UConn TIP and neuro research recognized

The UConn Technology Incubation Program (TIP) has received the Randall M. Whaley Award from the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) recognizing their outstanding achievement as an entrepreneurial technology center … more

UConn neuroscientist Akiko Nishiyama and graduate student Amin Sherafat report in the April 15 issue of Nature Communications that when the insulation around our nerves gets damaged, cells called microglia make a special protein they use to prod oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs). The OPCs respond by making more insulation … more