Genome Sciences’ Zang Lab Creates Machine-Learning Tool To Improve Accuracy of Genomics Research
7/30/2026
Chongzhi Zang, PhD, and colleagues have created a free tool that will help scientists avoid false leads in genomic research. Department of Genome Sciences scientists in Chongzhi Zang's lab have identified…
2 Genome Sciences Mentored PhD Students Awarded Wagner Fellowships
7/22/2026
Wagner Fellowships Awarded to Eight Students in Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Thanks to the tremendous generosity of Dr. Robert Wagner and his wife, Mary, the Robert R. Wagner Fellowship Fund…
Good Around Grounds Spotlight on Genome Science’s Yogi Raghav
5/19/2026
Good Around Grounds: Yogindra Raghav This month’s Good Around Grounds Student Spotlight recognizes Yogindra “Yogi” Raghav, a PhD student in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics whose impact extends far beyond the…
4/23/2026
Researchers Xiaowei Hu, PhD, and Ani Manichaikul, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed a new approach to genetic research that is poised to accelerate the development…
2 DGS Trainees Receive 2026 Todorovic Travel Awards
4/22/2026
Congratulations to our 2026 Todorovic Travel Award Recipients Lucia Wagner (G2, lab of Charles Farber) Patrick Hart (G1, lab of Clint Miller) Each awardee will receive $750 to support conference attendance. Lucia…
11/5/2025
Stephen Rich, PhD Stephen Rich, PhD, the Harrison Professor in the Department of Genome Sciences, was awarded a new $2.8 million R01 grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and…
8/25/2025
Abhijit S. Dighe, PhD, (left) and Charles R. Farber, PhD The University of Virginia has been awarded a new $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal…
For Controlling Our Genes, This ORC Is a Versatile Warrior
8/7/2025
Chongzhi Zang, PhD School of Medicine scientists have made surprising discoveries about an important controller of gene activity that could advance efforts to better treat cancer and genetic diseases. Genes,…
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…
