CIBBR NEWS ARCHIVE
Pavlov’s Cells
UNH research finds synchronization of memory cells critical for learning, forming memories
The phrase “Pavlov’s dogs” has long evoked images of bells, food and salivating dogs. Even though this tried-and-true model of repetitive patterns mimics a variety of learning processes, what happens on a cellular level in the brain isn’t clear.
ON THE LEFT IS AN ENLARGED IMAGE SHOWING MANY HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE SILENT AND ONLY A FEW ARE ACTIVE. ON THE RIGHT ARE CLOSE-UPS OF... 
Eye Spy
Researchers create model for enzyme that plays role in blindness
New research from UNH advances the understanding — and ultimately treatment — of a genetic mutation that causes vision disease and blindness.
Model by UNH researchers of the activated complex of the PDE6 molecule complex (green and cyan) with two transducin subunits (blue and orange) associated with the photoreceptor membrane.
In a recent paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry,... 
CIBBR to Host Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Senior Physician Institute in Seminar Series
UNH's Center of Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research and the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (MCBS) will be hosting Senior Physican and Associate Professor David Frank from Dana-Farber Cancer Institue and Harvard Medical School. Topic: Targeting STAT Transcription Factors for Cancer Therapy When & Where: Friday, November 8th, 12:10-1:00 p.m. in Parsons...
Distinguished Howard Hughes Investigator Peter Walter to visit UNH Campus
UNH's Center of Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering Research and the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (MCBS) will be hosting distinguished scientist, Peter Walter, PhD, next week as part of the MCBS department seminar series. Topic: From Protein Folding to Cognition: The Seredipitous Path of Discovery When & Where: Friday, October 25, 12:10-1:00 p.m. in Parsons...
Dr. Mark Kester to Present as Part of CIBBR/MCBS Seminar Series
Dr. Mark Kester The next CIBBR-sponsored fall 2019 seminar will be a collaboration with the department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences and feature Dr. Mark Kester from University of Virginia and the nanoStar Institute. Topic: Ceramide nanoLiposomes: The Road to the Clinic When & Where: Friday, October 18, 12:10-1:00 p.m. in Rudman Hall G89 Dr. Kester will discuss the role of...
UTMB Professor Ricardo Rajsbaum to give immunology seminar
The CIBBR-sponsored seminar series continues this Friday Sept. 27, featuring Dr. Ricardo Rajsbaum from University of Texas Medical Branch. He will be visiting campus as part of the MCBS Department Seminar sereies and will be providing a lecture from his research. Topic: Regulation of innate immunity and virus replication by the host ubiquitin system When & Where: Friday Sept. 27 2019...
CIBBR kicks off Fall 19 Seminar series with UC Santa Barbara's Dr. Kevin Plaxco
The first CIBBR-sponsored seminar Fall 2019 will be collaboration with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Materials Science Program. It will feature Dr. Kevin Plaxco from University of California Santa Barbara. He will be visiting campus on Monday September 16 and will be providing a lecture from his research. Topic: Counting molecules, dodging blood cells:...
Engineering Neuroscience
Edward Song is developing a biosensor to detect chemical conversations in the brain
To better understand how neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases develop, researchers need to study how neurons and immune cells in the brain communicate with each other. With a major new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Edward Song hopes to be a part of that conversation, even though his background... 
Electrochemical sensor highlighted as March 2019 Innovation of the Month
A reusable electrochemical sensor has been highlighted as a the March 2019 Innovation of the Month by UNHInnovation. This monthly recognition features UNH Intellectual Property that has excellent potential for commercialization. The sensor was developed by CIBBR Investigator and CEPS Faculty Jeffrey Halpern and uses cyclodextrin as a reusable and renewable surface for hydrophobic molecular...
Healing Hydrogel
UNH researchers create a hydrogel contact lens to treat serious eye disease
UNH researchers have created a hydrogel that could one day be made into a contact lens to more effectively treat corneal melting, a condition that is a significant cause for blindness world-wide.
The incurable eye disease can be initiated by a number of different causes such as autoimmune diseases (like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or Stevens-Johnson syndrome), chemical burns, or even some...