Congratulations to Claire Fleming, Recipient of a PhMRA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
5/20/2025
Claire was awarded a PhRMA Fellowship which began on February 1, 2025. Claire is a Microbiology doctoral candidate in the lab of William Petri in the Division of Infectious Diseases…
Magnify (a part of Brain Awareness Outreach) Hosts Annual Spring Gallery Showcase
5/20/2025
Magnify Gallery Showcase held on May 9, 2025 Brain Awareness Outreach also works beyond science classes. To bring the beauty of the scientific world to local art students, Sarah Hunter-Chang,…
5/13/2025
Henry was awarded an NIH F30, an individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows Award from the National Cancer Institute which began on May 1, 2025. Henry is a doctoral candidate in Molecular…
Johnson Ung, 2025 GBS Leadership Award Winner
5/9/2025
Johnson Ung, a graduate student in the Loughran lab, has won the Graduate Biosciences Society Student Leadership Award for 2025. This student-nominated award recognizes graduate students in the Biosciences who…
Johnson Ung, 2025 Michael J. Peach Student Award Winner
5/9/2025
Johnson Ung, a graduate student in the Loughran lab, has won the Michael J. Peach Award for 2025. This annual award is made to a graduate student who embodies enthusiasm…
Remziye Wessel, 2025 Jill E. Hungerford Student Award Winner
5/9/2025
Remziye Wessel, a graduate student in the Dolatshahi lab, has won the Jill E. Hungerford Award for 2025. This award is given annually to a doctoral student who exemplifies a commitment,…
Department of Genome Sciences Celebrates National DNA Day With Local Middle School Students
5/8/2025
National DNA Day, observed every year on April 25, commemorates two pivotal moments in scientific history: the discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953 and the completion of the…
Brain Awareness: How Student Volunteers Rebuilt UVA’s Neuroscience Outreach Program
5/8/2025
Neuroscience outreach isn’t new at the University of Virginia: researchers have been communicating the importance of research to the public through Brain Awareness Week since 1996. However, in March 2020,…
5/6/2025
Rossymar (Ross) Rivera Cólon, PhD Candidate in Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, has been awarded Third Place and Audience Choice Award in the 2025 Grad Thesis SLAM, hosted by PhD Plus and the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs…
BIMS Mentor Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD PhD, Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
5/1/2025
The School of Medicine is pleased to announce the election of Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and ongoing research…
