Eyleen O’Rourke named 2016 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

6/17/2016

Eyleen O’Rourke named 2016 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences The Pew Charitable Trusts announced recently that Dr. Eyleen O’Rourke has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences,…

Biotechnology Training Program Accepts New Students

6/15/2016

The Biotechnology Training Program recently accepted Maria Ali (Biology), Faith Karanja (Cell Biology), Jennifer Ortiz (Chemistry), Nicole Swope (Chemistry), Lee Talman (BME) and Jacob Wolpe (Cell Biology) into its 16th…

Dr. Christine Thisse awarded grant from the Jefferson Trust

4/20/2016

The Jefferson Trust provides discretionary funding for trustee-selected projects that promote excellence throughout the University of Virginia by providing catalytic support to the University community for initiatives in pursuit of…

Dr. Barry Hinton to receives 2016 “Distinguished Andrologist Award” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Andrology

4/4/2016

Congratulations to Dr. Barry Hinton, recipient of the 2016 “Distinguished Andrologist Award” by the American Society of Andrology. This is the highest award given annually by the Society to an…

Graduate Student Jacob Jaszczak receives the Cell and Molecular Biology Outstanding Graduate Student Award

3/24/2016

This year's recipient of the Cell and Molecular Biology Outstanding Graduate Student Award is Jacob Jaszczak (Ph.D. 2015) Jacob completed his graduate thesis in the Halme lab investigating pathways though…

Graduate Student Emily Billings recipient of the Jill Hungerford Award

3/23/2016

We are pleased to announce that Emily Billings (graduate student in the Casanova lab) is the recipient of this year's Jill Hungerford Award. This award is provided through a generous…

Dr. Ann Sutherland awarded new grant to study mechanisms driving fundamental cell movement involved in early mammalian development.

2/19/2016

Congratulations to Dr. Ann Sutherland for the recent award of an RO1 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development entitled “Vangl2 Function in Mammalian Convergent Extension.” Ann’s…

Tears of Joy: UVA Start-up Seeks to Bring New Eye Therapy to Millions

12/3/2015

Despite spending billions of dollars annually on prescription and over-the-counter eye care products, millions of Americans suffer from chronic dry eye with few or no options for lasting relief. TearSolutions,…