5/14/2023
The School of Medicine has recruited Ling Qi, PhD, a leading researcher in protein folding and degradation, to lead its Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics.
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…
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…
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…
We celebrate Mateusz Czub from Wladek Minor’s lab, recently awarded a Wagner fellowship
7/3/2020
Please join us in congratulating Mateusz Czub for earning the Robert R. Wagner Fellowship. In 1997, Bob and Mary Wagner established The Robert R. Wagner Fellowship Fund with the goal…