John Lukens receives 2024 Early Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences
9/27/2024
September 2024 - Congrats to John Lukens, PhD, who was honored by the UVA Medical Alumni Association as the recipient of its 2024 Early Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences! Visit…
Isaac Babcock awarded AAI fellowship
9/20/2024
Congratulations to Harris Lab graduate student Isaac Babcock, who was awarded a 2024 fellowship by The American Association of Immunologists!
Tajie Harris, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study How the Immune System Benefits the Brain
9/5/2024
Congrats to Tajie Harris, who was awarded a five-year $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, titled “Caspase-8 mediated control of CNS infection.” Visit this…
Scott Zeitlin, PhD, Advances Understanding and Treatment of Huntington’s Disease
9/5/2024
With visionary support from the Pelican Fund, Zeitlin and his team are uncovering the secrets of Huntington’s disease (HD) and identifying new targets for combating this debilitating, fatal brain disorder.…
Sontheimer Lab Makes Brain Discovery
8/1/2024
August 2024 - Congratulations to Bhanu Tewari, Harald Sontheimer, and the Sontheimer lab for publishing their recent findings on perineural nets in Nature Neuroscience! These mysterious net-like structures that surround…
Neuroscience Graduate Program and Department Expand Brain Awareness Week to Year-Round Initiative
7/19/2024
July 2024 - The University of Virginia’s Neuroscience Graduate Program and Department of Neuroscience have transformed their annual Brain Awareness Week into a groundbreaking year-round outreach initiative. Building on their…
Tsai-Yi Lu Selected for the National Institute on Aging’s Butler-Williams Scholars Program
7/9/2024
July 2024 - Congratulations to Tsai-Yi Lu, Ph.D., for being selected to participate in the prestigious Butler-Williams Scholars Program sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA)! The Butler-Williams Scholars…
John Lukens Featured in Interview with VPM
6/13/2024
June 2024 - VPM's Morning Edition Host Phil Liles recently spoke with John Lukens, Ph.D., about recent advances in medicine, treatments and what’s on the horizon for the new Harrison…
Tajie Harris Appointed as Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellow
6/11/2024
June 2024 - Congratulations to Tajie Harris, Ph.D., who was selected as a Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellow! The Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellowship program was launched last year to honor outstanding…
5/22/2024
May 2024 - Congratulations to John Lukens, PhD, who has been appointed as the inaugural Director of the University of Virginia’s Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative…