Congratulations to Jochen Zimmer and his lab on their publication in Nature
6/27/2022
Congratulations to Jochen Zimmer and his lab on the publication of the structure and mechanism of substrate recognition of hyaluronan synthase in Nature (). Hyaluronan is a ubiquitous acidic glycosaminoglycan…
Congratulating Ahmad Jomaa on the publication of his latest research article in Science
2/25/2022
We congratulate Assistant Professor, Ahmad Jomaa, for his latest research article published in the journal Science. Mechanism of signal sequence handover from NAC to SRP on ribosomes during ER-protein targeting…
Swapnil Sonkusare receives the 2022 ASPET Mid Career Award in Cardiovascular Physiology
2/18/2022
Congratulations to Swapnil Sonkusare for receiving the 2022 ASPET Mid Career Award in Cardiovascular Physiology. Dr. Sonkusare joins a distinguished group of award winners who are recognized for their excellence…
Jochen Zimmer Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
9/23/2021
We congratulate Jochen Zimmer for being named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator on September 23, 2021. The HHMI announcement can be found here. Jochen is one of 33 outstanding…
3/31/2021
Pinn Scholars are mid-career faculty selected on the basis of their scientific expertise and research productivity, and contributions to the School of Medicine and to the greater research community, including…
Congratulations Pornillos Lab for paper in Science on reconstitution of HIV replication
11/5/2020
There is great news from Owen Pornillos' lab. They published a paper in Science on the Reconstitution and visualization of capsid-dependent replication of HIV transcription. See
Biophysical Society names Dr. Lukas Tamm in their 2021 Class of Fellows
11/5/2020
Dr. Lukas Tamm has been honored as a member of the 2021 Class of Fellows in recognition for his contributions to our understanding of the structural biology and functional biophysics…
10/20/2020
Congratulations to Dr. Huiwang Ai and his lab, on their new red-shifted biosensor paper published in Nature Chemical Biology and highlighted in UVA Today by Science feature writer Josh Barney.…
Jochen Zimmer’s lab published structure of plant cellulose synthase in Science
7/20/2020
Jochen Zimmer’s lab published structure of plant cellulose synthase in Science. Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer produced on earth. Cellulose synthase is an trimeric integral membrane protein that stiches…
Important paper on COVID-19 spread by Peter Kasson and Lynn Kamerlin getting world news coverage
7/8/2020
Shina C L Kamerlin, Peter M Kasson Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaa864, Published: 01 July 202 Newsweek , Forbes , Jerusalem Post, UVa Today: Lack of COVID-19 Lockdown…
