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. Jelena Erceg
Multi-scale genome organization | Gene regulation of multicellular diploid organisms in evolution and disease
Dr. Stacey L. Hanlon
B Chromosome | Chromosome Dynamics, Behavior and Evolution
Dr. Aoife Heaslip
Parasite Cell Biology | Toxoplasma gondii | Dense Granule Transport
Dr. Sarah M. Hird
Evolution and the Microbiome | Bioinformatics | Phylogeography
Dr. Rahul Kanadia
Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation | Role of Minor Spliceosome in Development and Disease
Dr. José Manautou
Target Organ Toxicity | Hepatic Detoxification and Disposition Mechanisms
Dr. Karen Menuz
Chemosensation in Insects | Olfactory Signaling in Drosophila
Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan
Microbiota–Host Interactions | Systems Biology
Dr. Daniel Mulkey
Autonomic Control of Breathing | Neuron-Astrocyte-Vascular Coupling
Dr. Linnaea Ostroff
Neuratonomical Basis of Learning and Memory | 3D Electron Microscopy Reconstructions of Synapses
Dr. John Salamone
Neurochemistry, Signal Transduction, and Behavior | Psychopharmacology and Drug Development
Dr. Gregory Sartor
Behavioral Pharmacology | Epigenetics | Drug discovery
Dr. Natale Sciolino
Neural Circuitry of Motivated Behaviors | Role of Locus Coeruleus Neurons in Feeding
Dr. Jianjun Sun
Reproductive Physiology and Ovarian Cancer | Secretory Cell Differentiation
Dr. Anastasios Tzingounis
Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Epilepsy-Associated Genes | KCNQ Channels in the Brain
Dr. Randall Walikonis
Postsynaptic Signal Transduction Systems | Novel Protein Identification
Dr. Jianzhong Yu
Organ Size Control and Tumorigenesis | Therapeutic Targets for Parkinson's Disease
Dr. Georgia Zarkada
Mechanisms of Brain and Retina Vascularization | Neurovascular interactions | Regulation of Vascular Barriers