Chris Prevost successfully defends his dissertation!

11/6/2025

July 24, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Chris Prevost, Ph.D., on the successful defense of his dissertation! Chris presented his exciting work of the regulation of lipid droplet dynamics by NRF2…

Chris Prevost publishes a paper in iScience!

11/6/2025

July 18, 2025 Congratulations to graduate student Chris Prevost on the publication of his paper, “NRF2 regulates lipid droplet dynamics to prevent lipotoxicity” in the journal iScience! Chris, along with…

Daniel Phipps and Salma Sharmin awards at MIC Retreat!

11/6/2025

May 16, 2025 Congratulations to graduate students Daniel Phipps and Salma Sharmin for winning awards at the 2025 Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology Annual Retreat.  Daniel’s talk, titled, “Mechanisms linking…

March 1, 2024 Jen wins phenomenal women award!

5/16/2024

Jen wins phenomenal women award! Jen received a well-deserved phenomenal women award from the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center for the “incredibly positive impact she has had on our department and…

New grant from the Lustgarten Foundation

11/6/2023

July 27, 2023.  We are thrilled to receive a new grant from the Lustgarten Foundation to study how lipid droplets contribute to liver metastasis in pancreatic cancer. This work is…

Dane’s research published in Cell Reports!

11/6/2023

December 13, 2022.  Congratulations to Dane Sessions on the publication of his paper, “Opa1 and Drp1 reciprocally regulate cristae morphology, ETC function, and NAD+ regeneration in KRas-mutant lung adenocarcinoma” in…

Dane defends his dissertation!

11/6/2023

December 9, 2022.  Congrats to Dane Sessions for successful defense of his dissertation titled, “Drp1 and Opa1 reciprocally structure the mitochondrial inner membrane and electron transport chain in lung adenocarcinoma”. …