BIMS Lab Coat Ceremony Marks Transition to Next Phase of Graduate Careers
7/14/2026
The School of Medicine celebrated our first-year BIMS students at the UVA Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) Lab Coat Ceremony on April 1. This event marks the students’ transition to the next…
7/5/2026
UVA BIMS PhD student Ewelina Hejenkowska was featured in UVAHealth Children’s Monthly Matters, July edition for her research. Here is the excerpt from their July publication: Nephrology We spotlight major…
Research in Motion Video Features Michael Brown, PhD
6/22/2026
Transcript I'm excited that I get to study the immune system and learn how the immune system protects our bodies from infection and cancer, and I'm thrilled to work with…
6/22/2026
Xiaowei Lu, PhD, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Cell Biology, has been awarded a five-year $2.9 million grant from the NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to…
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, Elected President of the RNA Society
6/22/2026
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, has been elected the next president of the RNA Society, an international society dedicated to fostering research and education in the field of RNA science. Dr. Garcia-Blanco will…
Research in Motion: Stefanie Redemann, PhD
4/16/2026
By learning about [cell] structure, we hope to develop a knowledge base that will help us to create better treatments, diagnostics, and get a deeper understanding of some of the…
Research in Motion — Team Science: Manoj Patel, PhD, and Hannah Grote, PhD Student
4/9/2026
The School of Medicine is excited to introduce the first Research in Motion (RIM) Team Science video, a special variation on the RIM video series that started in 2023. Sparked…
The Graduate Biosciences Society Research Symposium for 2026 was a success!
4/8/2026
We were honored to hear from two outstanding keynote speakers, Dr. Erica Pimenta (WIMS-hosted) and Dr. Dan Needleman (GBS-hosted), whose presentations were highlights of the day. We also heard talks…
Isabelle Derré, PhD, Awarded $3.6 Million NIH Grant to Research Chlamydia
4/3/2026
Isabelle Derré, PhD Isabelle Derré, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a new five-year $3.6 million grant from the NIH National…
New AI Technology to Speed Drug Development
4/3/2026
Nikolay V. Dokholyan, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed a bold new approach to drug development and discovery that could dramatically accelerate the creation of new…
