Mandakini Singh recently defended her public thesis defense, entitled “Mechanism of Spontaneous Electrical Activity in Mouse Developing Cortex – Subplate Zone” on April 13, 2017; major advisor Dr. Srdjan Antic. She began her postdoc at UConn Health in the department of Department of Neuroscience with Dr. Srdjan Antic. On behalf of the Department of Neuroscience […]
Milton B. Wallack Trainee Award
James Fink, 4th year Ph.D. student in the Levine lab, was selected as the recipient of the Milton B. Wallack Trainee Award at the StemConn 2017 meeting. This award honors excellence in research conducted by a graduate student trainee through a merit-based award that recognizes highly innovative and important stem cell and regenerative medicine research. The award is presented in […]
A Better View of How Tumors Form in the Eye
The formation of tumors in the eye can cause blindness. But, for some reason our corneas, the transparent layer that forms the front of our eyes, have a natural ability to prevent it. Researchers in the laboratory of UConn Health associate professor of neuroscience Royce Mohan believe they are closing in on an explanation for […]