UVA Today highlights Thisse Lab
12/22/2021
In this UVA Today article, read about how UVA researchers Christine and Bernard Thisse first used fish embryos to tease out the developmental steps for creating more sophisticated mammal embryos…
Rachel Silski is new Senior Administrative Assistant to the Chair
4/6/2018
Doug DeSimone, Chair of Cell Biology, is delighted to announce that Rachel Silski is his new Senior Administrative Assistant effective April 2nd. Rachel has worked previously as Assistant to the…
2018 Whitfield Randolph Scholarship Award Winner
3/29/2018
Congratulations to Jessica Neville Little, co-recipient of this year’s Whitfield Randolph Scholarship in Neuroscience. Jessica is an MSTP (MD-PhD) student in her 3rd year of graduate training in Dr. Noelle Dwyer’s laboratory in the Department…
Bob Bloodgood receives 2018 Mulholland Award
3/28/2018
At an award ceremony on February 23rd, faculty member Bob Bloodgood received one of the 2018 Mulholland Awards for Teaching Excellence in the Next Generation Medical Curriculum at UVa. He…
Cville Weekly Article, UVA researchers zero in on ebola “cure”
2/2/2018
Ebola. The flu. The common cold. None of them have cures, or even adequate prevention drugs because they evolve and splay into thousands—possibly millions—of varying strains each year. Cell Biology…
12/13/2017
TearSolutions, Inc., a company spun out of NEI-supported research from the Laurie lab in Cell Biology, just closed its Series B funding of $8.5M. This support was needed to carry…
Professor Bob Bloodgood, recipient of a 2017 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
8/24/2017
The Department of Cell Biology is proud to announce that Professor Bob Bloodgood is the recipient of a 2017 Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Through the years, Bob has…
8/11/2017
The recently released Annual Report from UVa's Licensing and Ventures Group includes a feature on the history and progress of TearSolutions, Inc., a UVa startup cofounded by Cell Biology's Gordon Laurie. TearSolutions was…
Promotion of Adrian Halme to Associate Professor
6/19/2017
Adrian Halme has been promoted to Associate Professor of Cell Biology effective July 1st. This is in recognition of his innovative research program on regeneration and growth control using the…
BIMS Student Kelly Barford featured in UVA Health Systems Pulse Magazine
3/1/2017
For 25-year-old Kelly Barford, a fourth-year neuroscience graduate student working in the Winckler Lab, just keeping her schedule straight is a challenge. Each week she juggles time in her research…
