Jerry Fengbin Wang’s-paper in Nature Microbiology on certain bacterial pili and their indestructible nature when coated with sugars is in the news

6/28/2019

Jerry Fengbin Wang's recent paper in Nature Microbiology describing how certain bacterial pili are made virtually indestructible by a thick coating of sugars is getting some publicity.  Here is a…

2019 EMBO Conference on Genome Stability in Neuroscience and Aging-Nadine Michel

4/16/2019

Congratulations to Ms. Nadine Michel, a graduate student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in the lab of Dr. Michael McConnell, won the first prize for a poster…

2019 Jefferson Scholars Foundation Award-Dr. Patrick Grant

4/8/2019

PatrickGrantPDF_04252019  Patrick Grant  received the Jefferson Scholars Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from UVA.  This is a very competitive award which needs extensive support from students and fellow faculty. …

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2/19/2019

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2018 DoD Ovarian Cancer Academy Career Award: Dr. Jogender Tushir-Singh

1/4/2019

Dr. Jogender Tushir-Singh, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Member UVA Cancer Center has been awarded with Department of Defense (DoD), Ovarian Cancer Academy Early Career Award. The award is highly…

Anindya Dutta: HPV Discovery at UVA Cancer Center

12/19/2018

  Please find links to radio cast and tv cast for Dr. Dutta and staff to discuss this new discovery.      

2019 Pinn Scholar Recipient: Dr. Mazhar Adli

12/17/2018

Congratulations to Dr. Mazhar Adli for selection as a 2019 Pinn Scholar.  His project entitled  “Identifying synthetic lethal partners of recurrent cancers mutations through massively parallel combinatorial double knockout genetic…

2018 SfN travel award-Will Chronister

9/4/2018

Congratulations to William Chronister for being chosen as a 2018 SfN travel fellow.  Will was chosen after submitting a CV, Abstract for 2018 CVCSN conference, and letter of recommendation from…

Dr’s Jogender Tushir-Singh and Sanchita Bhatnagar-UVA Today and Cancer Cell Article on Ovarian Cancer Tumors

8/30/2018

Congratulations to Jogender and Sanchita on this exiting new breakthrough, article published in Cancer Cell.                               …

Dr. Mazhar Adli’s review of the powerhouse technique: “The CRISPR tool kit for genome editing and beyond

6/4/2018

Dr. Mazhar Adli recently published a great review of the powerhouse technique:  “The CRISPR tool kit for genome editing and beyond.   You can read the full article at: The CRISPR…