Research in Motion: Ilya Levental, PhD and Kandace Levental, PhD
11/7/2025
We’re focused on the immune system and understanding how the membranes in immune cells survey our bodies to regulate pathogens and cancers. — Ilya Levental, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular…
11/7/2025
Michael Brown, PhD (left) and former PhD student Jack Cronk Michael Brown, PhD, a professor of medicine, nephrology, and of microbiology, immunology and cancer biology and resident member of the…
10/27/2025
Martyna Glowczyk-Gluc was awarded an Emerging Scientist Grant from Kids Beating Cancer, Inc. that began on July 1, 2025. Martyna is a doctoral candidate in Experimental Pathology in the lab…
10/20/2025
Alyssa Luz-Ricca was awarded NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders that begins on December 1, 2025. Alyssa…
9/22/2025
BIMS Dean and BIMS, SRIP and MSTP staff volunteered at Camp Holiday Trails through @unitedwaycville’s 2025 #UWGCDayofCARING! We joined 2,000+ other volunteers in the Greater Charlottesville region who gave back…
Sonkusare Lab Discovers and Targets a Novel Mechanism Driving High Blood Pressure in Obesity
9/12/2025
Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD Obesity affects about 4 in 10 American adults and 1 in 5 children. Beyond excess weight, it triggers internal changes that can lead to serious health…
8/22/2025
Paul Del was awarded a NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases which began on August 1, 2025. Paul…
UVA Health Pet Therapy Dogs Bring Joyful Respite to BIMS Students This Summer
8/1/2025
While most students leave Grounds for the summer, the School of Medicine’s Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) students remain hard at work in their labs, conducting research and experiments. To…
Research in Motion: Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD
8/1/2025
"My team at UVA focuses on proteins called ion channels, and we study how these ion channels in the vascular wall work together to maintain vascular health." - Swapnil Sonkusare,…
Scientists ID Rogue Antibodies in Patients After COVID
8/1/2025
Steven L. Zeichner, MD, PhD Errant antibodies that regulate chemical reactions the way enzymes do could explain low blood pressure and other persistent symptoms that plague patients after COVID, new…
