On Friday, July 20, 2018, graduate students Cristin Bosko (Peczuh Group), Jasmin Portelinha (Angeles-Boza Group), and Jessica A. Martin (Pinkhassik Group) attended a “Networking with JST (Joint Safety Team)” event, hosted by Yale University. During the event, Dr. Christopher Incarvito, Director of Research Operations and Technology, led a tour of the facilities and equipment at […]
Research News
McNair Scholars Present Research at Annual Poster Exhibition
When Sarah Beckett Cleveland ’19 (CLAS), a biological sciences major, wanted to get involved in science research, she wasn’t sure she could make it work. She was financing her own education through academic-year jobs, and helping to support her mother in her hometown of Windsor. But she heard about the McNair Scholars program for undergraduate […]
UConn Chemist Wins Patent for Tunable Metal Oxide Synthesis Method
UConn chemistry professor Steven Suib has been granted a US patent (9,908,103) for a new method developed with his former student, Altug S. Poyraz, now an inorganic chemistry professor at Kennesaw State University. The technology is capable of synthesizing and customizing a type of compound that has unique catalytic and electronic properties. Suib and Poyraz […]
Award Announcements
Two University of Connecticut Chemistry professors recently received Research Excellence Program (REP) awards. Dr. Eugene Pinkhassik recently received the award for his proposal, “Catch and Release of Nucleic Acids with Porous Nanocapsules.” Dr. Yao Lin was awarded for his proposal, “Mechanics of Processive Enzymes that Degrade Crystalline Polymers and Its Implications in Designing Macromolecular Machines.” […]
Yao Lin Receives Supplemental NSF Award
From IMS News: Dr. Yao Lin has received an NSF supplemental award for his research “Material Properties of Complex Macromolecules Containing Synthetic Polyamino Acids.” The $71,067 supplement will run 5/10/18-5/09/20.
Art in Nanochemistry
Kumar Group Uses Electron Microscopes to Create Awe-Inspiring Images Nature is a masterful artist, responsible for the sweeping vistas around us. Nature’s hand is also evident on the microscopic level when microscopic objects are magnified a billion times over. Using high power electron or optical microscopes, Professor Challa V. Kumar and his Ph.D. students capture […]
Chem Undergrad Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Vincent Pistritto, a chemistry major and student working in Dr. Nicholas Leadbeater’s group has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Vincent was also featured in CLAS with other members of the Class of 2018. Read More>>>
New Compound Helps Activate Cancer-Fighting T Cells
By Colin Poitras, UConn Communications Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are powerful weapons our body’s immune systems count on to fight infection and combat diseases like cancer, multiple sclerosis, and lupus. Finding ways to spark these potent cells into action could lead to more effective cancer treatments and vaccines. While several chemical compounds have shown […]
New Method Unearths Climate Data from Ancient Soils
By Elaina Hancock, UConn Communications In Scientific Reports today, UConn researchers report a novel approach to reconstructing ancient climates using analyses of organic compounds in sediments and soils. This method was developed by former UConn postdoctoral scientist Yvette Eley (now in the Department of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, U.K.) […]
He Group Paper on Cover of Advanced Materials
A new paper entitled “Fluorochromic Hydrogels: Dynamic Coordination of Eu-Iminodiacetate to Control Fluorochromic Response of Polymer Hydrogels to Multistimuli” from He group is published in Advanced Materials as a cover story. Prof. Jie He and co-workers demonstrate the use of dynamic coordination of europium with iminodiacetates to construct hydrogel networks. This hydrogel presents controllable luminescence […]