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Clint Miller, PhD Highlighted in UVA’s Research in Motion

7/3/2025

Our group studies the genetics and genomics of cardiovascular diseases using both computational and experimental approaches. More recently, we’re creating this large integrated atlas of human atherosclerosis, using single cell…

John Platig, PhD, Earns $3.5 Million Award to Study COPD-Specific Effects of RNA Binding Proteins

5/22/2025

John Platig, PhD John Platig, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, was awarded a five-year $3.5 million grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood…

Department of Genome Sciences Celebrates National DNA With Local Middle School Students

5/8/2025

National DNA Day, observed every year on April 25, commemorates two pivotal moments in scientific history: the discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953 and the completion of the…

A ‘Condensed’ Way to Target Cancer, Other Diseases

4/10/2025

Chongzhi Zang, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed a new tool that could help reveal genetic causes of cancer, predict patient outcomes and improve care for…

New Tool Streamlines Genomic Research, Accelerating Biomedical Breakthroughs

4/3/2025

Nathan Sheffield, PhD A University of Virginia School of Medicine scientist and collaborators have developed a much-needed new tool to increase the efficiency of genomic research and accelerate the development…

Genome Science’s Associate Professor Chongzhi Zang, PhD, Highlighted in UVA’s Research in Motion

10/14/2024

"We develop new quantitative models and computational methods for analyzing high throughput data from emerging genomics technologies. A better understanding of the genetic and epigenetic code, or how the human…

Genome Sciences Faculty Awarded $2.9 Million to Identify Molecular Drivers of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes

9/26/2024

(From left) Mete Civelek, PhD, Suna Ӧnengüt-Gümüşcü, PhD, and Clint Miller, PhD Associate Professors Mete Civelek, PhD, Suna Ӧnengüt-Gümüşcü, PhD, and Clint Miller, PhD, from the Department of Genome Sciences,…

Thomas Loughran, MD, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD, Awarded $3.4 Million to Study Genomic Architecture of Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia

9/5/2024

(From left) Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, Director of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Aakrosh Ratan, PhD, Associate Professor in…

Yaohua Yang, PhD, and Collaborators Publish Article on DNA Methylation and Cancer Risk in Nature Communications

8/15/2024

Yaohua Yang, PhD Yaohua Yang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, and his research team published a landmark article on tissue-specific DNA methylation and cancer risk…

Yogindra Raghav Invited to Speak at Gordon Research Seminar on Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation

8/8/2024

Yogindra Raghav, a second-year PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics program in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at UVA, was invited to present a research poster at the…