Spark Innovation Competition Winner Johnson Ung!

7/24/2024

Congratulations to Johnson Ung, whose ideas and project to "improve experience for prospective and current postdoctoral fellows across UVA Health" was chosen as a project that will focus on uncovering…

Committee on Women in Medicine and Science (COWIMS) Woman of the Month: Caroline Riedstra!

7/18/2024

During July, the Committee on Women in Medicine and Science (COWIMS) is celebrating UV Safety Month and is honored to recognize Ms. Caroline Riedstra, a PhD candidate in the lab of Andrew…

Anna Cliffe, PhD, Awarded $3.3 Million NIH Grant to Study the Regulation of Herpes Simplex Virus Latency by Polycomb Silencing

7/18/2024

The new R01 will investigate the contribution of a form of gene silencing known as Polycomb silencing in both the establishment of HSV latency and reactivation. Polycomb silencing is a…

Dan Gioeli, PhD, and John Bushweller, PhD, Awarded $3.3 Million to Develop a Novel Drug Targeting ERG for Prostate Cancer Treatment

7/11/2024

Dan Gioeli, PhD, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer, and John Bushweller, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the…

Wagner Fellowship for Mary Wakim!

7/1/2024

Congratulations to Mary Broden from the Alison Criss lab who was award a Wagner Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year!

Parsons-Weber-Parsons (PWP) scholar Nicole Kirk!

7/1/2024

Nicole Kirk from the Kwon Park lab has been selected as the “Parsons-Weber-Parsons (PWP) scholar” for the 2024-25 academic year.  Congratulations Nicole! This award is supported by the Sarah J.…

Kwon Park, PhD Selected as Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellow

6/13/2024

Kwon Park, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology  has been selected to serve as University of Virginia Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellows from July 1, 2024 through June 30,…

Anna Cliffe, PhD, Awarded $2.7 Million to Study How ATRX Protein Protects Against Herpes Simplex Virus, which impacts more than 60% of the U.S. population.

5/30/2024

Anna Cliffe, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a $2.7 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for a…

Welcome, Dr. Tak!

5/17/2024

MIC’s new primary faculty member Dr. Uday Tak comes to us from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is interested in the mechanisms and evolution of innate immune signaling and…

Welcome, Dr. Spencer!

5/17/2024

MIC’s new primary faculty member Dr. Brady Spencer comes to us from University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus. She is interested in bacterial pathogenesis as well as host-pathogen interactions during systemic…