Research Highlights
Department of Genome Sciences Celebrates National DNA Day With Local Middle School Students 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… BIMS Mentor Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD PhD, Elected to the National Academy of Sciences 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… UVA Unveils How HIV Begins to Invade Our Cells Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a method to understand how HIV and other viruses first begin to infect our cells, and that could help us… Meet Allie Donlan, a UVA Researcher Whose Work Has Changed the COVID-19 Fight Even as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the world in late February and early March, University of Virginia Ph.D. student Allie Donlan did not necessarily picture herself working on… Your Brain Parasite Isn’t Making You Sick. Here’s Why. More than 30 million Americans are infected with a brain parasite spread by cats and contaminated meat, but most will never show symptoms. A new discovery from the University of… Q&A: Dr. William Petri on COVID-19, Vaccines and the Pandemic COVID-19 cases are spiking in many areas of the United States. More than 4.4 million Americans have tested positive for the disease, and many millions more are likely to have… UVA Pioneers Study Of Genetic Diseases With Mind-Bending Quantum Computing University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists are harnessing the mind-bending potential of quantum computers to help us understand genetic diseases – even before quantum computers are a thing. UVA’s…
