4/10/2025
This important paper published in Cell challenges a major assumption in cell biology by showing that lipid bilayers can have drastically different phospholipid abundances between their two leaflets. This lipid…
2/20/2025
Research Mentor Award Lukas Tamm, Harrison Distinguished Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, and Director of the Center For Membrane & Cell Physiology Lukas Tamm’s focus on creating a…
Levental Lab Receives a New Award to Study Discoveries of Immunity Responses to Cancer
2/20/2025
As summarized by UVA Medicine In Motion: Backed by a new five-year $3.3 million award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Ilya Levental, PhD, a professor in…
2/20/2025
The discovery of a surprising way yeast used to brew beer can survive starvation could open the door to new treatments for cancer. Congratulations to Dr. Ahmad Jomaa for the…
4/26/2024
We welcome Lu Gan as a new Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and resident member of the Center. Lu received his graduate training in structural biology at…
2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science – Anne Kenworthy
4/26/2024
Congratulations to Anne Kenworthy on being elected as a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the Section on Medical Sciences for her groundbreaking work…
9/15/2023
We congratulate Stefanie Redemann who has been elected chair of the Biophysical Society Physical Cell Biology Subgroup.
The Leventals receive the 2024 Avanti Award in Lipids
9/15/2023
Congratulations to Kandice and Ilya Levental on their outstanding achievement in receiving the prestigious 2024 AVANTI Award in Lipids from the Biophysical Society. This is truly a remarkable accomplishment that reflects…
