Peter Brown, a second-year medical student at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, was recently awarded the Members-in-Training (MIT) Outstanding Poster Award at the 2025 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference. Among more than 11,000 scientists, Peter shared his recent efforts in the neuroscience vision lab of Drs. Royce Mohan and […]
Author: Barbara J Paquette
Dr. Yulan Xiong Faculty Spotlight 2025
Spring 2025 awardee: Yulan Xiong Ph.D. Yulan Xiong, Ph.D., associate professor of neuroscience, is honored for her notable impact in the field of Parkinson’s disease research. This impressive work has contributed to discoveries which are advancing understanding of the disease and leading to new potential treatments. She was nominated by Dr. Riqiang Yan. […]
Levine Lab’s cutting-edge research featured on WFSB, UConn Today
4-Year Old Fiona Vanderhoof Has Donated Her Cells to the Levine Lab at UConn to Fuel it’s Cutting-Edge Autism Research Developing Future Gene Therapies. As a baby, Fiona was diagnosed with a genetic condition that causes profound autism known as Dup15q Syndrome. To learn more about Dr. Levine’s research, please click on the WFSB […]