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Yale researcher says "monkey business" starts with picking up on female signals
Scientists have long been curious about how females of some primate species (including humans) advertise their fertility and how males recognize often subtle signals, noted a report published on the...
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UConn researchers uncover how hummingbirds really drink in nectar
Since the 19th century, according to a report from the University of Connecticut, scientists proposed that hummingbirds drank nectar from flowers using capillary action, the passive process of a fluid...
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Connecticut Science Center looking for grants writer
One of the best science education destinations in Connecticut is looking for a grants writer. Here are the specs:Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, ConnecticutJob Purpose: Contribute to the...
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Yale researcher's finding could mean no more cooling unit for your laptop
Used in Hollywood and the advertising industry to create exotic special effects, ferrofluids are seemingly magical materials that are both liquid and magnetic at once, notes a report from Yale...
View ArticleEric Topol, M.D., writes about "the creative destruction of medicine"
Eric Topol is director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and co-founder and vice-chairman of the West Wireless Health Institute in La Jolla, California. He is a practicing cardilogist at...
View ArticleJackson Laboratory coming to Farmington, Connecticut
Late in 2011, the Connecticut Legislature approved $291 million in bond funding for the new Jackson Laboratory research institute to be built in Farmington, Connecticut.The Jackson Laboratory is an...
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Jackson Lab on schedule at UCONN Health Center campus
The Hartford Courant reports that "nearly a year later, the pace on the [Jackson Laboratory] project...hasn't slowed and officials say they expect the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine to be up...
View ArticleInvestment in Jackson Laboratory will be returned to Connecticut 'in spades'
According to a report from the Hartford Courant, the chief operationg officer of Jackson Laboratory told state officials last month that progress on the planned research facility at the University of...
View ArticleInvestment in Jackson Lab will be retuned to Connecticut 'in spades'
According to a report in the Hartford Courant, the CEO of Jackson Laboratory told state officials last month that progress on the planned research center at the University of Connecticut Health Center...
View ArticleJackson Laboratory at UConn Health Center is hiring
Are you experienced at performing molecular and cellular biological experiments for human cancer genomics? Do you enjoy performing data analysis and literature searches in a collaborative environment?...
View ArticleUConn Health Center holds Jackson Lab groundbreaking ceremony
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine took place this month at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The event comes nearly a year after the state of...
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UConn researchers at forefront of DNA sequencing
The University of Connecticut reports that UConn researchers are at the forefront of new discoveries and understanding about the smallest molecules in the body that can have a momentous impact on...
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Jackson Laboratory names Harvard geneticist chief scientist
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, on the University of Connecticut's Health Center campus in Farmington, has named Harvard genetics expert Charles Lee as its chief scientific...
View ArticleTrinity College introduces five-year B.A./M.A. program in neuroscience
According to The Trinity Reporter (Spring 2013 edition), Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., has approved a program to allow students to obtain a B.A. and master's degree in neuroscience in five...
View ArticleJackson Laboratory set to open in one year.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, currently under construction, is slated to open in fall 2014 on the campus of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn., according...
View ArticleStem cell researchers gather at UConn Health Center
Scientists from across the state gathered for a meeting at the UConn Health Center this month to present their latest findings in the field of stem cell research, according to a report in UConn Today....
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Jackson Laboratory names Charles Lee chief scientific director
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine has named Harvard genetics expert Charles Lee as its chief scientific director, according to a report in the Hartford Business Journal.Lee will be the highest...
View ArticleJackson Laboratory receives grant from South Korea for cancer genomics project
According to a report in the Bangor Daily News (BDN), the Jackson Laboratory has been selected to receive a five-year, $7.5 million grant from the South Korean government for a cancer genomics...
View ArticleConstruction of Jackson Laboratory in Farmington on schedule
Construction of The Jackson Laboratory in Farmington is on schedule and on budget, according to an article in The Hartford Courant.Nearly $64 million in construction work has been completed on the...
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Does your level of education influence your smoking habit?
A report from Yale University points out that adults with college degrees are much less likely to smoke than adults with less education, but the reasons for this inequality are unclear. A new Yale...
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