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The primary mission is to equip its members with the skill sets used to conduct biological research.<\/p>\n<p>Every week for the past few months, the Genomics Society has hosted workshops\/presentations focused on modern research techniques used to study the COVID-19 genome and introduction to wet-lab or hands-on techniques. All of the workshop topics and events are on their Instagram page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/genomicsociety.uva\/\">@genomicsociety.uva<\/a>). Recently, the Student Council passed a bill to acknowledge the club as an official UVA CIO.<\/p>\n<p>Please see their <a href=\"https:\/\/atuva.student.virginia.edu\/organization\/genomics_society\">website<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4652\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4652\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4652\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/cphg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2020\/11\/uva-genomics-society-300x133.png\" alt=\"UVA Genomics Society Founders\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/genome-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2020\/11\/uva-genomics-society-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/genome-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2020\/11\/uva-genomics-society-450x200.png 450w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/genome-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2020\/11\/uva-genomics-society.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to Right: Rita Anane-Wae, Dillon Lue, and Zhiwen Xu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exciting news from Civelek Lab! 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