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…

Welcome, Dr. Dremel!

5/17/2024

MIC’s new primary faculty member Dr. Sarah Dremel comes to us from The National Cancer Institute – HIV and Malignancy Branch. She is interested in the interface of Virology and…

Congratulations Graduates!

5/17/2024

Join us in congratulating our six graduates from 2023-24 academic year. Brandon Thompson- Petri lab Sarah Wang- Dudley lab Sara Dochnal- Cliffe lab Jessica Annis- Brown lab Alison Francois- Cliffe…

Caroline Riedstra from the Drew Dudley Lab wins prize in Thesis Slam!

4/27/2024

Caroline Riedstra explains her research:  Melanoma is one of three most likely forms of cancer to spread to and grow within the brain. Therefore, it is important for us to…