Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian

Interim Department Head and Professor

Dr. Tian obtained her MS and PhD from Cornell University where she conducted research in early pregnancy recognition and regulation of steroidogenesis in ovarian tissues. She then received post-doctoral trainings as a recipient of a National Research Service Award from NIH in developmental genetics and molecular embryology at Cornell University and University of Connecticut.

Academics

Classes Taught

In the News

• New Preventative Treatment for Porcine Virus Could Save Billions for Farmers – UConn Today, July 2023
• Why UConn scientists are researching cultivated meat – Hartford Courant, July 2023
• Study casts doubt on cultivated meat’s low carbon promise – Royal Society of Chemistry, June 2023
• NIFA Grant Teaches Youth About Biotechnology, Develops Career Readiness – UConn Today, January 2022
• Lab to Table? Induced Pluripotent Bovine Stem Cells Overcome Decades-Long Challenges for Cultivated Meat – UConn Today, January 2022
• Food Labels Leaving You Lost in the Supermarket? This Game Can Help – UConn Today, September 2021
• Cindy Tian Named Interim Department Head of Animal Science – UConn Today, August 2021
• Faculty team and website provide science-based information on GMOs – UConn Today, October 2020
• A new life for an “old” technology – UConn Today August, 2020
• University Honors Memory of Research Great Jerry Yang – UConn Today, November 2017

Research Interests

• Pre-implantation embryo development
• Assisted reproductive technologies
• Genetic engineering in farm animals
• Nuclear reprogramming by somatic cell nuclear transfer

Hobbies/Non-Academic Interests

• Macroeconomics, geopolitics, world culture, ethnic cuisines
• Ballroom dancing, west coast swing, Salsa
• Resistance training, running, Yin yoga
• Cooking
• Gardening
• Self-help
• True crime solving shows