Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, Presents the 2023 John F. Anderson Distinguished Lecture

9/12/2023

Title of Lecture: "Crispr Biology and Technology: What's Ahead for Genome Editing" Presented by: Jennifer Doudna, PhD, Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley,…

Date: Oct 2, 2023 - Oct 2, 2023

Start Time: 4:00 pm

End Time: 5:00 pm

Mami Taniuchi, PhD, Awarded $2.5 Million to Explore Environmental Surveillance in Tracking Infectious Diseases in Dhaka, Bangladesh

9/12/2023

Mami Taniuchi, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine Infectious Diseases Division, was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to explore the…

Research in Motion: Xinyu Zhou, PhD

9/12/2023

My research focuses on the role of ion channels in the calcium homeostasis in the heart, as well as a potential function of chromatin positioning and a gene regulation. —Xinyu…

James C. Zimring, MD, PhD, Awarded $11.3 Million to Study Alloimmunization of Transfused Red Blood Cells

9/12/2023

James C. Zimring, MD, PhD, the Thomas W. Tillack Professor of Experimental Pathology, was awarded a $11.3 million program project P01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute…

Postdoctoral Fellow Xiaoqiong Wei, PhD, Awarded the 2023 Ben J. Lipps Research Fellowship

9/5/2023

Postdoctoral fellow Xiaoqiong Wei, PhD, in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, has been awarded a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), along with…

BME Department Hosts Second Annual Symposium for Emerging Leaders in Biomedical Engineering

9/5/2023

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) held its second annual Emerging Leaders in Biomedical Engineering Symposium on Friday, September 1, at the Pinn Hall Conference Center. After a welcome address…

Two School of Medicine Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Doctoral Students Awarded Research Grants

9/5/2023

Two School of Medicine Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology doctoral students were awarded grants to further their research in the areas of brain endothelial dysfunction and respiratory viral infections.…

William A. Petri, MD, PhD, Awarded Seven-Year $4.2 Million UG1 Grant Renewal to Support the NICHD Global Maternal-Child Health Network

9/5/2023

Professor William Petri MD, PhD, was awarded a $4.2 million seven-year renewal of his UG1 grant for a project supporting UVA’s partnership with the icddr,b in Bangladesh as a Research…