Graduate student Islam Mosa won second place in the 2018 UConn Innovation Quest competition run by the UConn Business School, and was awarded a $10,000 fellowship towards commercializing his BioSupercapacitor developed and characterized in conjunction with a team lead by Prof. Jim Rusling and including Drs. Vijay Kumar and Ashis Basu and Prof. Richard Kaner […]
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 […]
2018 CT Middle School Science Bowl
On Saturday, February 24, 2018, the Connecticut Regional Middle School Science Bowl event welcomed approximately 200 students and coaches—and their family members—to UConn for a day of learning and friendly competition. The Middle School Science Bowl is a fast-paced, question-and-answer-style event that emphasizes the importance of STEM education. This year, 32 teams from 24 different middle […]
Prof. Emeritus Mike Smith Wins TAA Award
Organic Synthesis, 4th ed. by Michael Smith (Elsevier/Academic Press) was awarded a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award in the college division from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The Textbook Excellence Award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials. Congratulations, Mike!
Prof. Robert Mason Awarded Grant
Dr. Robert Mason, a chemistry and marine sciences professor at the University of Connecticut, and his team were recently awarded a $200,000 grant to study methylmercury levels in local waterways and to what extent humans may play a role in recent level increases. Read more>>>
Epitope Resolved Detection of Peanut Specific IgE Antibodies by SPR Imaging
Min Shen, Amit A. Joshi, Raghu Vannam, Chandra K. Dixit, Robert G. Hamilton, Challa V. Kumar, James F. Rusling, Mark W. Peczuh* Accurate characterization of antibodies (IgEs) in individuals exposed to allergens such as peanuts can provide insight into the clinical manifestation of an allergic reaction and also reveal how its fundamental immunobiology works. Measurement […]
Lambda Vision’s Quest to Cure Blindness Set to Launch Into Orbit
Human beings have been aboard the International Space Station continuously now for over 17 years. Crews spend months orbiting the Earth, privy to some of the most breathtaking views in the universe. But what exactly are they working on while hurtling through space? A few months from now the answer to that question will be […]
Professor Kumar Wins Provost Award
Professor Challa Kumar’s proposal to The Provost’s General Education Course Enhancement Grant Competition entitled “Science Writing: Portable, adoptable and comprehensive writing course for various science departments” has been selected for funding. The proposal offered an explicit fit to the competition objectives and had multiple innovative elements, including flipped classroom exercises in which videos were combined […]