Hutcheson Award for Undergraduate Research!
5/12/2021
Congratulations to Timour Abduhalikov in the Zong lab who won the Hutcheson award for his research on glial cell functions in the brain! It's great to have you back Timor!
Double Hoo Award for Graduate and Undergraduate Students in the Zong Lab!
5/12/2021
Congratulations to Yen Nguyen, a graduate student in the Zong lab who is mentoring the research of Sai Gajulain, an undergraduate student, also in the Zong lab. Both won the…
Raven Scholarship for Collin Dube
5/11/2021
Congratulations to Collin Dube in the Abounader Lab! Collin has been selected to receive a 2021 Raven Society Scholarship. Founded in 1904, the Raven Society is the oldest and most…
MIC Graduate Student Michael Kovacs Awarded F30
4/13/2021
MIC and MSTP Graduate student Michael Kovacs from the Tajie Harris Laboratory received an NIH F30 award to study how the recently described meningeal lymphatic system regulates peripheral T cell…
Vaccines Developed by UVA, VA. TECH may offer broad protection from coronaviruses
3/25/2021
UVA’s Dr. Steven Zeichner, and Virginia Tech’s Dr. Xiang-Jin Meng’s discovery might one day open the door to a universal vaccine for coronaviruses. [more]
3/25/2021
Several of our faculty are organizing and participating in the Covid-19 Vaccination town halls! “In an age where most people get their information at a distance, we wanted to find…
Helen Meade received UTEAM Member of the Month Award
3/3/2021
Please join us in congratulating Helen Meade, our MIC Administrative and Office Specialist, for receiving the UTEAM Member of the Month award for February. Helen was nominated last year for…
Hervé Agaisse Named Pinn Scholar
3/3/2021
Congratulations to Hervé Agaisse for receiving the Pinn Scholar Award for 2021 from the University of Virginia School of Medicine! These are competitive across the SOM and quite an accomplishment.…
We welcome our new graduate students!
3/3/2021
MIC welcomes new students from BIMS who have decided to join the MIC Graduate Program for their thesis research. These students will be joining labs affiliated with the department and…
2/26/2021
The discovery could lead to new ways to prevent cold sores and recurrent herpes-related eye disease from reoccurring, the researchers report. “Herpes simplex recurrence has long been associated with stress,…
