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In its October 25th<\/sup> edition, UVAToday features twelve new faculty from across grounds including Drs. Karen Hirschi and Saurabh Kulkarni from the Department of Cell Biology.\u00a0 Both Drs. Hirschi (Alumni Professor of Cell Biology) and Kulkarni (Assistant Professor of Cell Biology) joined the Department in 2019.\u00a0 Read more about their research interests and plans here in UVAToday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In its October 25th edition, UVAToday features twelve new faculty from across grounds including Drs. Karen Hirschi and Saurabh Kulkarni from the Department of Cell Biology.\u00a0 Both Drs. 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