News and Events
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…
Melissa Kendall, PhD Named UVA Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellow
Congratulations to Melissa Kendall, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology who was one of 3 faculty in the School of Medicine selected as University of Virginia Shannon Center Mid-Career…
CONGRATULATIONS MIC Graduates 2022-23!
Congratulations to our 11 students who graduated with a PhD in Microbiology in the 2022-23 academic year.
Twelve new PhD students joined MIC and were celebrated in the White Coat ceremony.
The saliva of mosquitoes infected with dengue viruses contains a substance that thwarts the human immune system and makes it easier for people to become infected with the potentially deadly…
Congratulations to Melanie Rutkowski, PhD on her new RO1 grant! Total funds: 3.3 Millions. The goal of award is to define how the gut microbiome distally orchestrates cellular and molecular…
