Eyleen J. O’Rourke Awarded the 2016 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
7/7/2016
From the Pew Charitable Trusts website: "The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement…
Published in Nature: Jochen Zimmer’s observation of cellulose biosynthesis and translocation
3/17/2016
Abstract Many biopolymers, including polysaccharides, must be translocated across at least one membrane to reach their site of biological function. Cellulose is a linear glucose polymer synthesized and secreted by…
Peter Kasson’s Wallenberg Academy Fellowship
12/3/2015
Computer model of how the influenza virus invades cells Every year, influenza vaccines save many lives, but no effective medicines are available to those who have already been infected. Wallenberg…
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…
Jake Morgan of the Zimmer Lab wins the NSF 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship
4/15/2013
2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awarded to Jake Morgan of Dr. Jochen Zimmer’s Lab. Congratulations to Jake Morgan! NSF received over 13,000 submitted applications for the…
