2025 Wagner Fellows Announced!
6/30/2025
Congrats to the following trainees, many whom are in the BIG community, for receiving Wagner Fellowships! The Wagner is named for Dr. Robert Wagner and his wife, Mary; Dr. Wagner…
6/24/2025
June 2025 - Congrats to BIG faculty Richard Price and John Lukens for being awarded a new $3.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging! Focused ultrasound in combination…
Immune System Discovery Reveals Potential Solution to Alzheimer’s Disease
6/4/2025
June 2025 - The pioneering research of John Lukens, PhD, Jessica Thanos, and colleagues may be the key to stopping cognitive decline associated with the AD. Their research reveals that…
Tajie Harris Featured in Research in Motion
3/27/2025
March 2025 - Tajie Harris was interviewed for Research In Motion; about her lab's work, she says: "We’re tackling questions at the interface of how the nervous system interacts with…
Lulu Jiang Awarded $3.6 Million to Investigate RNA Modifications in Alzheimer’s Disease
12/19/2024
December 2024 - Congrats to Lulu Jiang, who was awarded a $3.6 million R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging for her project titled “Epitranscriptomic Mechanism in the Pathogenesis…
Heather Ferris Featured in Medicine in Motion
10/17/2024
October 2024 - Heather Ferris, MD, PhD, examines how brain metabolism affects risk for developing dementia. Visit this link to learn more about her lab's work!
John Lukens receives 2024 Early Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences
9/27/2024
Congrats to John Lukens, PhD, who was honored by the UVA Medical Alumni Association as the recipient of its 2024 Early Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences! Visit this link to…
Tajie Harris, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study How the Immune System Benefits the Brain
9/6/2024
Congrats to Tajie Harris, BIG Center director, who was awarded a five-year $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, titled “Caspase-8 mediated control of CNS…
5/23/2024
May 2024 - Congratulations to John Lukens, PhD, who has been appointed as the inaugural Director of the University of Virginia’s Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative…
Tajie Harris Featured in The New York Times and Time Discussing Brain Parasites
5/22/2024
May 2024 - BIG Center Director Tajie Harris, PhD, was recently featured in The New York Times and Time discussing the effects of parasites on the human brain. Visit this link for…