The eye is one of the most sensitive organs that can be injured by toxic chemicals and warfare agents, but drug treatments to mitigate chemical-induced ocular pathology have not been developed. Alerted to increased threats posed by homeland terrorists who could cause mass casualty by chemical exposure, the trans NIH-agency CounterACT program was developed to […]
Awards
Qinfang Liu receives prestigious Henderson Award
Qinfang Liu, a graduate student from Dr. Yulan Xiong’s lab in our neuroscience graduate program, won the 2023 Henderson Award. This award is given annually to the student with the best dissertation in the Biomedical Science PhD program, UConn Health. During Qinfang’s PhD thesis study, he discovered both upstream regulation of LRRK2 mRNA decay and […]
Dr. Antic receives School of Medicine 1st Year Teaching Award
Dr. Srdjan D. Antic is a co-director of a first stage course called “COrE-C” for medical and dental students. Nominated by first year medical and dental students, Dr. Antic has been selected as one of the faculty who best exemplifies excellence in advancing the education of students during the first year curriculum. The First Year […]