Advocating Science – Biophysical Society on Capitol Hill
10/20/2017
Lukas Tamm, President of the Biophysical Society and Director of the Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology did just that... Bill Gates and Francis Collins (Director of NIH and UVa…
Congratulations to Huiwang Ai – winner of the Toxicology Young Investigator Award, ACS
10/19/2017
Congratulations to Dr. Huiwang Ai, winner of the 2017 American Chemical Society, Division of Toxicology, Young Investigators Award. Dr. Ai joined the Center for Membrane & Cell Physiology in August…
2/13/2017
Dr. Lukas Tamm is now the president of the Biophysical Society. He was interviewed by their newsletter editors.
12/15/2016
The Pinn Scholars program was designed to support and recognize our mid-level faculty and is named in honor of Dr. Vivian Pinn, the only woman and only African American graduate…
Congratulations to Dr. Ed Egelman, UVA 2016 Distinguished Scientist
10/4/2016
Biochemist Edward H. Egelman Excerpt from the article in UVA Today, October 03, 2016, by Fariss Samarrai, farisss@virginia.edu Egelman, Kron, Petri Named UVA’s 2016 Distinguished Scientists Edward H. Egelman Harrison…
Odysseus 1 Award to Dr. Kodi Ravichandran, PhD
9/15/2016
"Congratulations to Kodi Ravichandran, PhD, Harrison Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, on receiving the Odysseus 1 Award, from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium.…
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…
