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Research in Motion: Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
"My laboratory works on two areas of RNA biology, both very important for human health. The first area is RNA viruses and the second area is autoimmune diseases and the…
Kristin Anderson, PhD, Earned K22 Transition Career Development Award
Kristin Anderson, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, earned a NIH Research Career Development (K) Award in the fourth quarter of FY23. K…
Dave Kashatus receives Lustgarten Foundation Fellowship
Lustgarten Foundation’s Innovation and Collaboration Program provides seed funding for investigators who have highly innovative research with significant potential to accelerate the mission to transform pancreatic cancer into a curable…
Caroline Riedstra in the Dudley Lab receives Wagner Fellowship
Caroline Riedstra has been awarded a 2023 Wagner Fellowship!Caroline is a second-year graduate student in Dudley Lab. She is interested in mechanisms of perivascular invasion of cancer cells in the…
Research in Motion: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
“I work on two types of brain cancers, which are the most common brain cancers in adults and children. I try to understand the basic mechanisms that lead to this…
Dr. Lucy Pemberton Appointed Associate Director for Education and Training
Lucy Pemberton, PhD is appointed to the position of Associate Director for Education and Training in the UVA Cancer Center. Dr. Pemberton's exceptional background and expertise will make her an…
Dr. Michael Kovacs has been selected as the 2023 MIC Outstanding Student!
Dr. Michael Kovacs, from Tajie Harris’s laboratory, has been selected as the 2023 MIC Outstanding Student. He received his Award with the Outstanding students from the other BIMS Graduate Programs…
Poster Award for Tania Strilets at the RNA 2023 Conference in Singapore
Tania Strilets, a third year graduate student in Mariano Garcia-Blanco's group recently attended the RNA 2023 Conference, the 28th annual meeting of the RNA Society. She presented a poster titled…
MS Discovery IDs Factor That Shapes Your Risk
Researchers led by Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology have discovered a key determinant of our risk for multiple sclerosis (MS), advancing…
Two new discoveries from the Dudley lab at UVA Cancer Center highlight the different roles of blood vessels in solid tumors — and the findings could help prevent breast cancer…
