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Featured News
Registration Now Open: Fall 2026 Virtual Graduate Recruitment Open House
Interested in learning more about graduate study in Physiology & Neurobiology?
Registration is now open for our Fall 2026 Virtual Graduate Recruitment Open House on Thursday, November 5, 2026 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Meet faculty, connect with current graduate students, learn about our Ph.D. and M.S. programs, explore research opportunities, and ask questions about graduate life at UConn.
Congratulations Dr. Xinnian Chen!

Congratulations Dr. Xinnian Chen!
Faculty News
The Department of Physiology and Neurobiology is proud to celebrate two faculty members who have been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE):

Dr. Daniel Mulkey, Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology at UConn, was among the 36 scientists and engineers elected to the 2026 class. This recognition highlights his impactful research contributions and leadership in advancing our understanding of physiology and neurobiology. [ctcase.org], [today.uconn.edu]
We also recognize Dr. Akiko Nishiyama, Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology, who was elected to CASE in 2018 in recognition of her significant contributions to the field. While her induction occurred previously, we are proud to take this opportunity to formally celebrate her achievement alongside recent honors within the department.
Election to CASE reflects a high level of scientific distinction and places both faculty members among a distinguished community of researchers who contribute to scientific advancement and provide expert guidance on issues important to the state of Connecticut. [today.uconn.edu]
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mulkey and Dr. Nishiyama on this incredible accomplishment.

UConn Today: “Meet the Researcher: Rahul Kanadia, CLAS“
Rahul Kanadia was featured in UConn Today for his Learning by Experience and Applying Principles (LEAP) program and research lab.

UConn Today: “Andy Moiseff Reflects on 42-Year Career at UConn“
Anderw Moiseff was featured in UConn Today commemorating his 40‑plus‑year career at UConn—spanning research, teaching, and leadership—as he steps down from the Dean’s Office, highlighting the University’s growth, his evolving scientific work, and the lasting impact he’s had on students.

UConn in the News: The Bobby O Show, An Interview with Dr. Scott Rich, Computational Neuroscientist
Scott Rich was interviewed by The Bobby O Show discussing his computational research, mathematical background and career trajectory.

UConn Today: “Meet the Researcher: Natale Sciolino, CLAS“
Natale Sciolino was featured in UConn Today to introduce her and her work on cannabinoids and the Locus Coeruleus.

UConn Today: “Randy Walikonis Encourages UConn Students to Push Boundaries of Knowledge”
Randall Walikonis was featured in UConn Today to introduce him as department head and highlight his contribution to the department.

UConn PNB IONM reaches 1000 surgical cases
On April 7, 2025, the IONM program for the first time, exceeded 1000 surgical cases in an academic year. This surpassed the previous years’ case coverage by 36%.
Research Highlights

UConn Today: “How Brain Chemistry Changes What We Taste“
Natale Sciolino was featured in UConn Today for her recent NIH R01 grant discussing the neuroscience of taste.

UConn Today: “Faking a Ketogenic Diet May Still Get Results – in Fruit Flies“
UConn PNB faculty Jeff Divino and Geoffrey Tanner, who also co-teach the undergraduate PNB 3178/79 CURE research courses, recently published a study in the November 2025 issue of Developmental Biology regarding dietary effects on Drosophila physiology, development, and biochemistry. The paper reports in part upon the marked effects on fecundity that dietary supplementation with the ketogenic diet (KD) metabolite beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) can exert: a dramatic and significant reduction in the average per-capita number of eggs laid by female flies consuming the BHB-supplemented diet. Additionally, BHB supplementation delayed developmental timelines for fly larvae, possibly as a consequence of upregulation of the cell-component-recycling process of autophagy. This work–conducted as part of a multi-campus collaboration, including investigators at Mount Holyoke College and UMass Chan Medical School, and involving over two dozen undergraduates, most from PNB, and some PNB 3178/79 alums!–may have implications for people trying to start a family where one or both partners may also be using the KD for medical or weight-loss purposes.

Neuroscience: “Stress Reactivity is Modulated by Cannabinoid Type-1 Receptors in Norepinephrine and Epinephrine Neurons in a Context-Dependent Manner”
The cover artwork submitted alongside Christopher Engborg’s manuscript, title above, has been selected for the front cover of Neuroscience, Issue 585C.

Kristen Springer of the Tzingounis/Jackson Labs had a paper accepted into Journal of Neuroscience – which also earned the issue’s cover
Kristen’s publication, “Mislocalization of KCNQ2 Channels as a Pathogenic Mechanism in KCNQ2 Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy,” was published in JNS, and chosen for the front cover of the issue.

UConn Today: “Unusual Expertise Brings Coveted Autism Award to UConn”
Cleyton Sobrinho was featured in UConn Today for his recent Bridge to Independence Award from The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI).
Awards & Publications
PNB is 40!!!! We are celebrating 40 years of Research and Education!

Check out our Newsletter for a few highlights of what we have been up too!

Dr. Daniel Mulkey was elected into membership of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
“The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE), announces the election of thirty-six of Connecticut’s leading experts in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine to membership in the Academy. The new members will be introduced at the Academy’s 51st Annual Dinner to be held at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville on May 19, 2026 (Excerpt from CASE website linked below).”
Student & Alumni Highlights

UConn Magazine: “Checking in with Brenda Milla”
Recent PNB graduate, Brenda Milla, was featured in UConn Magazine for her post-doctoral research on breathing in sleep as well as the trajectory that got her to where she is today.

UConn Today: “Six Students Receive Research Awards this Summer in the Sartor Lab”
Kaya Patel, a participant in the UConn PNB Research Experience for Undergraduates program was featured in UConn Today for her summer work in the Sartor Lab.

UConn Today: “Neurobiologists Reveal a Secret of Ondine’s Curse”
Jaseph Soto Perez’ recent publication was featured in UConn Today for contributing to understanding how Phox2b neurons are involved in respiratory control in the brainstem.

UConn Today: “Winged Wonders: Why the tiny fruit fly is mighty in scientific value”
Stella Cho and the Jianjun Sun lab were featured in UConn Today for their work and insight into the value of the fruit fly as a model organism for reproduction and genetics.
Recent Graduates
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Kevon Afriyie | Kanadia Lab | Spring 2026 | MS | |
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Monica Antony | Jackson Lab | Spring 2026 | PhD | |
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Sascha Bernier | Conover Lab | Spring 2026 | MS | |
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Emily Parrish-Mulliken | Ostroff Lab | Spring 2026 | PhD | |
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Abigail Boria | Kanadia Lab | Spring 2026 | MS | |
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Kristen Springer | Jackson Lab/Tzingounis Lab | Spring 2026 | PhD | |
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William Armstrong IV | Jackson Lab | Fall 2025 | PhD | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jackson Lab, UConn |
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Monica Strain | Mulkey Lab | Fall 2025 | PhD | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital |
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Janeth Perez Garza | Ostroff Lab | Fall 2025 | PhD | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ostroff Lab, UConn |
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Daria Yeroshenko | Conover Lab | Fall 2025 | PhD | |
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Yi (Harry) Huang | Jackson Lab | Fall 2025 | PhD | |
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Aksir Bhura | Yu Lab | Summer 2025 | MS | |
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Sam Simonovitch | Sun Lab | Summer 2025 | MS | AP Biology Instructor, Achievement First |
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Melissa Tran | Zarkada Lab | Summer 2025 | MS | Laboratory Resource Coordinator, Avantor |
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Erisa Mullalli | Sun Lab | Spring 2025 | MS | Research Associate, UMass Chan Medical School |
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Stella Cho | Sun Lab | Spring 2025 | PhD | Scientist, Pacagen |
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Vivian Chow | Sun Lab | Spring 2025 | MS | |
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Christopher Engborg | Sciolino Lab | Fall 2024 | MS | PhD student University of Connecticut Physiology & Neurobiology, Rich Lab |
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Maggie Khuu | Mulkey Lab/Jackson Lab | Fall 2024 | PhD | Associate, McKinsey & Company |
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Yetunde Akinlaja | Nishiyama Lab | Fall 2024 | MS | |
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Gianna Raimondi | Ostroff Lab | Summer 2024 | PhD | Field Application Scientist at Agilent Technologies |
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Kate Gavilanes | Tanner Lab | Summer 2024 | MS | Medical Student, Duke University School of Medicine |
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Julianna Herman | Conover Lab | Summer 2024 | PhD | Healthcare Consultant, Alcimed |
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Brenda Milla | Mulkey Lab | Summer 2024 | PhD | Neurology Postdoctoral Fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
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Jaseph Soto Perez | Mulkey Lab | Spring 2024 | PhD | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago |
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Nikki Rittenhouse | Conover Lab | Spring 2024 | MS | Senior Research Technician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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Jordana Weinberger | Yu Lab | Spring 2024 | MS | Graduate Program Coordinator, Psychology Department University of Connecticut |
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Luke Notaro-Roberts | LoTurco Lab | Spring 2024 | MS | Enzymology Bench Scientist, Pfizer |
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Rebecca Oramas | Sun Lab | Spring 2024 | PhD | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kuan Lab, Brown University. |
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Andrew Beard | Sun Lab | Fall 2023 | PhD | Guest Teacher at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
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Morgan Macey | Conover Lab | Summer 2023 | PhD | Clinical Research Coordinator at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
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Danielle Caefer | Schwartz Lab | Summer 2023 | PhD | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Translational Neuroimmunology Research Center, Ann Romney Center for Neurological Diseases, Department of Neurology |
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Nissi Varghese | Tzingounis Lab | Summer 2023 | PhD | Associate Scientist, Post Doctoral Fellow, Merck |
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Mushirah Majid | Conover Lab | Spring 2023 | MS | |
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Alexandra Porczak | Kanadia Lab | Spring 2023 | MS | PhD student Wesleyan University |
Recent Publications
- An opto-microperfusion neural probe for multiplexed detection of optogenetically evoked neurochemical release dynamics October 6, 2026Probing the spatiotemporal release dynamics of multiple neurochemicals simultaneously in vivo is essential for understanding the molecular basis of brain function and behavior. Microdialysis enables multiplexed neurochemical analysis when combined with advanced molecular tools such as mass spectrometry, but existing microdialysis probes typically exhibit low recovery rates and provide temporal resolution of several minutes, which […]Yuxuan Zhang, Ian Bain, Yi Huang, Alev Ecevitoglu, Fuying Dong, Jingyi Chen, Gayle Edelstein, Xincheng Zhang, Huijie Li, Zhengyan Weng, Xiaoting Xue, Simiao Niu, Michael R Bruchas, John D Salamone, Alexander C Jackson, Robert T Kennedy, Yi Zhang
- Global, Regional, and National Burden of Heart Failure, 1990-2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 September 30, 2026CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Heart failure is a significant global public health burden, and the impact is likely to increase as populations age. However, most HF etiologies can be prevented by interventions that reduce exposure to modifiable risk factors, such as elevated blood pressure, excessive alcohol consumption, and tobacco use. Etiology- and location-specific estimates can provide […]GBD 2023 Heart Failure Collaborators, Catherine O Johnson, Madineh Abbasi, Mitra Abbasifard, Hedayat Abbastabar, Samar Abd ElHafeez, Nadin M Abdel Razeq, Ahmed Abdelrahman Abdelgalil, Ali Abdolizadeh, Meriem Abdoun, Mostafa Abdrabou, Auwal Abdullahi, Tesfaye Birhanu Abebe, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Olifan Zewdie Abil, Olumide Abiodun, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Shady Abohashem, Mostafa A Aboouf, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd, Mohamed Abouzid, Dmitry Abramov, Dariush Abtahi, Fuad Hamdi Abuadas, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Ahmad Y Abuhelwa, Dina Abushanab, Lisa C Adams, Isaac Yeboah Addo, Kamoru Ademola Adedokun, Oluwatobi Emmanuel Adegbile, Nurudeen A Adegoke, Olumide Thomas Adeleke, Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi, Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Kishor Adhikari, Molalign Aligaz Adisu, Prince Owusu Adoma, Clifford Afoakwah, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Mohammad Aghaali, Feleke Doyore Agide, Percival Delali Agordoh, Cesar Agostinis Sobrinho, Piyush Agrawal, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Danish Ahmad, Muayyad Ahmad, Saheem Ahmad, Sajjad Ahmad, Suhaib Ahmad, Waqas Ahmad, Ali Ahmadi, Sepideh Ahmadi, Sarina Ahmadian, Koohyar Ahmadzadeh, Ayman Ahmed, Gasha Salih Ahmed, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Mushood Ahmed, Shahzaib Ahmed, Syed Anees Ahmed, Marjan Ajami, Aanuoluwatimileyin Ibukunoluwa Ajayi, Roland Eghoghosoa Akhigbe, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Salah Thabit Al Awaidy, Tariq Al Bahhawi, Syed Mahfuz Al Hasan, Mohammad Khaled Al Nawayseh, Yazan Al Thaher, Omar Ali Mohammed Al Zaabi, Mohammad Ahmmad Mahmoud Al Zoubi, Fares Alahdab, Mohammad M Al-Ahmad, Samer O Alalalmeh, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Rabail Alam, Fahad Alanezi, Turki Alanzi, Fahmi Y Al-Ashwal, Rashid Alavi, Mohammed Sad ALBashtawy, Belal Aldabbour, Astefanos Al-Dalakta, Khalifah A Aldawsari, Nader Al-Dewik, Shereen M Aleidi, Ali M Alfalki, Abdelazeem Algammal, Mohammed Algethami, Khalid Alhabib, Fadwa Naji Alhalaiqa, Fahad A Alhumaydhi, Irfan Ali, Mohammad Daud Ali, Mohammed Usman Ali, Rafat Ali, Syed Shujait Ali, Syed Yusuf Ali, Sheikh Mohammad Alif, Esubalew Muluneh Aligaz, Mina Alimohammadi, Mamman Aliyu Na'uzo, Samah W Al-Jabi, Moath Saleh Aljohani, Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Sameer Abdulmalik Alkubati, François Alla, Khaled S Allemailem, Mohammed Z Allouh, Wesam Taher Almagharbeh, Wael Abdulrahman Almahmeed, Sabah Al-Marwani, Joseph Almazan, Mohammad Minwer Alnaeem, Hasan Yaser Alniss, Mahmoud A Alomari, Mohammad R Alosta, Mohammad Al-Qudah, Ahmad R Al-Qudimat, Ahmad Alrawashdeh, Rami H Al-Rifai, Intima Alrimawi, Mustafa Alsaadi, Najim Z Alshahrani, Awais Altaf, Obieda Altobaishat, Diala Altwalbeh, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Hany Aly, Mohammad S Alyahya, Abdulmohsen Hamdan Al-Zalabani, Abdallah Alzoubi, Karem H Alzoubi, Adel Sharaf Al-Zubairi, Walid Adnan Al-Zyoud, Saeed Amini, Anandhi Deva Amirtharaj, Enrico Ammirati, Hubert Amu, Ganiyu Adeniyi Amusa, Filippos Anagnostakis, Roshan Ananda, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Song Peng Ang, Abhishek Anil, Sanvithi Anjanappa, Reindolf Anokye, Boluwatife Stephen Anuoluwa, Iyadunni Adesola Anuoluwa, Saeid Anvari, Anayochukwu Edward Anyasodor, Geminn Louis Carace Apostol, Hossein Arabi, Jalal Arabloo, Aleksandr Aravkin, Demelash Areda, Abdulfatai Aremu, Jorge Arias de la Torre, Timur Aripov, Ghazal Arjmand, Johan Ärnlöv, Nurila Aryntayeva, Evans Atiah Asamane, Guido Ascione, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq, Saad Ashraf, Tahira Ashraf, Bernard Kwadwo Yeboah Asiamah-Asare, Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Anil Raj Assariparambil, Ömer Ataç, Seyyed Shamsadin Athari, Prince Atorkey, Avinash Aujayeb, Zaw Zaw Aung, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Usman Ayub Awan, Kemal Lemnuro Awol, Adedapo Wasiu Awotidebe, Ahmad Ayed, A K M Azad, Arian Azadnia, Hiva Azami, Alireza Azarboo, Mehrnaz Azarian, Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz, Sadat Abdulla Aziz, Domenico Azzolino, Abraham Samuel Babu, Raham Bacha, Muhammad Badar, Nasser Bagheri, Khlood Baghlaf, Atif Amin Baig, Mohamad Amin Bakhshali, Senthilkumar Balakrishnan, Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Ruwanthi Panchali Bandara, Biswajit Banik, Hiba Jawdat Barqawi, Zarrin Basharat, Shahid Bashir, Azadeh Bashiri, Afisu Basiru, Mohammad-Mahdi Bastan, Nour Batarseh, Armel Landry Batchi-Bouyou, Shazia Batool, Narasimha M Beeraka, Babak Behnam, Bekalu Mekonen Belay, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Kenechukwu Chijioke Ben-Umeh, Abiye Assefa Berihun, Devidas S Bhagat, Nikha Bhardwaj, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Sonu Bhaskar, Priyadarshini Bhattacharjee, Sudip Bhattacharya, Gurjit Kaur Bhatti, Md Mehedi Hasan Bhuiyan, Tia Bimal, Ahmad Naoras Bitar, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Lucimere Bohn, Mina Borran, Alejandro Botero Carvajal, Souad Bouaoud, Christopher Boxe, Luisa C Brant, Raffaele Bugiardini, Linh Phuong Bui, Norma B Bulamu, Felix Busch, Yasser Khalil Bustanji, Luciana Aparecida Campos, Yu Cao, Zhong Cao, Angelo Capodici, Felix Carvalho, Aditya Chakraborty, Chiranjib Chakraborty, Sandip Chakraborty, Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, Baskaran Chandrasekaran, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Lam Duc Chau, Anis Ahmad Chaudhary, Asad Ali Ahmed Cheema, An-Tian Chen, Hana Chen, Haowei Chen, Meng Xuan Chen, Xing Chen, Nicholas Chew, Gerald Chi, Patrick R Ching, Bryan Chong, Karleen Chong, Deepti Chopra, Hitesh Chopra, Sonali G Choudhari, Enayet Karim Chowdhury, Rajiv Chowdhury, Jinky Marie Tuliao Chua, Sheng-Chia Chung, Sunghyun Chung, Arrigo Francesco Giuseppe Cicero, Mariana Corda, Claudia Cosma, Vera Marisa Costa, Natália Cruz-Martins, Omid Dadras, Jiahui Dai, Xiaochen Dai, Mayank Dalakoti, Albertino Damasceno, Emanuele D'Amico, Lucio D'Anna, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Dimash Davletov, Tadesse Asmamaw Dejenie, Ivan Delgado-Enciso, Ismail Dergaa, Emina Derviševic, Hardik Dineshbhai Desai, Vinoth Gnana Chellaiyan Devanbu, Arkadeep Dhali, Amol S Dhane, Bibha Dhungel, Marcello Di Pumpo, Diana Dias da Silva, Huynh Phuong Thao Do, Thanh Chi Do, Sushil Dohare, Fariba Dorostkar, Ojas Prakashbhai Doshi, Paulo Magno Martins Dourado, Emeka Dumbili, Andre Rodrigues Duraes, Senbagam Balakrishnan Duraisamy, Siddhartha Dutta, Subhajit Dutta, Abdel Rahman E'mar, Cynthia Edeh, David Jan Edvardsson, Debela Ejeta, Michael Ekholuenetale, Rabie Adel El Arab, Iman El Sayed, Mohamed Ahmed Eladl, Aya Elalfy, Islam Y Elgendy, Muhammed Elhadi, Waseem El-Huneidi, Sherif Elkhanishy, Omar Abdelsadek Abdou Elmeligy, Mohamed A Elmonem, Adel B Elmoselhi, Mohamed Hassan Elnaem, Abdelgawad Salah Eltahawy, Theophilus I Emeto, Fahima Nasrin Eva, Natalia Fabin, Heidar Fadavian, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Ildar Fakhradiyev, Mohammad Fareed, Aisha Farhana, Wisam Fawzi Al-Juhyiish, Timur Fazylov, Gelana Fekadu, Ginenus Fekadu, Rodrigo Fernandez-Jimenez, Pietro Ferrara, Nuno Ferreira, Florian Fischer, Luisa Sorio Flor, Federica Fogacci, Carla Fornari, Célia Fortuna Rodrigues, Matteo Foschi, Abdelrahman Gamil Gad, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Ezhilkugan Ganessane, Shivaprakash Gangachannaiah, Anirban Ganguli, Dingwei Gao, Fernando Barroga Garcia, Chandi Garg, Jacopo Garlasco, Bamba Gaye, Mesfin Gebrehiwot, Ali Gerami Matin, Lemma Getacher, Genanew Kassie Getahun, Kalab Yigermal Gete, Mustafa Ghaderzadeh, Kazem Ghaffari, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Roya Ghafoury, Arin Ghamkhar, Lobna Gharaibeh, Mohammadreza Ghasemi, Ahmad Ghashghaee, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Nermin Mahmoud Mohammed Ghith, Sama Ghoba, Artyom Gil, Syed Abdullah Gilani, Richard Frank Gillum, Soliyana Gizachew, Laszlo Göbölös, Mahaveer Golechha, Pouya Goleij, Davide Golinelli, Melika Golmohammadi, Yitayal Ayalew Goshu, Alessandra C Goulart, Habtamu Alganeh Guadie, Avirup Guha, Damitha Asanga Gunawardane, Lalit Gupta, Mohak Gupta, Rajeev Gupta, Saptorshi Gupta, Roberth Steven Gutiérrez-Murillo, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, Najah R Hadi, Arian Haghtalab, Abdulsalam M Halboup, Pritam Halder, Sobia Ahsan Halim, Nadia M Hamdy, Mohamed Hamed, Hossein Hamidi, Samer Hamidi, Erin B Hamilton, Asif Hanif, Nasrin Hanifi, Fahad Hanna, Mohd Anul Haq, Obaid Imtiyazul Haque, Ahmed Ibrahim Hasaballah, Faizul Hasan, Md Kamrul Hasan, S M Mahmudul Hasan, Hamidreza Hasani, Mohammad Hashem Hashempur, Ibrahim Nagmeldin Hassan, Ikrama Ibrahim Hassan, Md Imtaiyaz Hassan, Muhammad Hassan, Nageeb Abdul Galil Hassan, Shoaib Hassan, Rasmus J Havmoeller, Simon Iain Hay, Ahmad Hayatu, Wen-Qiang He, Golnaz Heidari, Mohammad Heidari, Zaw Myo Hein, Sumudu Avanthi Hewage, Kamal Hezam, Yuta Hiraike, Mai Hoang, Ramesh Holla, Alamgir Hossain, Md Sabbir Hossain, Syed Billal Hossain, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, Mihaela Hostiuc, Junjie Huang, Kiavash Hushmandi, Dursa Hussein, Thuan Nguyen Huynh, Bing-Fang Hwang, Segun Emmanuel Ibitoye, Fatma Magdi Ibrahim, Rasha Kadri Ibrahim, Anel Ibrayeva, Aqsa Ikram, Irena Ilic, Milena Ilic, Salim Ilyasu, Lucius Chidiebere Imoh, Danish Iqbal, Muhammad Iqhrammullah, Bilal Irfan, Md Rabiul Islam, Yerlan Ismoldayev, Hiroyasu Iso, Masao Iwagami, Chidozie Declan Iwu, Chinwe Iwu-Jaja, Oshozimhede E Iyalomhe, Shadi Izadidehkordi, Juan S Izquierdo-Condoy, Jalil Jaafari, Jaison Jacob, Ali Jadidi, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Vennila Jaganathan, Haitham Jahrami, Vikash Jaiswal, Reza Jalilzadeh Yengejeh, Armaan Jamal, Jazlan Jamaluddin, Safayet Jamil, Talha Jawaid, Yovanthi Anurangi Jayasinghe, Jayakumar Jeganathan, Seogsong Jeong, Zixiang Ji, Jost B Jonas, Tamas Joo, Jobin Jose, Jobinse Jose, Akaninyene Paul Joseph, Mickael Antoine Joseph, Krupal J Joshi, Charity Ehimwenma Joshua, Farahnaz Joukar, Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak, Sang-Hyuk Jung, Malik Juweid, Billingsley Kaambwa, Dler Hussein Kadir, Farima Kahe, Ashish Kumar Kakkar, Khalil Kalavani, Sanjay Kalra, Ramat Toyin Kamorudeen, Oleksandr Kamyshnyi, Jiseung Kang, Samuel Berchi Kankam, Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi, Suthanthira Kannan, Sunil Kumar Kar, Mehrdad Karajizadeh, Paschalis Karakasis, Arman Karimi Behnagh, Samad Karkhah, Faizan Zaffar Kashoo, Manoj Kumar Kashyap, Nehemia Israel Kassa, Amandeep Kaur, Avleen Kaur, Gbenga Ayodele Kayode, Kefita Kashala Kayola, Sina Kazemian, Abenezer Zenebe Kebede, Yabets Tesfaye Kebede, Mohammad Ali Khaksar, Anees Ahmed Khalil, Abida Khan, Ajmal Khan, Iqra Hamid Khan, Maseer Khan, Mohammad Idreesh Khan, Mohd Faheem Khan, Muhammad Arslan Khan, Muhammad Umer Khan, Yusuf Saleem Khan, Zahid Khan, Sameer Uttamrao Khasbage, Haitham Khatatbeh, Moawiah Khatatbeh, Khalid A Kheirallah, Manoj Khokhar, Pavan Khosla, Farbod Khosravi, Sepehr Khosravi, Jagdish Khubchandani, Zemene Demelash Kifle, Hye Jun Kim, Jinho Kim, Kwanghyun Kim, Min Seo Kim, Ruth W Kimokoti, Adnan Kisa, Shivakumar K M Kondlahalli, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Farzad Kompani, Oleksii Korzh, Sindhura Lakshmi Koulmane Laxminarayana, Kewal Krishan, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Chong-Han Kua, Ananya Kuanar, Mohammed Kuddus, Mukhtar Kulimbet, Ashish Kumar, Ashwini Kumar, Laksh Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Satyajit Kundu, Setor K Kunutsor, Maria Dyah Kurniasari, Krishna Prasad Kurpad, Donata Kurpas, Christina Yeni Kustanti, Dian Kusuma, Assylkhan Kuttybayev, Taeho Kwak, Ville Kytö, Pallavi L C, Chandrakant Lahariya, Hanpeng Lai, Balzhan Lakanova, Tri Laksono, Anders Olof Larsson, Thoa Le, Thu Huynh Minh Le, Caterina Ledda, Hayeon Lee, Hoi Leong Lee, Hwamin Lee, Ryung Lee San Lee, Seung Won Lee, Wei-Chen Lee, Vasileios Leivaditis, Pier Pasquale Leone, Elvynna Leong, Chengfeng Li, Jie Li, Jinbo Li, Miaoling Li, Ming-Chieh Li, Qiang Li, Xingang Li, Zhengrui Gerry Li, Yanxue Lian, Jialing Lin, Daniel Lindholm, Shai Linn, Haipeng Liu, Xianliang Liu, Xiao Liu, Xuefeng Liu, Yubo Liu, Erand Llanaj, Madeeha Shahzad Lodhi, Niroshan Chandrajith Lokunarangoda, Andrés López-Cortés, José Francisco López-Gil, Kevin Lu, Jailos Lubinda, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Abhilash Ludhiadch, Pincheng Luo, Jay Brinton Lusk, Lei Lv, Ellina Lytvyak, Firoozeh Madadi, Áurea Marília Madureira-Carvalho, Pasquale Maffia, Sasikumar Mahalingam, Samatar Abshir Mahamed, Nozad Hussein Mahmood, Mansour Adam Mahmoud, Abdul Majid, Ahmad Azam Malik, Bhagabat Malik, Tabarak Malik, Birhanemaskal Malkamu, Muhammad Talha Maniya, Fahmida Mannan, Kamaruddeen Mannethodi, Marjan Mansourian, Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani, Iqra Manzoor, Shaista Manzoor, Tahir Maqbool, Hamid Reza Marateb, Mirko Marino, Winfried März, Roy Rillera Marzo, Sammer Marzouk, Stefano Masi, Yasith Mathangasinghe, Neeta Mathur, Georgios Mavrovounis, Steven M McPhail, Elahe Meftah, Medhin Mehari, Tesfahun Mekene Meto, Septi Melisa, Satish Melwani, Aamir Raoof Memon, Godfred Antony Menezes, Emiru Ayalew Mengistie, George A Mensah, Anusha Sultan Meo, Sultan Ayoub Meo, Michelangelo Mercogliano, Giovanni Merlino, Rahwa A Mesfin, Tomislav Mestrovic, Chamila Mettananda, Sachith Mettananda, Mohamed Metwally Metwally, Kathleen H Miao, Bartosz Miazgowski, Muhammad Agus Mikrajab, Giuseppe Minervini, Wai-Kit Ming, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Seyed Ali Mirshahvalad, Vinaytosh Mishra, Tridip Mitra, Yidnek Mogessie, Ahmed Elmorsy Mohamed, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Hussien Mohamed Ahmed, Hashim Mohamed Siraj, Taj Mohammad, Zeinab Mohammadzadeh, Mustapha Mohammed, Omer Mohammed, Shafiu Mohammed, Ali H Mokdad, 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Yunusa, Ismaeel Yunusa, Mubashir Zafar, Nikta Zafarjafarzadeh, Manijeh Zaghampour, Nelson Zamora, Iman Zare, Kourosh Zarea, Seema Zargar, Michael Zastrozhin, Mohammed Zawiah, Mohammed Gomaa Mohammed Zeariya, Eyael Mesfin Zeru, Beijian Zhang, Daniel Xin Zhang, Haijun Zhang, Julio Min Fei Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Murat Zhanuzakov, Claire Chenwen Zhong, Xiao-Dong Zhou, Bin Zhu, Abzal Zhumagaliuly, Hafsa Zia, Ghazal Zoghi, Mohamed Ali Zoromba, Ahed H Zyoud, Sa'ed H Zyoud, Christopher J L Murray, Gregory A Roth
- Locus coeruleus activation transforms cortical taste representations September 16, 2026Noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) shape sensory processing, yet how LC activity influences population taste coding remains unclear. Using optogenetic LC activation with miniscope imaging in the gustatory cortex (GC), we examined LC modulation of multiple taste attributes. Phasic LC activation strengthens correlations between neuronal responses and palatability and expands the dynamic range […]Will Fan, Paula To, Natale R Sciolino
- Carotid body dysfunction contributes to respiratory instability in Rett syndrome September 1, 2026Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in MECP2. Disordered breathing is a hallmark feature of RTT that negatively impacts quality of life and can be life-threatening. Despite this, the mechanisms underlying disordered breathing in RTT are poorly understood. Although RTT is primarily considered a central nervous system disorder, we found that […]Monica L Strain, Eliandra N da Silva, Michelle L Olsen, Daniel K Mulkey
- Identification of markers facilitating the study of support cells in adult olfactory sensilla in Drosophila August 12, 2026In the Drosophila antenna, olfactory sensilla are the fundamental unit of odor detection and processing. Sensilla house one to four olfactory neurons enwrapped by three distinct support cells: thecogen, trichogen, and tormogen cells. While olfactory neurons and their odor receptors have been extensively studied in Drosophila, and increasingly in other insect species, much less is […]Sydney Ballou, Kristine Zlotnick, David Tolmach, Karen Menuz
- Developmental origins of hypertension: The role of neonatal breathing irregularities and hypoxaemia August 10, 2026No abstractMichael A Jolly
- Brain-Wide Mapping and Synaptic Localization of C1QL3 Using a Novel Epitope-Tagged Knock-In Mouse August 7, 2026Synapse formation and function are coordinated spatially and temporally by a host of synaptic proteins that regulate neuronal signaling, synapse specificity, and plasticity, many of which are implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders. Many members of the C1q/TNF superfamily function as synaptic organizers, shaping synapse assembly and maintenance. Among them, C1QL3 plays a putative role in trans-synaptic […]William P Armstrong, James M Salvatore, Matthew J Sticco, Keaven Caro, J Wesley Maddox, Angie Huang, Brenna C McAllister, Christopher B O'Connell, Siu-Pok Yee, Amy Lee, Susanne Ressl, David C Martinelli, Alexander C Jackson
- Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces July 6, 2026Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in formal adult diagnoses and individuals self-identifying as neurodivergent. Many neurodivergent individuals, particularly academic trainees, have reported adverse experiences while participating in STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, citing a lack of support and resources. Further, academic systems […]Brooke M Fitzwater, Alexandra G Tissot, Noah R Bressman, Christofer A Brothers, Yuchen Chen, Tara J Cronin, Nicole S DesJardins, Sonja Huč, Jacquelyn R Galvez, Caitlin S Gillespie, Chloe Kaelin, Sarah A Knutie, Jess Marquardt, Rut Martínez-Miras, Ulrike K Müller, Andrew K Schulz, Benjamin Shanafelt, Sierra L Sowa, Chris O Spear, Ariel Steele, Ryan Thompson, Megan R Wyatt, Taormina Lepore
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Celiac Disease in Patients With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis June 25, 2026CONCLUSION: The findings from this meta-analysis suggest a higher-than-expected prevalence of CD among patients with NAFLD, though the substantial heterogeneity across studies limits the precision of this estimate. These findings indicate that clinicians may consider selective screening for CD, particularly in patients presenting with specific clinical features. However, given the exploratory nature of the subgroup […]Narsimha Rao Keetha, Pegah Rashidian, Micah Fleischman, Fatemeh Mohammadyari, Michael T Ulrich, Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi, Kiran Sandilya Balivada, Mohammad Amin Karimi, Negin Letafatkar, Ehsan Amini-Salehi, Sandeep Samethadka Nayak
- Bayesian Transformers and Higher-Order Graph Matching for Cell Tracking in Serial Tissue Sections May 26, 2026Reliable 3D reconstruction of tissue architecture from sequential 2D multiplex images is challenging due to the noise and distortions introduced by ultrathin (50 nm) slicing and complex alignment procedures. Conventional cell tracking methods often fail under such conditions, resulting in inaccurate linkage of cells across sections. To bridge this gap, we propose a Bayesian Transformer […]Mostafa Karami, Sahand Hamzehei, David Arce, Gianna Raimondi, Linnaea Ostroff, Sheida Nabavi
- WATER reveals heterochrony of molecular programs underlies developmental failure caused by minor spliceosome inhibition May 25, 2026The final limb structure reflects coordinated deployment of molecular programs, defined not only by which genes are expressed but when they are activated and silenced across time. Existing omics analyses obscure the temporal unfolding of these programs and conflate program identity with deployment timing by assuming temporal equivalence between conditions. We developed WATER (Weighted Windowed […]Saren M Springer, Abigail R Boria, Kyle D Drake, Kevon O Afriyie, Kaitlin N Girardini, Taveena Konakanchi, Isabella Stevens, Nicolas Camacho, Tomas Lopes, Rahul N Kanadia
- Triple-layered core-shell microneedle patch for sustained analgesic delivery and chondroprotection in osteoarthritis May 2, 2026Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent chronic condition characterized by persistent pain, necessitating sustained therapeutic interventions to manage symptoms effectively. In this study, we introduce a novel core-shell microneedle system for sustained release, termed Microneedle-based Integrated Release with Advanced Composite Layered Efficacy (MIRACLE). The design is a triple-layered microneedle (MN) patch engineered for the prolonged management […]Hoang-Phuc Pham, Cao-Sang Truong, Rimpy Diwan, Himanshu N Bhatt, Nha-Thi Luong, Qian Wu, Suman Pahal, Aseno Sakhrie, Thi Bao Tram Tran, Zhiming Li, Thanh D Nguyen
- Dynamic cholinergic signaling differentially desynchronizes cortical microcircuits dependent on modulation rate and network connectivity April 10, 2026Acetylcholine (ACh) affects both the intrinsic properties of individual neurons and the oscillatory tendencies of cortical microcircuits by modulating the muscarinic-receptor gated m-current. ACh concentrations have historically been assumed to vary exclusively over long (supra-second) neuromodulatory timescales, conventionally simplified in silico as a set and constant modulatory tone. However, contemporary experimental studies show cortical ACh […]Sibi Pandian, Scott Rich
- Cellular properties and axonal projections of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-expressing neurons in the mouse lateral hypothalamic area March 17, 2026The lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) is well-known for its conserved role in modulating and driving many forms of innate behaviors, yet the cellular diversity underlying these functions remains incompletely understood. Although neurons expressing the neuropeptide thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus have been well-characterized for their hypophysiotropic functions and role in metabolism and […]Maggie A Khuu, Monica S Antony, Jeremy H Lesser, Kristen S Springer, Eneida M Wainman, Falyne C Driver, Daniel K Mulkey, Alexander C Jackson
- Minor spliceosome inhibition via ablation of its U11 snRNA gene results in multiple defects in murine spermatogenesis February 25, 2026Minor intron-containing genes (MIGs), which require the minor spliceosome (MiS) for their splicing, are highly represented among genes involved in mouse spermatogenesis. Leveraging gene- and intron-level ortholog data, we show that conservation of these genes as MIGs is particularly strong in chordates but not in other species groups, suggesting lineage-specific changes to their splicing regulation. […]Kazumasa Takemoto, Kaitlin N Girardini, Abigail Boria, Jade Rosado, Taveena Konakanchi, Shreyesh Vachhani, Saren Springer, Rahul N Kanadia
Recent Grants

Jianjun Sun received an award from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development for his project, A Novel Role of Corpus Luteum in Female Reproduction. Link Here

Karen Menuz received an award from the National Institutes of Health for her project, Molecular Basis of Insect Olfaction. Link Here

Anastasios Tzingounis received a Seed Grant from the Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences for his project, KCNQ2 encephalopathy variants lead to global changes to the cortical phosphoproteome. Link Here

Scott Rich received a Seed Grant from the Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences for his project, Deciphering the mechanism of action of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in post-stroke rehabilitation. Link Here

John Redden received two awards from the 2024-2025 Provost’s Common Curriculum Grant Competition.

Natale Sciolino received a NARSAD Young Investigator grant from the Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation for her project, Norepinephrine circuits underlying obesity-induced negative affect.

Cleyton Sobrinho received an award from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Bridge to Independence for his project, Disordered breating in autism: screen for central and peripheral nervous system involvement and therapeutic potential.

Alexander Jackson received a joint award with David Martinelli, UCH, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for their project, A novel trans-synaptic adhesion complex as a regulator of hypocretin/orexin control of arousal. Link Here

Cleyton Sobrinho received an award from the CCHS Network for his project, Putative roles of NTS neurons in maintenance of breathing and survival in a mouse model of CCHS.

Georgia Zarkada received an award from the Retina Research Foundation for her project, Modulation of retinal vascularization by endothelial cell genetic reprogramming.

Daniel Mulkey received an award from the DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for his project, Molecular Signature of Parafacial Expiratory Neurons.

Xinnian Chen received an award from the National Science Foundation for her project, A Developmental Model to Understand the Process of Instructor Implementation of Evidence-Based Teaching Practices. Link Here

Andrew Moiseff received an NSF-DUE award as a Co-PI along with Tadarrayl Stark and PI, Daniel Burkey for their project Community, Identity, and Competence: Supporting Low-Income Students in Computing and the Data Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Link Here

Jeffrey Divino and John Redden received the Alan R. Bennett College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Public Health Policy Research Funding award for their project, Integrating Health Policy Into Undergraduate Life Science Curriculum. Link Here

Natale Sciolino received an award from the Brain Research Foundation for her project, Impact of Locus Coeruleus Dynamics on Gustatory Cortex Function. Link Here

Georgia Zarkada received an award from the National Institutes of Health for her project, Targeting TGFB Signaling to Treat Ocular Neovascular Disease. Link Here

Natale Sciolino, Alexander Jackson, and Anastasios Tzingounis received an internal grant from the Uconn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for shared equipment for their project, Miniature microscopes in behaving rodents for animal vivarium and behavioral spaces. Link Here

Linnaea Ostroff received an award from the National Institutes of Health for her project, New Strategies for molecular cell-type labeling in volume electron microscopy. Link Here

Linnaea Ostroff received an award from the National Institutes of Health for her project, A Versatile Approach for Highly Multiplexed, High Resolution Imaging of Endogenous Molecules. Link Here

Jianjun Sun was a Co-PI on an award for Kazunori Hoshino of Biomedical Engineering for their project, A light-sheet microscopy (LSM)-based, spatially-resolved 3D dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) instrument for developmental biology and physiology. Link Here

Dr. Joseph Crivello and co-investigator Dr. Karen Menuz were awarded an NSF/BIO/Directorate Biological Sciences award entitled REU Site: Research Experiences in Physiology and Neurobiology at UCONN. Link Here
Recent Awards

Luke Noreika was awarded the Excellence in Systems Genomics Award at the All Biology Commencement Reception on 5/10/2026.

Kara Borkowski was awarded the Outstanding Senior in PNB Award at the All Biology Commencement Reception on 5/10/2026.

Kara Borkowski (Srinivasan lab, Kinesiology), Malak Nechnach (Sciolino lab, depicted above) and Luke Noreika (Zarkada lab) were chosen among all presenters at the PNB Symposium, 4/24/26, to present at the All Biology Symoposium, 5/1/26.

Rylie Starer was awarded the Biology Director’s Award at the All Biology Commencement Reception on 5/3/2025.

Abigail Boria was awarded the Excellence in Systems Genomics Award at the All Biology Commencement Reception on 5/3/2025.

McKenna Rook was awarded the Outstanding Senior in PNB Award at the All Biology Commencement Reception on 5/3/2025.

Abigail Boria from the Kanadia Lab, McKenna Rook from the Menuz Lab, and Rylie Starer from the Sun Lab were chosen among all presenters at the PNB Symposium, 4/25/25, to present at the All Biology Symoposium, 5/2/25.
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Alexandra Salem was awarded the Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Award: Patients with Rett syndrome (RTT) are at increased risk of anesthesia-related complications usually involving respiratory insufficiency or cardiac arrythmia. Preliminary results suggest this phenotype is recapitulated in a mouse model of RTT where delivery of injectable or volatile anesthetic results in cardiorespiratory failure at doses well tolerated in control mice. Based on this, the goals of my SURF project are to determine in RTT mice i) the minimum level of anesthetic needed to induce unconsciousness and ii) test the susceptibility cardiorespiratory failure in this model in response to two commonly used general anesthetic with different putative modes of action.

Michael Jolly, a student in Dr. Daniel Mulkey’s lab was the recipient of an NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship.

Alana Grant from the Jackson Lab, Akshara Iyer from the Yu Lab, and Carrie Epstein from the Kienzler Lab were chosen among all presenters at the PNB Symposium, 4/22/24, to present at the All Biology Symoposium, 4/26/24.

William Armstrong IV placed 1st, Julianna Herman placed 2nd, and Sydney Ballou placed 3rd in the 2023 Neuroscience at Storrs Symposium poster competition.
Recent Conferences

Geoffrey Tanner co-organized the 2026 Neuron Conference April 11 at the SITE at Quinnipiac University.

Alexander Jackson organized the 28th Annual Neuroscience at Storrs Meeting in the Dodd Center/Bousfield Building on the Storrs Campus, Nov 6, 2025.

Alexander Jackson is serving as a Co Chair and co-organizer of the 2024 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on the Hypothalamus at Bates College in Maine.
Events
- The annual Fly Club Symposium took place on May 4, 2026, including keynote speaker, Dr. Harmit Malik.
- The All Biology Symposium took place on May 1, 2026. Winners from the departmental symposiums competed for a chance to win biology wide awards, including the Ertman Award.
- The PNB Symposium took place on April 24, 2026 in TLS 111. Graduating PNB seniors gave an oral presentation, and the top three winners moved on to the All Biology Symposium.
- PNB students had the opportunity to participate in the Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Exhibitions in April of 2026 to present their undergraduate research.
- The start of semester Annual PNB Meeting took place on August 22, 2025.
- The virtual Graduate Student Recruitment Open House took place on November 3, 2025. A Zoom link was emailed to all RSVPs.
- The 28th Annual Neuroscience at Storrs Conference took place November 6, 2025 in the Dodd and Bousfield buildings.



























