Former CPHG Faculty Member Aaron Quinlan Chats with the American Journal of Human Genetics
4/1/2021
Inside AJHG: A Chat with Aaron Quinlan Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month, we check in with…
3/12/2021
The automated liquid-handling robot is large enough to claim a 12-foot-by-4-foot expanse of lab table space in its unexpected home in UVA Health’s West Complex. Last summer, University of Virginia…
Peter Kasson, PhD, Affiliate CPHG Faculty Member, Named Pinn Scholar
3/2/2021
Peter Kasson, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Affiliate CPHG Faculty Member, has been named a Pinn Scholar at UVA School of Medicine. Pinn Scholars are mid-career…
Research by CPHG’s Casey Lab Reveals Racial Disparity in Colorectal Cancer
1/25/2021
The colons of African Americans and people of European descent age differently, new research reveals, helping explain racial disparities in colorectal cancer – the cancer that killed beloved “Black Panther”…
UVA IDs Genes that Influence Our Risk for Deadly Coronary Artery Disease
12/9/2020
Researchers at the University of Virginia have shed light on how our genes affect our risk for coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease. In addition to…
3 Civelek Lab Members Create The Genomics Society of UVA
11/24/2020
Exciting news from Civelek Lab! Rita Anane-Wae, Dillon Lue, and Zhiwen Xu put their efforts together and created The Genomics Society of UVA, hoping to promote undergraduate research. The primary…
Zang Lab’s Research Published in Genome Biology & Featured in UVA Today
10/29/2020
Cancer's Dangerous Renovations to Our Chromosomes Revealed Cancer remodels the architecture of our chromosomes so the disease can take hold and spread, University of Virginia researchers have revealed. This remodeling…
Manichaikul Lab publishes paper in Nature Communications
10/15/2020
The Manichaikul Lab published a paper today in Nature Communications. The paper is entitled: "Whole genome sequence analysis of pulmonary function and COPD in 19,996 multi-ethnic participants". Paper authors include…
CPHG Hosts Virtual “Emerging Scholars in Genome Sciences Symposium” Series
9/8/2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, The Center for Public Health Genomics (CPHG) had planned to host a two-day symposium this fall, highlighting “Emerging Scholars”; senior postdocs doing outstanding research in the…
Civelek Lab Among the First Class of UVA Certified Green Labs, 2019
4/7/2020
UVA Green Labs Certification is an adaptable program that allows researchers the freedom to introduce changes at their individual pace while tailoring action items to their specific processes. This year,…
