The Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics provides a research-intensive environment for advancing the training of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral trainees. The department aims to promote, at all levels, the understanding of the function of living systems. An exceptionally strong group of 21 primary and 9 joint appointment faculty performs cutting-edge research and
Our department chair, Dr. Ling Qi, welcomes you to our Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and introduces you to the groundbreaking research opportunities our faculty, researchers, and students get to participate in everyday.
Our department is conducting a faculty search. Click the button below to learn more about the available positions.
Scientific Activities at UVA
The department has research opportunities in Electron Microscopy; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; X-ray Crystallography; Membrane Protein Expression; and Optical Microscopy and Single Molecule Fluorescence.
Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology
The mission of the Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology at UVA is to image cellular processes at high resolution using state-of-the-art cellular microscopy and structural biology techniques.
Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center
The Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center was established to expand basic, translational, and clinical research of cardiovascular diseases.
The UVA predoctoral program is designed to attract and train candidates from two applicant pools: the biomedical sciences graduate program and the medical scientist training program
“The Cryo-EM Revolution in Structural Biology”
2021 John F. Anderson Distinguished Lecture at UVA – March 22, 2021
