidence for its influence on an early state of squid colonization. J. Bacteriol. (Epub ahead of print)

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