Participating Faculty
Through the REU program, students have the opportunity to participate in research at an R1 institution from active laboratories in the sciences. Several departments at UConn have placements for incoming REU students. Below is a detailing of each laboratories' interests and project details. Click the lab's PI for a direct link to their lab pages.
Dr. Anastasios Tzingounis
Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Epilepsy-Associated Genes | KCNQ Channels in the Brain
Dr. Natale Sciolino
Neural Circuitry of Motivated Behaviors | Role of Locus Coeruleus Neurons in Feeding
Dr. Rahul Kanadia
Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation | Role of Minor Spliceosome in Development and Disease
Dr. Linnaea Ostroff
Neuratonomical Basis of Learning and Memory | 3D Electron Microscopy Reconstructions of Synapses
Dr. Ken Campellone
Cytoskeletal Control of Membrane Remodeling | Pathogenic Bacterial Alteration of Membrane Proteins
Dr. Alexander Jackson
Cellular and Synaptic Neurophysiology of Hypothalamic Neural Circuits | Heterogeneity of LHA Functional Subpopulations
Dr. John Salamone
Neurochemistry, Signal Transduction, and Behavior | Psychopharmacology and Drug Development