UVA Brain Institute Announces 2024 Transformative Neuroscience Pilot Grant Awards
12/10/2024
The UVA Brain Institute is pleased to announce the recipients of the fall cycle of the 2024 Transformative Neuroscience Pilot Grant awards. Seven research teams from the Schools of Medicine,…
Update on Manning Institute Construction and Other Projects at Fontaine Research Park
12/10/2024
Construction is well underway on the Manning Institute of Biotechnology at the Fontaine Research Park. After the blasting efforts to remove rock were completed in July 2024, the project team…
Discovery About Epidermal Stem Cells Could Lead to Treatment for Balding
12/10/2024
Lu Q. Le, MD, PhD, the Kenneth E. Greer, MD, Professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology, and his lab published an exciting study titled “Transcription factor KROX20 marks…
Research in Motion: Kevin Janes, PhD
12/10/2024
My laboratory studies cancer and infectious disease from a complex systems perspective. We combine quantitative experiments in the laboratory with computer models that formalize how we think the disease works.…
12/3/2024
BIMS graduate student Maciej Gluc in the Ahmad Jomaa Laboratory in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics has been awarded the prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship. This…
Inaugural Application Round for SOM Research Shared Instrumentation Program Was Huge Success
12/3/2024
School of Medicine Office for Research recently completed the inaugural application cycle for the new Shared Instrumentation Program. The Shared Instrumentation Program seeks to expand the core model to include…
Clinical Trial Identifies Better Treatment for Brain Tumors
12/3/2024
Adding the chemotherapy pill temozolomide to radiation treatment significantly improves survival for adults with brain tumors known as grade 2 gliomas, a clinical trial led by a top UVA Health…
New Study Reveals Key Mechanism Behind Cerebellar Ataxia and Neurodegeneration
12/3/2024
Researchers from the University of Virginia have uncovered a critical role for the SEL1L-HRD1 complex in preventing neurodegeneration in Purkinje cells—a type of neuron crucial for motor coordination. The findings,…
