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Ebola’s ‘Fist’: U.Va. Unlocks How Deadly Virus Smashes Into Human Cells

6/3/2014

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered how the deadly Ebola virus punches its way into the cytoplasm of cells. The finding identifies an important target for blocking…

New Publication from Dr. Zimmer’s Lab-Congratulations!

4/30/2014

Congratulations to Dr. Zimmer, Jacob Morgan and Joshua McNamara for their recent publication in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. In this paper they describe how the bacterial signaling molecule cyclic…

Congratulations to Center Director Dr. Lukas Tamm, Recipient of the 2014 Humboldt Research Award

3/18/2014

Congratulations to Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology Director, Lukas Tamm, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, for being elected to receive a Humboldt Research Award. This honor is…

CMCP Linda Columbus has received the 2014 Outstanding Faculty Award.

1/24/2014

University of Virginia chemist Linda Columbus and infectious diseases researcher and physician Dr. William A. Petri have received the state’s highest honor for professors, the Outstanding Faculty Award. - See…

Michael Wiener’s Lab in the News: Protein structure discovery could lead to better treatments for HIV, early aging

4/9/2013

Dr. Michael Wiener’s Lab has been in the news, focusing on exciting developments. From the University’s PR department: By Josh Barney, Lead editor, University of Virginia Health System 434-243-1988  …

What do you and Ben Franklin have in common? He was a Membrane Biophysicist.

2/13/2013

Biophysical Journal published Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia’s Favorite Son, was a Membrane Biophysicist, written byDa-Neng Wang, Heather Stieglitz, Jennifer Marden, and Lukas Tamm.  When it first came out, this article ranked number…

New discovery in blood pressure regulation from the Isakson Lab published in Nature

11/15/2012

      UVA Discovery Helps Explain Blood Pressure Regulation May Point to New Therapeutic Target for Treating High Blood Pressure CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 13, 2012 – Researchers at the…