{"id":5199,"date":"2025-11-07T12:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:48:16","slug":"research-in-motion-ilya-levental-phd-and-kandace-levental-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/research-in-motion-ilya-levental-phd-and-kandace-levental-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Research in Motion: Ilya Levental, PhD and Kandace Levental, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>We\u2019re focused on the immune system and understanding how the membranes in immune cells survey our bodies to regulate pathogens and cancers. \u2014 Ilya Levental, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ilya Levental, PhD, and Kandice Levental, PhD: How Cells Work\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVxHnS8VRoY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>To watch more\u00a0<em>Research in Motion<\/em>\u00a0videos in this series:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/research-in-motion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Medicine Research in Motion webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sign-up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mc8yhqj3g8f7wd1f41c7htsmk8by.pub.sfmc-content.com\/kiwh2kkjyuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weekly newsletter\u00a0<em>Medicine in Motion<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@UVASchoolofMedicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOM\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Originally posted in Medicine in Motion News <strong>October 28, 2025 by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/author\/daf4avirginia-edu\/\">daf4a@virginia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/author\/daf4avirginia-edu\/\">(<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/research\/research-in-motion-ilya-levental-phd-and-kandace-levental-phd\/?j=4286500&amp;sfmc_sub=191645089&amp;l=35_HTML&amp;u=65490784&amp;mid=100026982&amp;jb=1007\">Research in Motion: Ilya Levental, PhD and Kandace Levental, PhD &#8211; Research &#8211; Medicine in Motion News<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re focused on the immune system and understanding how the membranes in immune cells survey our bodies to regulate pathogens and cancers. \u2014 Ilya Levental, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics To watch more\u00a0Research in Motion\u00a0videos in this series: Visit our\u00a0School of Medicine Research in Motion webpage Sign-up for our\u00a0weekly newsletter\u00a0Medicine in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2214,"featured_media":5200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-highlights"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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