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Dr. Ji-Young Lee, FAHA, FACN

Dr. Lee is a Professor and Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences. She is a Fellow of the American Heart Association as well as the American College of Nutrition. She was the recipient of the first Korean Nutrition Society Award selected by the American Society for Nutrition in 2011. Dr. Lee’s research centers around identifying molecular mediators involved in energy metabolism, inflammation, and fibrosis, which mediate the health benefits of dietary factors, such as berries, carotenoids, edible algae, and seaweeds. In particular, her primary focus is linking inflammatory/fibrogenic signaling pathways to energy metabolism using state of the art molecular techniques and cell bioenergetics tools in cells and animal models. Studies on how dietary factors regulate histone deacetylases as an epigenetic mode of action to regulate gene expression in metabolic, inflammatory, and fibrogenic pathways are actively underway in her laboratory.

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Alejandro Figueroa Condiman, BTG fellow, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Abigail Interrante, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Naniel Scott, Nutritional Sciences
Victoria Kostour, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Will Odell, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Adriana Suria, Nutritional Sciences
Rachael Woodruff, Nutritional Sciences
Anqi Cheng, Nutritional Sciences
Lorenzo Ross, Allied Health Sciences
Emily McManus, Nutritional Sciences
Broke Fay, Nutritional Sciences
Molly Vanluling, Molecular and Cell Biology
Olivia Corvino, Nutritional Sciences
Dana Chamberlain, Nutritional Sciences
Catherine Han, Biological Sciences
Edward O’Neill, Molecular and Cell Biology
Christian Caceres, Nutritional Sciences
Ellen Harness, Animal Science
Nicholas Farrell, Nutritional Sciences

5/2 PSLA Seminar Series: Lindsay Triplett

PSLA Seminar Series: Lindsay Triplett

Friday, May 2nd, 2025

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Young Building

Host: Sohyun Park
Location: YNG 132
When: Friday May 2nd 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Webex Link: s.uconn.edu/psla_seminars
Plant productivity is intricately linked to its microbiome, as beneficial microbes can solubilize nutrients, enhance stress tolerance, and inhibit pathogens. Diverse predatory eukaryotes called protists are an abundant but little-studied part of the rhizosphere environment. Protists shape the bacterial community through selective predation, enhancing the fitness and activity of certain plant beneficial bacteria. But how do the bacteria benefit from predators? This question inspired our plant bacteriology lab, through collaboration with UCONN, to expand our focus to protists and their effects on rhizosphere bacteria. Using amplicon, metagenomic, and transcriptomic sequencing of the protist and plant microbiomes, we identified signaling traits prevalent among protist-associated bacteria, and found that some of the molecular signals promoted growth of diverse protists. By understanding how beneficial bacteria interact with protists, we hope this research will reveal new strategies to optimize sustainable crop production.
Lindsay Triplett is Agricultural Scientist, Department Head of Plant Pathology and Ecology, and Vice Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. She grew up in rural Indiana and earned a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Michigan State University, focusing on bacterial plant pathogens, before completing postdoctoral research at Colorado State University. She loves living in Connecticut and doing interdisciplinary research at a small institution.

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5/7 Memorial Bench Dedication in Honor of Nicole Gabelman

Memorial Bench Dedication in Honor of Nicole Gabelman

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

01:30 PM

Young Building

Please join us for a memorial bench dedication in honor of our dear friend and former colleague, Nicole Gabelman.
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Garden Outside of W.B. Young 100
1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06268
This gathering is an opportunity for us to come together, reflect and celebrate Nicole’s lasting impact on our community. The bench, placed in her memory, serves as a tribute to the dedication, kindness, and the many lives she touched during her time with us.
We hope you will join us to honor her legacy and enjoy some light refreshments.

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5/8 Faculty Dialogue on Academic Freedom [Hybrid]

Faculty Dialogue on Academic Freedom [Hybrid]

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Student Union

This dialogue invites you into small group facilitated conversations with fellow faculty members to explore how academic freedom is understood and experienced across roles and campuses. Together, we’ll consider how it shapes our work, the challenges we encounter, and the kind of academic community we hope to cultivate.
Come be part of the conversation. Your voice matters.

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