Posted in UConn Today, January 21, 2021 Dr. Jaime Imitola, director of UConn Health’s Multiple Sclerosis Center, is the only health care provider to receive a 2020 Inspiration Award from the National MS Society. The National MS Society named 11 honorees among nearly 200 volunteer nominees from its state and territory chapters. Imitola is […]
Author: Jody Gridley
Congratulations to Cara Hardy – Best Oral Presentation
Congratulations to Ms. Cara Hardy, graduate assistant in the PhD Biomedical Science Program (Neuroscience Area of Concentration) for placing 3rd Place in The Best Oral Presentation Category at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pelvic Research for her presentation entitled “Alzheimer’s Disease-associated Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model Results in Altered Voiding Function.” […]
Lifting the Shroud off Corneal Nerves – Mohan Lab
Schwann cells ensheath the stromal axons of the cornea. But how these specialized glial cells are adapted to maintain corneal transparency is an important question because corneal refraction is an important aspect of vision. The research groups led by Drs. Paola Bargagna-Mohan and Royce Mohan have used a powerful approach to illuminate the genes expressed […]