9/19/2019
Erin Weddle was recently awarded an NIH F31, an Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) which began on 9/1/19. Erin is a Microbiology degree…
Congratulations to Pedro Costa-Pinheiro
9/19/2019
Congratulations to Pedro Costa-Pinheiro for being the first BIMS student to have received a Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This award supports…
9/11/2019
Abigail Wolpe was recently awarded an NIH F31, an Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) which began on 8/1/19. Abby is a Cell Biology…
9/11/2019
Jon Suzich was recently awarded an NIH F30, an Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for MD/PhD students from the National Eye Institute (NEI),beginning on 7/1/19. Jon is a Microbiology degree candidate in…
9/10/2019
This student-nominated award recognizes graduate students in the Biosciences who have made outstanding and notable academic, professional, social, and/or service contributions for the University of Virginia and the local community.…
The Meat Allergy: UVA IDs Biological Changes Triggered by Tick Bites
9/3/2019
The findings by UVA’s Loren Erickson, PhD, and his team offer important insights into why otherwise healthy people can enjoy meat all their lives until a hot slab of ground…
UVA-Led Program Seeks to Broaden the Pool of STEM Researchers
9/3/2019
For students in the VA-NC Alliance for Minority Participation, a summer research program at the University of Virginia showed them career paths in STEM fields they hadn’t considered before and…
Here’s How E. Coli Knows How to Make You Really Sick
9/3/2019
A pair of School of Medicine scientists have revealed how E. coli seeks out the most oxygen-free crevices of your colon to cause the worst infection possible. The discovery could…
9/3/2019
Ellen Mintz graduated in the summer of 2019 with a degree in Experimental Pathology. She was the first student to join the lab of George Christ when he moved to…
Congratulations: 2019 Wagner Fellowship Awardees
9/3/2019
Please join us in congratulating the 2019 Robert R. Wagner Fellowship awardees. In 1997, Bob and Mary Wagner established The Robert R. Wagner Fellowship Fund with the goal of providing…
